16 Best romance books like Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins

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Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

By: Jacqueline Firkins

3.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this charming debut about first love and second chances, a young girl gets caught between the bo…

If you liked the romance plot in Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Jesse's Girl

By: Miranda Kenneally

4.09

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone at Hundred Oaks High knows that career mentoring day is a joke. So when Maya Henry said sh… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Kenneally's Jesse's Girl book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

2. Stealing Parker

By: Miranda Kenneally

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Red-hot author Miranda Kenneally hits one out of the park in this return to Catching Jordan's Hundr… read more

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3. Coming Up for Air

By: Miranda Kenneally

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Swim. Eat. Shower. School. Snack. Swim. Swim. Swim. Dinner. Homework. Bed. Repeat. All of Maggie's … read more

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4. Once and for All

By: Sarah Dessen

2.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

As bubbly as champagne and delectable as wedding cake, Once and for All, Sarah Dessen's thirteenth … read more

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5. Defending Taylor

By: Miranda Kenneally

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

There are no mistakes in love. Captain of the soccer team, president of the Debate Club, contender … read more

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6. Places We've Never Been

By: Kasie West

3.88

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary Young Adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Places We've Never Been book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Have you heard the saying that when God closes a door, he opens a window?"

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

"But failure in life is inevitable. It’s only a problem if we let it keep us from progressing."

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

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7. Kind of a Big Deal

By: Shannon Hale

2.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Shannon Hale, bestselling author of Austenland, comes Kind of a Big Deal: a hilarious, madcap … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Hale's Kind of a Big Deal book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We tend to think of life as linear. As if each moment, each year, has to be better than the last, and if it's not, we failed.So be patient with yourself, Josie. Don't judge yourself by any one moment…"

-Shannon Hale, Kind of a Big Deal

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8. Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

By: Meredith Ireland

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Today Tonight Tomorrow meets A Pho Love Story in this whip-smart young adult novel about a girl who… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Ireland's Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Meet Me at Midnight

By: Jessica Pennington

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

They have a love-hate relationship with summer. Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star s… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Pennington's Meet Me at Midnight book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. It's All in How You Fall

By: Sarah Henning

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do,… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's It's All in How You Fall book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Geography of Lost Things

By: Jessica Brody

3.82

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic road trip story perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson, a teen girl di… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Brody's The Geography of Lost Things book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. We Ship It

By: Lauren Kay

3.44

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This rom-com debut has the fierce girl energy of the movie  Booksmart,  blended with the awkwardnes… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Kay's We Ship It book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Flirting with Fate

By: J.C. Cervantes

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Ava Granados will never forgive herself for being late to her beloved nana's deathbed. But due to a… read more

Similar categories in J.C. Cervantes's Flirting with Fate book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I knew the exact moment I loved her. You can always recognize the love when it belongs to you."

-J.C. Cervantes, Flirting with Fate

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14. You Say It First

By: Katie Cotugno

3.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: her boyfriend Mason is sweet and supportive, she and her … read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's You Say It First book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Nice is overrated."

-Katie Cotugno, You Say It First

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15. One-Star Romance

By: Laura Hankin

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A struggling writer is forced to walk down the aisle at her best friend’s wedding with the man who … read more

Similar categories in Laura Hankin's One-Star Romance book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I mean... There have been moments when I read something in a book that feels like it was written just for me. Like the author reached inside my brain, took all the thoughts I didn't know how to expre…"

-Laura Hankin, One-Star Romance

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16. August and Everything After

By: Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Summer on the New Jersey shore offers Quinn a new start at life and love, but only if she can come … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Salvato Doktorski's August and Everything After book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. Hot Dutch Daydream

By: Kristy Boyce

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Rom-com lovers and fans of Elise Bryant and Jenna Evans Welch will adore this next summer read from… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Boyce's Hot Dutch Daydream book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

By: Jacqueline Firkins

3.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this charming debut about first love and second chances, a young girl gets caught between the bo… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • high school
  • retellings
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Four Days of You and Me

By: Miranda Kenneally

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A new swoon-worthy romance following a couple's love story on the same date over four years. Ev… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Kenneally's Four Days of You and Me book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. What's Not to Love

By: Emily Wibberley

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An academic enemies-to-lovers YA. Since high school began, Alison Sanger and Ethan Molloy have c… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's What's Not to Love book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Honey

By: Isabel Banta

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Banta's Honey book and Jacqueline Firkins's Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

16 Best fiction books like Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins

Transform Your Habits

Places We've Never Been

Kasie West

3.88

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Kind of a Big Deal

Shannon Hale

2.84

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

Meredith Ireland

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Meet Me at Midnight

Jessica Pennington

3.88

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12 Best fiction books like Meet Me at Midnight by Jessica Pennington

Transform Your Habits

Summer of Sloane

Erin L. Schneider

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Second Chance Summer

Morgan Matson

4.12

Transform Your Habits

On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

Kasie West

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Last Chance Summer

Shannon Klare

3.64

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