11 Must-Reads If You’re In A New Relationship

This Is How I Fell In Love With You By Karissa Ekwall

Karissa Ekwall implicitly poses many interesting questions in her essay on love and inspires rumination about what makes one fall in love and why. According to her essay, she makes clear that it was not only happy experiences with her former partner that made her fall in love over time, but it was the entire spectrum of experiences, including sad and miserable ones. The way she writes openly and honestly about her feelings of love will squeeze your heart strings and may cause you to shed a tear or two. You may also find yourself nodding in agreement over her depiction of the uncertainty and mystery that is love.

Eleanor & ParkBy Rainbow Rowell

Most people enjoy a good love story about star-crossed love. That is because star-crossed lovers are doomed to fail and almost everybody has had experience with at least one love that got away. In this sweet, young adult romance, two star-crossed lovers experience life and love together in a modern and realistic setting. The interracial protagonists in the novel must deal with themes like abuse in the family, bullying at school, growing up in a complicated world, and of course, love. This book will leave you pondering about the many facets of love and the role it can play in our lives.