Books like The Falling in Love Montage
The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth reads as witty, charming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What The Falling in Love Montage is like to read
A breezy queer summer romance with rom-com scaffolding and a wry teen narrator, where the no-strings premise slowly gives way to real emotional stakes. Best for: YA readers who want a tropey queer romance with banter and montage-driven charm.
I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Casey McQuiston · 2022
A queer YA romance-mystery built around a vanishing prom queen and the rival she kissed on her way out — playful, secret-chasing, and identity-forward against a conservative Christian-school backdrop.
Love, Creekwood
Becky Albertalli · 2020
An epistolary snapshot of Simon and friends navigating college, distance, and identity through emails and texts—warm, witty, and intimate in scope.
Fence
Sarah Rees Brennan · 2020
A scrappy, funny, emotionally warm boarding-school sports story where rivalry on the fencing strip slowly tangles into friendship and romantic tension.
Happy Place
Emily Henry · 2023
An ache-forward second-chance romance where the pretense is the point — every shared bedroom and inside joke twists the knife while the friend group's last summer glows around it.
Love Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood · 2023
A banter-forward STEM rom-com built on fake-dating and enemies-to-lovers scaffolding, with a people-pleasing heroine finding permission to be herself.
Juliet takes a breath
Gabby Rivera · 2016
A warm, coming-of-age road-and-self-discovery story told in an earnest first-person voice as a young queer Latina navigates family rupture and new community.
Jack of Hearts (and other parts)
L. C. Rosen · 2018
Both explore identity
The Henna Wars
Adiba Jaigirdar · 2020
A YA romance that braids a first sapphic crush with family rejection and a school rivalry over cultural appropriation — emotionally charged but accessible, with the sting of coming
Who I Was with Her
Nita Tyndall · 2020
Both explore grief & first love
The Dead Romantics
Ashley Poston · 2022
Both explore grief
Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender · 2020
A contemporary YA narrated by a Black trans teen navigating identity and first love — emotionally resonant and hopeful in register.
Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter · 2021
A breezy, banter-driven teen rom-com built on the boy-next-door pivot — Liz's movie-obsessed narration keeps it earnest and funny, and the scheme-to-crush setup melts predictably b
About The Falling in Love Montage — what the genome says
Is The Falling in Love Montage a complete story or a cliffhanger?
It's a complete, standalone-satisfying story.
How spicy is The Falling in Love Montage?
Low heat — mostly fade-to-black.
Who is The Falling in Love Montage for?
It's young adult — teen protagonists with crossover appeal.
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