If you thought the votes before this past week were hard—I’m guessing you’re pretty mad about things at the moment. We never said it would be easy! FYA March Madness is filled to the brim—every year—with the hardest of hard choices.

In a week of very close races, the closest race of the week was between Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter vs. Sarah Dessen’s The Truth About Forever, with 47% and 53% of the votes, respectively. And the race with the largest gap was between Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles vs. Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe, with 69% to 31%.

Check out all of the results below, along with an updated bracket.

Contemporary

Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter (47%) vs. Sarah Dessen’s The Truth About Forever (53%)

Fantasy

Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone (65%) vs. Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes (35%)

Historical / Folklore

Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle (58%) vs. Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity (42%)

Sci-Fi / Dystopia

Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles (69%) vs. Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe (31%)

Be sure to cast your votes in the Final Four via our stories this week, and check back next Sunday for the Championship round!

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