Mallory Kass at Scholastic has bought YA contemporary novel With Love & Mischief by Derek Milman. A southern transplant at a New England boarding school falls for a fellow rushee when both young men pledge the same elite Secret Society.
“Milman graces us with an action-packed thriller that’ll have you holding your breath as you flip each page.”
An earlier career as an actor and screenwriter helped shape Derek Milman’s debut novel, Scream All Night, a fast-paced and darkly comedic coming-of-age story that takes place on the set of a horror film.
🌟 One of Seventeen Magazine’s Best YA Books of the year
🌟 One of Goodreads’ Most Anticipated YA books of the year (2019)
🌟 One of Buzzfeed’s 23 YA novels to read by the pool this summer
🌟One of Hypable’s Most Anticipated Queer Books of 2019
🌟One of Barnes & Nobles’ Most Anticipated LGBTQAP YAs of 2019
🌟One of Pure Wow’s 11 New YA Books to Get Excited About
🌟One of Entertainment Weekly’s 15 Best YA Books of the summer
🌟One of Pride.com’s 29 New LGBTQ+ YA Books to Add To Your Reading List
🌟One of Book Riot’s 25 Awesome Queer YA Books to Pre-Order RIGHT NOW
🌟One of Epic Reads’ Most Anticipated YA Novels of August 2019
SWIPE RIGHT FOR MURDER has been listed as one of Goodread’s Most Anticipated YA Books alongside upcoming books from Tomi Adeyemi, Kerri Maniscalco, Maggie Stiefvater, Holly Black, and Rainbow Rowell.
For this list, we took a look at the top YA books publishing between June 21 and September 22. From there, we measured the anticipation of each title by looking at how many times it’s been added to our members’ Want to Read shelves.
To make sure we’re only serving up the best of the best, we narrowed down our list to books with a rating of at least 3.9 stars or above by early reviewers. You can always share your YA recommendations in the comments and make sure to shelve what catches your eye!
27 YA Books You’ll Want To Devour By The Pool This Summer
Milman graces readers with a distinctive and immersive setting and an authentically hilarious voice. It’s the summer read you never knew you needed.
Jenny Bak at Little, Brown/Jimmy Patterson has acquired Derek Milman’s NIGHT FLIGHT, a comedic thriller about a gay teen who gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity and is forced to go on the run from murderous cyber-terrorists and government agents, not knowing who he can trust even if they’re disarmingly attractive. Publication is scheduled for spring 2019; Victoria Marini at Irene Goodman Agency handled the deal for world English rights.
EW lists SWIPE RIGHT FOR MURDER as one of the 15 biggest (and best) YA novels of Summer 2019!
One of the Most Anticipated Debuts of 2018 by Barnes & Noble Teen Blog.
One of 24 Most Anticipated YA Books Hitting Shelves in July by Barnes & Noble Teen Blog.
One of the Hottest YA Books of Summer 2018 by Goodreads.
One of 27 YA Books You’ll Want to Devour By The Pool This Summer by BuzzFeed.
One of 9 New YA Novels to Read This Summer by PureWow.
Most Anticipated Reads of July 2018 by Epic Reads.
One of Amazon’s Best Books of the Month for July 2018.
Scream All Night is one of the most original YA contemporaries I have ever read. I really didn’t know what to expect going into this novel; for some reason, all the references to paranormal horror in the blurb had me thinking there were going to be paranormal elements to the story, and that they were going to be super-cheesy. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case. The categorisation of this novel as dark comedy works pretty well for me, because the writing finds humour in unexpected places, yet balances this humour with its darker exploration of abuse and neglect, which hit me hard with feelings.
On this episode of REALLY FAMOUS WRITERS, YA authors Derek Milman (SCREAM ALL NIGHT) and Lindsay Champion (SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE) are delving into the secrets of their past. Lindsay ranks her top three celebrity interviews during her time as Features Editor at Broadway.com, Derek regales us with stories about being a sea captain and wunderkind paperboy, and they both reveal the biggest secret of all: their Uber ratings.
Is it too early for us to start getting excited about summer? We mean, we know it kind of JUST ended, but there are so many amazing books coming out NEXT summer that we can’t help it! But, fine, we understand. We’ll just get excited about summer books instead. And that’s something we think we can all get behind.