Recommendations based on Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Sideby Beth Fantaskey

* statistically, based on millions of data-points provided by fellow humans

  1. Lola and the Boy Next Door

    by Stephanie Perkins
    A teenage girl navigates the complexities of first love, while surrounded by a cast of eccentric and lovable characters.

    Alternate Cove edition for ISBN 9780525423287 Lola Nolan is a budding costume designer, and for her, the more outrageous, sparkly, and fun the outfit, the better. And everything is pretty perfect in ... (Goodreads)

  2. Graceling

    by Kristin Cashore
    Adventure story of a young girl who discovers her extraordinary abilities and the risks she must take to protect her kingdom.

    This book tells the story of Katsa, a young woman with a "Grace", or power, which enhances her survival skills and makes her a highly efficient killer. It takes place in a world where Gracelings, or ... (Wikipedia)

  3. Blue Bloods

    by Melissa de la Cruz
    A group of wealthy teenagers uncover secrets of their supernatural heritage.

    When the Mayflower set sail in 1620, it carried on board the men and women who would shape America: Miles Standish; John Alden; Constance Hopkins. But some among the Pilgrims were not pure of heart; ... (Goodreads)

  4. The Dark Divine

    by Bree Despain
    A girl uncovers the dark secrets of her family and the town, including a supernatural curse and a forbidden love.

    Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared–the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in his own ... (Goodreads)

  5. Intertwined

    by Gena Showalter
    Aden Stone has four human souls within him, each with their own unique power, and he must navigate their conflicting desires while also dealing with supernatural threats.

    There’s something about the new guy at Crossroads High… Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four human souls living inside him: One can time travel. One can raise the dead. One can ... (Goodreads)

  6. What I Thought Was True

    by Huntley Fitzpatrick
    A summer romance between a girl from the wrong side of the tracks and a wealthy boy challenges their assumptions about each other and themselves.

    Gwen Castle has never so badly wanted to say good-bye to her island home till now: the summer her Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, takes a job there as the local yard boy. He's a rich kid from ... (Goodreads)

  7. The Body Finder

    by Kimberly Derting
    Violet has the ability to sense dead bodies and their killers. When a serial killer targets her town, she must use her gift to stop them.

    Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is ... (Goodreads)

  8. Misguided Angel

    by Melissa de la Cruz
    A vampire girl struggles to find her place in the world while navigating love, betrayal, and danger in the glamorous world of Manhattan's elite.

    After inheriting the dark Van Alen Legacy, Schuyler fled to Florence–with her forbidden love, Jack. Now the two of them must embark on the mission Schuyler was destined to complete: to find and ... (Barnes & Noble)

  9. Crescendo

    by Becca Fitzpatrick
    The sequel to "Hush, Hush" follows Nora as she navigates the dangerous world of fallen angels and her growing feelings for Patch.

    Nora and Patch's relationship is threatened by his refusal to tell her that he loves her and by his new fascination with Marcie. Hurt, Nora begins hanging out with her old friend Scott, whom she ... (Wikipedia)

  10. Stargazer

    by Claudia Gray
    A girl discovers she has the power to control the stars and must navigate a dangerous world of politics and power struggles.

    The vampire in me was closer to the surface..., Evernight Academy: an exclusive boarding school for the most beautiful, dangerous students of all—vampires. Bianca, born to two vampires, has always ... (Goodreads)

  11. Perfect You

    by Elizabeth Scott
    Kate wants to be perfect, but when her best friend starts changing, she realizes that being perfect isn't everything.

    Kate Brown's life has gone downhill fast. Her father has quit his job to sell vitamins at the mall, and Kate is forced to work with him. Her best friend has become popular, and now she acts like ... (Goodreads)

  12. My Love Lies Bleeding

    by Alyxandra Harvey
    A forbidden romance between a human girl and a vampire boy, set in a world of vampire clans and political intrigue.

    The Drakes are rather different to your usual neighbors. They are vampires and some of the members of the family date back to the twelfth century. One of the children, Solange, is the only born ... (Goodreads)

  13. For a Few Demons More

    by Kim Harrison
    A supernatural battle between good and evil, with the fate of the world in the balance.

    Despite dating one vampire and living with another, Rachel Morgan has always managed to stay just ahead of trouble . . . until now., A fiendish serial killer stalks the Hollows, and no one living in ... (Barnes & Noble)

  14. This Lullaby

    by Sarah Dessen
    A teenage girl's journey of self-discovery, learning to let go of the past and embrace love.

    Remy is an eighteen-year-old who is about to leave for college. Her father, a musician, wrote his one and only hit song the day she was born. The song, called "This Lullaby," became extremely ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Specials

    by Scott Westerfeld
    A thrilling adventure story about a group of teenagers with superhuman abilities.

    The third novel in the Uglies series begins two months after events in Pretties, when Tally Youngblood has become a member of an elite group of "Specials" - surgically enhanced super-humans - called ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Revelations

    by Melissa de la Cruz
    A group of young adults with supernatural powers must save the world from an ancient evil.

