From the Publisher
Praise for Lost in Love: “Readers who enjoyed City Love (2015) will appreciate the contemporary urban vibe and the promise of more teen adventures to come.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Teens will live vicariously through their adventurous, urban experiences and will enjoy their alternative loves and heartbreaks.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
“Teens who are drawn to new-adult titles and dream of romantic, parent-free summer escapades will be well rewarded.” — Booklist Online
Praise for City Love: “Smart girl chick-lit.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Readers will feel the strong, vibrant pulse of city life as Colasanti traces the romantic encounters of three incoming college freshman, who are as enamored with their West Village neighborhood and newfound independence as they are with the boys who steal their hearts. ” — Publishers Weekly
“This book is pure romance.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Praise for Susane Colasanti: “Realistic dialogue, multi-layered characters, musical references and issues that matter most to teens make this story happen. Like Sarah Dessen, Colasanti knows how teens operate.” — Kirkus on When It Happens
“Colasanti ably captures the teenage voice through language that is real and not forced. Her easy writing style will speak to teen readers.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) on Take Me There
“Colasanti presents an authentic picture of how complicated it is to be a teenager, especially one in love.” — Publishers Weekly on Waiting For You
“Colasanti has a knack of sustaining the heart-pounding suspense of young love for the length of a novel while managing to make it read, charmingly, like a conversation.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer on Waiting for You
“Colasanti has her finger on the pulse of teenage dialogue and emotions.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) on Something Like Fate
“Susane Colasanti’s bestselling books strike a chord with teenage girls...because they shine a light on the angst, worries, dreams, and passion of youth.” — Huffington Post
“Captures the rush of teen love and lust...Colasanti’s attention to detail is what makes her readers return.” — Boston Herald on All I Need
The Philadelphia Inquirer on Waiting for You
Colasanti has a knack of sustaining the heart-pounding suspense of young love for the length of a novel while managing to make it read, charmingly, like a conversation.
Booklist Online
Teens who are drawn to new-adult titles and dream of romantic, parent-free summer escapades will be well rewarded.
Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Teens will live vicariously through their adventurous, urban experiences and will enjoy their alternative loves and heartbreaks.
Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) on Take Me There
Colasanti ably captures the teenage voice through language that is real and not forced. Her easy writing style will speak to teen readers.
Huffington Post
Susane Colasanti’s bestselling books strike a chord with teenage girls...because they shine a light on the angst, worries, dreams, and passion of youth.
Boston Herald on All I Need
Captures the rush of teen love and lust...Colasanti’s attention to detail is what makes her readers return.
Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) on Something Like Fate
Colasanti has her finger on the pulse of teenage dialogue and emotions.
ALA Booklist on Something Like Fate
A romantic page-turner.
School Library Journal
07/01/2016
Gr 9 Up—This series follows the final summer together of Sadie, Darcy, and Rosanna, three teens sharing an apartment in New York City before beginning their freshman year of college. Sadie, the romantic of the group, always sees the best side of things and is searching for her soul mate. Darcy is the rich-girl rebel looking for a summer full of adventures with boys. Rosanna is trying to reinvent herself and quickly is introduced by a boy to the wealthy side of New York, but she barely has a dollar to her name. The latest volume finds Sadie wondering if she ever really knew Austin, the boy she thought was her soul mate but who revealed a relationship-changing secret. Darcy has been having fun with no-strings-attached romantic hookups until Logan, an ex-boyfriend, shows up, determined to win her heart. Meanwhile, things are heating up between Rosanna and D, but she fears opening up to him about her past. Colasanti is a reigning romance champion in the YA world, so this new series is a no-brainer purchase where her books are hard to keep on the shelf.
Kirkus Reviews
2016-02-17
The second novel in Colasanti's series about the continuing adventures of three girls spending the summer before college in the Big Apple is aptly named, since there is a clear difference in tone from the first book. Readers follow the stories of poor, thrifty Rosanna; upbeat, native New Yorker Sadie; and wealthy, spoiled Darcy through experiences, mostly boy-related, that challenge their emotional well-being and cause them to behave in ways that contradict their stereotypes. Rosanna continues to be treated to all the perks of an affluent lifestyle by rich boy D, but her past life intrudes in the form of a blackmail attempt from someone in the children's day camp where she is working. Through her concern for an at-risk child in the camp, Rosanna discovers how to exorcise her own sad history. Rich girl Darcy's past also intrudes when ex-boyfriend Logan shows up and tests her resilience in many ways. Sadie's happy-go-lucky disposition is tested when her soul mate Austin turns out to have deceived her. The good cheer that she lovingly distributes isn't enough to placate her grown-up dilemma. Sadie's love for the city of her birth holds the girls (all presumably white) together through multiple dramas. While the girls' back stories are complicated enough to lend texture, the relentless breeziness of the alternating first-person present-tense narrations (even Sadie's) keeps the book from feeling anything other than superficial. Readers who enjoyed City Love (2015) will appreciate the contemporary urban vibe and the promise of more teen adventures to come. (Fiction. 14-18)
