February 2025 YA New Releases

Love is in the air, and so are February’s new YA books! Treat your Valentine, your Galentine, or yourself to one of these new February YA releases.

What’s the best way to spend February? Reading to your heart’s content. Our list has all the new February YA titles you need to know about—not just romance. This month features books that romantics, cynics, and everyone in between will fall in love with!

New YA Hardcover Books | February 2025

Dead Happy

Dead Happy

By Josh Silver

The experiment continues in the dark and disturbingly thrilling conclusion to the HappyHead duology where Seb will find the secret to escaping is more heart-wrenching than he ever imagined.

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Wicked Darlings

Wicked Darlings

By Jordyn Taylor

From the author of The Revenge Game comes a twisty YA thriller about the underbelly of Manhattan’s high society, where nothing is off-limits—not even murder.

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Lucha of the Forgotten Spring

Lucha of the Forgotten Spring

By Tehlor Kay Mejia

Fresh off her triumph in the Night Forest, Lucha Moya is back in Robado to settle unfinished business. The stunning fantasy duology about addiction, power, and love comes to a close in tale of treacherous villains, environmental disaster, and a love triangle its heroine doesn’t see coming.

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Unhallowed Halls

Unhallowed Halls

By Lili Wilkinson

DARK ACADEMIA…WITH DEMONS.

A teen girl travels to an exclusive boarding school after a deadly incident at her old school, but the wood-paneled halls of Agathion are built over centuries of secrets—including an ancient society which may have ties to demonic magic—in this dark academia fantasy perfect for fans of Curious Tides.

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Eve (Adapted for Young Adults)

Eve (Adapted for Young Adults)

By Cat Bohannon

The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller is now adapted for young adults!  This is the 200-million-year story of how the female body gave rise to the human species and forever shaped life on Earth and what that means for us in the future.

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New YA Paperback Books | February 2025

Lucha of the Night Forest

Lucha of the Night Forest

By Tehlor Kay Mejia

An edge-of-your-seat fantasy about a girl who will do anything to protect her sister—even if it means striking a dangerous bargain. Dark forces, forgotten magic, and a heart-stopping queer romance make this young adult novel a must-read.

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Deep Is the Fen

Deep Is the Fen

By Lili Wilkinson

Get lost in this darkly enchanting fantasy from the author of A Hunger of Thorns, on a beguiling journey behind the closed doors of a sinister secret society. Featuring a steamy enemies-to-lovers romance and a fight for the witching world that will get your heart racing.

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Plan A

Plan A

By Deb Caletti

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice. From the acclaimed author of A Heart in a Body in the World, this is both an achingly tender love story and a bold, badly needed battle cry about bodily autonomy and the experiences that connect us.

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