    Schuyler Van Alen's blood legacy has just been called into question: is the young vampire in fact a Blue Blood, or is it the sinister Silver Blood that runs through her veins? As controversy swirls, ... (Goodreads)

  17. Red Glove

    by Holly Black
    Cassel Sharpe, a con artist, is forced to use his abilities to work for the government. He must navigate dangerous situations and confront his family's dark secrets.

    CURSES AND CONS.,MAGIC AND THE MOB. In Cassel Sharpe's world, they go together. Cassel always though he was an ordinary guy, until he realized his memories were being manipulated by his brothers. Now ... (Goodreads)

  18. Blood Promise

    by Richelle Mead
    An epic adventure to protect a friend, as two worlds clash and an ancient prophecy is fulfilled.

    In Blood Promise , Rose leaves St. Vladimir's Academy to go after Dimitri, who has become Strigoi, and kill him. The only clue she has is that he might be somewhere in Siberia. After meeting an ... (Wikipedia)

  19. Kissed by an Angel/The Power of Love/Soulmates

    by Elizabeth Chandler
    A trilogy of young adult romance novels that follow the love story of Tristan and Ivy, even after death.

    An angelic romantic suspense trilogy in one volume! Kissed by an Angel : Ivy and Tristan have the love of a lifetime–until Tristan dies in a car accident. Now Tristan returns as an angel, but Ivy is ... (Goodreads)

  20. Dance with a Vampire

    by Ellen Schreiber
    A gothic romance between a mortal girl and a vampire boy, filled with danger, passion, and supernatural intrigue.

    There's a new vampire in town. His name is Valentine Maxwell. Goth-girl Raven knows this latest intruder can only mean trouble—he's the younger sibling of two vampires she fought to drive out of ... (Barnes & Noble)

  21. Wake

    by Lisa McMann
    A teenage girl discovers she can enter strangers' dreams and must use her newfound power to prevent a disaster.

    The book begins with multiple flashbacks, all leading to Janie's extraordinary powers and where she stands in the present day. Janie Hannagan is an independent, 17-year-old senior at Fieldridge High ... (Wikipedia)

  22. I Hunt Killers

    by Barry Lyga
    Jazz, son of a notorious serial killer, uses his knowledge to help the police catch a new killer. But can he escape his own dark past?

    What if the world's worst serial killer...was your dad? Jasper "Jazz" Dent is a likable teenager. A charmer, one might say. But he's also the son of the world's most infamous serial killer, and for ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Underneath

    by Kathi Appelt
    A calico cat and a hound dog form an unlikely friendship in the bayou, but danger lurks in the form of an angry alligator and a vengeful owner.

    The story takes place underneath a ramshackle house, in the bayou near the Texas-Louisiana border. The hound dog, Ranger, is chained under the porch. Ever since his leg was shot accidentally by his ... (Wikipedia)

  24. Lips Touch: Three Times

    by Laini Taylor
    Three tales of forbidden love spanning different times and places.

    Three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers' souls: Goblin Fruit: In Victorian times, goblin men had only ... (Barnes & Noble)

  25. Wings

    by Aprilynne Pike
    Teenage girl discovers she is a faerie and embarks on a dangerous journey to save her world.

    Laurel Sewell is a 15-year-old girl who has lived her whole life on her family’s land near Orick, California . Her adoptive parents buy a bookstore in Crescent City, California and move the family ... (Wikipedia)

  26. Blue Moon

    by Alyson Noel
    A girl discovers she has the ability to time travel and must navigate the consequences of changing the past.

    Alyson Noël's bestselling Immortals series has been hailed as "addictive," "beautiful," "haunting," and "mesmerizing." In Blue Moon, Ever has a chance to bring her family back from the dead - but ... (Goodreads)

  27. Keturah and Lord Death

    by Martine Leavitt
    A young woman's quest to find true love by outsmarting Death himself.

    Martine Leavitt offers a spellbinding story, interweaving elements of classic fantasy and high romance in this National Book Award Finalist. Keturah follows a legendary hart into the king's forest, ... (Goodreads)

  28. The Looking Glass Wars

    by Frank Beddor
    A retelling of Alice in Wonderland, where Alice is a warrior princess fighting against the evil Red Queen in a parallel universe.

    The premise of the book is that Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice in Wonderland was fiction, but that the character Alice is real, as, indeed, is the world of Wonderland . Carroll's novel is said to ... (Wikipedia)

  29. Anna and the French Kiss

    by Stephanie Perkins
    A romantic comedy of a teenage girl and her unexpected summer romance in Paris.

    Anna Oliphant is a senior in high school who is forced by her father to attend the fictional boarding school 'School of America in Paris' – nicknamed SOAP by students. She is heavily against having ... (Wikipedia)

  30. The Iron Queen

    by Julie Kagawa
    Half-human, half-faery Meghan Chase must fight to claim her throne and save the Nevernever from destruction.

    My name is Meghan Chase. I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of ... (Goodreads)