I feel bad for implying that there wasn't any truly stand-out shoujo series released this year as that's simply not true. Things can't be all bad when you get a new series from the creator of Dawn of the Arcana.
THE WATER DRAGON'S BRIDE (Suijin no Hanayome), by Rei Toma. First published in 2015 and first published in North America in 2017.
PLOT:
Asahi was just playing in her parents' yard when she's whisked into the pond and transported to a realm that's many hundreds of years before her own. Initially she is saved by a young boy from the village, but the rest of the village sees her as an outsider who will do as a sacrifice to the water dragon in the lake. Now she is trapped in the realm of the water dragon who has little interest in humanity, much less a bride, desperate to simply go home.