Today’s post is sponsored by Jason June and Flopping In A Winter Wonderland!
Title Flopping In A Winter Wonderland
Author Jason June
Intended Target Audience Young Adult
Publication Date Nov. 12th 2024 by HarperCollins
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Sparks are flying in Winter Wonderland this Christmas in this LGBTQ+ young adult rom-com from Jason June, New York Times bestselling author of Out of the Blue, Jay’s Gay Agenda, and Riley Weaver Needs A Date To The Gaybutante Ball!
All Aaron wants for Christmas is for his brother, Casey, to get over his ex, Raquel. He’d prefer not to be at Winter Wonderland, the island north of Alaska that’s home to a year-round Christmas theme park. But Casey loves Christmas, so here they are. Unfortunately for Aaron, Casey’s determined to do anything to win Raquel back.
All Kris wants for Christmas is for his uncle to move back to Winter Wonderland to be the first gay Santa. To make that happen Kris needs to win the Race, his grade’s annual competition to see who can get a guest to fall in love with them first. Winning means a trip to New York, where Kris would be able to plead his uncle’s case to the founder of Winter Wonderland himself.
After some slippery ice sends Aaron and Kris literally flopping into each other, Kris agrees to help Aaron with his plan to keep Casey single. But in all their scheming, both can’t stop thinking about kissing the other, and it’s not just because of the mistletoe around every corner. Too bad true love isn’t on either of their Christmas lists…
This adorable rom-com from New York Times bestselling author Jason June unwraps the healing power of love and the magic of the Christmas season.
Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover is a regular feature on Pop! Goes The Reader in which I pay tribute to some of the best and brightest the publishing world has to offer in the way of book cover design.
With a recent plethora of cover reveals and new book announcements, I can’t be the only one who has begun to get excited about publishing in 2025 and beyond! With that in mind, I couldn’t resist creating a new edition of Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover that focused on some of the beautiful 2025 contemporary and realistic fiction YA covers that have been revealed thus far. I am firmly against the use of AI in creative and artistic pursuits and I think one of the ways we can push back againt publishing’s attempts at normalizing its use is by celebrating the hardworking designers and artists who create beautiful work for us every day, often with very little recognition or credit.
01. If We Were A Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal
Cover design by Laura Mock, Cover art by Steffi Walthall
02. Wish Upon A K-Star by Kat Cho
Cover art by Marci Senders
03. I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre
Cover art by Jeff Östberg
04. Every Borrowed Beat by Erin Stewart
Cover design by Casey Moses, Cover art by Beatriz Ramo
05. Take A Chance On Me by Elizabeth Eulberg
Cover art by Leni Kauffman
06. Pretty Girl County by Lakita Wilson
Cover art by Natalia Agatte
07. Lou With The Band by Alexandra Leigh Young
Cover design by Maya Tatsukawa, Cover art by Jessica Cruickshank
08. Out of Step, Into You by Ciera Burch
Cover art by Sarah Madden
09. I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Mariama J. Lockington
Cover art by Treshell Fisher
10. Heartbreaker by Anika Hussain
Cover art by Zahra Siregar
11. Love On Paper by Danielle Parker
Cover art by Vi-An Nguyen
12. It’s You Every Time by Charlene Thomas
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13. Say A Little Prayer by Jenna Voris
Cover design by Kristie Radwilowicz, Cover art by Louisa Cannell
14. You Started It by Jackie Khalilieh
Cover design by Gigi Lau and Lisa Jager, Cover art by Leni Kauffman
15. The Rival by Emma Lord
16. It’s A Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson
Cover design by Julia Feingold, Cover art by Nicole Goux
17. Leo Martino Steals Back His Heart by Eric Geron
Cover design by Kathleen Oudit and Jenna Stempel-Lobell, Cover art by Ana Hard
18. Never Thought I’d End Up Here by Ann Liang
Cover design by Maeve Norton, Cover art by Taylor Yingshi
19. Always Be My Bibi by Priyanka Taslim
Cover design by Sarah Creech, Cover art by Shazleen Khan
20. Sanskari Sweetheart by Ananya Devarajan
Cover design by David DeWitt, Cover art by Jani Balakumar
21. Two Truths and A Lionel by Brian Wasson
Cover design by Molly Fehr, Cover art by Erick Dávila
22. All The Noise At Once by DeAndra Davis
