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  "textContent": "Lili Reinhart stars as Ph.D. candidate Olive Smith\n\nThere’s no denying that the last few years have made some seriously big waves in the romance book-to-screen media department.\n\nThough this isn’t the first wave we’ve seen of book-to-screen romance adaptations – think Red, White & Royal Blue, Heated Rivalry and The Idea of You — this year certainly seems to be fruitful.\n\nNetflix have Bridgerton of course, and ventured into modern romance earlier this year with People We Meet On Vacation…but it seems to be Amazon Prime everyone is looking to for their YA romances.\n\nIn the wait for The Summer I Turned Pretty movie, Prime has gone all in on fake-dating, book boyfriends and YA coming-of-age – there will even be a Christmas rom-com movie staring TSITP’s Christopher Briney, Clashing Through the Snow, though details of that so far are few and far between.\n\nFor those that have already watched (and maybe re-watched) The Summer I Turned Pretty a million times, here’s what’s currently on the streaming platform, as well as what’s coming up in the YA and romance genre.\n\n## 1. Off-Campus\n\nMika Abdalla (who plays bubbly Allie Hayes) is set to star as the next leading lady of Off-Campus (Picture: Liane Hentscher/Prime)\n\nAmazon MGM Studios biggest smash-hit this year has to be Off-Campus. Based on Elle Kennedy’s book series, the show follows elite hockey players and their romances – perfect for fans of Heated Rivalry.\n\nSeason 1 follows “the unlikely romance between wry, hockey-hating music major Hannah Wells and Briar U’s womanizing star center Garrett Graham as they strike a deal to help each other out.”\n\nOf course, their fake-dating deal doesn’t unfold as expected. Some have found the show a bit cringe but fans have largely enjoyed, praising the show for showing female desire, body positivity and emotionally intelligent and respectful male characters. There’s also the bonus of high-stakes sports action just to add to the tension.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n## 2. The Love Hypothesis\n\nThe Ali Hazelwood cinematic universe is mixing up some chemistry for us.\n\nWith author Hazelwood an executive producer of this book-to-movie adaptation, fans are looking forward to seeing the love story between third-year biology Ph.D. candidate Olive Smith (Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart) with professor Dr. Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman) blossom from a fake relationship into something real.\n\nWant to see the chemistry bubble? Give _The Love Hypothesis_ trailer a look below. It will start streaming on Prime Video Sept. 23.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n## 3. Elle\n\nThough everyone knows that Elle Woods and her story revolve more around self-love than romantic tension, the prequel series to Legally Blonde sits firmly in the same bingeable YA category.\n\nLexi Minetree’s high school version of Elle Woods has big (pink) boots to fill — you won’t have to wait long to watch either, as Elle comes out July 1.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n## 4. Every Year After\n\nEvery Year After, based on Carley Fortune’s BookTok novel sensation  _Every Summer Afte_ r, has a will-they-won’t-they love affair tale to rival Belly and Conrad.\n\nIn fact, the show has already proven so popular that the streamer confirmed it will be back for a second season, based on Fortune’s sequel of sorts, One Golden Summer.\n\nFans even ‘cancelled their plans’ to binge this show — see if it’s worth calling in sick below.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n## 5. Maxton Hall\n\nMaxton Hall will see a third season drop in December\n\nIt may seem like everyone is dropping book-to-screen adaptations – but Maxton Hall was a bit ahead of the trend with the first season out in 2024.\n\nOne of the earliest page-to-screen TV shows to make waves, the German-language series, adapted from Mona Kasten’s _Save Me_ Book trilogy, is set to see a third season hit screens in December.\n\nThe show follows students at the prestigious Maxton Hall College, most notably Ruby Bell, a scholarship student, and James Beaufort, a broody trust-fund kid.\n\nWhile no trailer has been forthcoming, members of the cast were drumming up hype at Prime Video’s inaugural Obsessed Fest fan event in Los Angeles yesterday.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nSeveral other films and shows were also teased by the streamer at Prime Video’s Obsessed Fest fan event at nya Studios in Los Angeles.\n\nSpecifically for the fangirls, the streamer highlighted coming-of-age stories, book adaptations and romance as a key focus for the platform.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "5 of the biggest romance and YA releases to watch on Amazon Prime in 2026"
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