Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Must Be Love | 2004 | Tui T. Sutherland | Buy |
This Must Be Love (2004) is Tui T. Sutherland’s standalone young adult novel, published early in her career before the Wings of Fire series made her a household name in children’s fiction. The book transplants the tangled romances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream into a modern summer Shakespeare festival, following best friends Helena and Hermia as crushes, jealousy, and misunderstandings mirror the Bard’s plot.
The novel sits apart from the rest of Sutherland’s catalog, which is almost entirely fantasy and adventure fiction for middle grade readers. This Must Be Love shows a different side of her writing, focused on contemporary teen life and romantic comedy rather than dragons and mythical creatures. It was published by HarperCollins and remains the only realistic fiction novel in her bibliography.