r/YAlit

Honestly I like Michael moreeeee than dean cuz why does the cold,rude and nonchalant guys get the girl always???????? Seriously it’s giving me second ml syndrome 🥲😭

Pardon me if this was done here before because it’s just that I wanted to gush about some of my favorite young adult novels since I have been going on a collecting binge lately.

One novel I just found from a library recently is called Hyo the Hellmaker as it’s hard to explain the premise, but I am loving the novel since it has some really good illustrations in it, plus it takes place in what looks like Feudal Japan as I am having a good time with the book so far.

I, like many, grew up reading Tamora Pierce, and I lay at her feet a lot of my confidence in being female person. Growing up, I had a multitude of different female characters to identify with or cheer on, of all shapes and sizes, ages and personalities. She wrote good male characters too, from romances, mentors, friends, etc. I am definitely a better person today for having read them when I was a kid, and later a teenager.

But given how youth fiction has developed, who the flying finch are they meant for now? The first Alanna book is MG, the second is YA, and the last two are NA or adult. The Immortals I would say are solidly all YA, their content was more hardcore from the get go and she's 13 in the first one, but the short length and the focus on animals makes them look like kids books.

Everything after that point has no such genre issues (thanks Jo Rowling for unlocking the length of youth fiction), but they sure as hell do. But what about those two? Because while technically you can read the rest of the Tortall books without them, I think you're really missing a lot not to read everything in order.

So what age do you figure they're mature enough to handle the fade to black details of intimate relationships? 10? 12? Or do you risk waiting "too long" and having the readers feel like they're too old for the young part of the story?

P.S. I don't want to discuss whether you think it's acceptable for girls in their mid teens to be in intimate relationships with men in their late teens/twenties. That gets into way bigger issues, and in any case, reading something doesn't mean you're going to run out and do it immediately.

Hiya!

I'm about to finish my current series (The Naturals) and I was wondering if anyone had any good book/series recommendations for me?

Some books I've liked in the past:

• Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom. I really loved the characters and I think the pacing of the plot was so perfect! (I also liked the Shadow and Bone series but I liked these 2 more lol)
• Clockwork Princess. Amazing book in all aspects. Loved the romance, characters, plot and pacing!
• The Last Hour Shadowhunters Series. Tbf I didn't massively enjoy the last book but the first 2 I really loved! I thought the relationship between the characters was great and the 🔥spiciness🔥 level was perfect for me.
• The Caraval Series. I read these over a year ago so I can't really remember why I liked them lol but I gave them all at least a 4 on storygraph lol.

A couple (loose) requirements:

• Not too spicy. I'm fine with closed door and very metaphorical descriptions in open door but anything more than that always makes me uncomfortable lol. (I could probably deal with it if it's not a big focus tho).
• Not super scary/disturbing. I'm a generally pretty anxious person lol so I can't do anything thats gonna make me anxious/worried. (Like I said I'm currently reading The Naturals and thats pretty much right at the top of my tolerance for scary stuff. Maybe even a little bit over lmaoo).

Any recommendations would be amazing! (:

For me i personally dont like when there is spice in YA books cuz its for teens and unexpected pregnancy and main characters who "arent like the other gorls " and last and DEVINEATLY LEAST IS WHEN MISCOMUNICATION IS ALL MC AND MMCS RELATIONSHIP IS BUILT ON for my favs are when they communicate and when in enemies to lovers its not they are dating 6 pages in its 178 pages of enemies 25 pages of one of them falling 78 pages of the other one falling but denying it then 29 pages of one of them flirting 73 pages of frenemies yearning for each other and get together and the book ends and on to the next book

yg i need recommendations for books that have a thrill and suspense in them but have romance as a subplot! like the inheritance games series, shatter me series and a good girls guide to murder series. like they have smthn going on and keep u hooked w a interesting main plot but the main characters have chemistry and there’s romance too pls help!!!

I’ve been posting about reading in this and other communities for a long time, and I’d really like to create a bookstagram account. The problem is that I’m not really sure how to start, especially since I don’t want to show my face and I don’t necessarily read popular books.

For those who have any advice, I’d really appreciate your opinions please. :)

I’ll still do a little introduction:

* My name is Noémie

* I’m 21 years old

* The genres I mainly read are:

-classics from different countries

- science fiction

-manga

- mystery/detective novels like those by Agatha Christie

-non-fiction

I also read fantasy but it’s not really my favorite genre.

Thank you very much for reading this post. :)

guys plsplpls someone recommend me books like better than the movies or betting on you like light hearted rom com books basc how lynn painter writes
enemies to lovers/ fake dating/ friends to lovers typee yk

any recs for websites where i can listen to ya audio books for free!? (nothing like the movies!!!)

I just want to read a book like it before I grow out of that age range and don’t enjoy books like that anymore. I have a preference for slow burn romance but I’m very much open to other genres. Thanks!

Of course I am referring to young adult type fantasy works just to make it clear because it’s just that with the summer season getting closer, I was looking to saddle up with a fun fantasy novel on beaches.

Secondly, I am ok with romance elements since I was hoping to find an epic YA fantasy novel about a group of young people who are going on a voyage to save the world from a calamity as I don’t know how to explain it, but again yeah I just want to read a fun young adult novel with a tropical theme, if it exists.

Hey guys I’m completely stuck on what to watch next and could really use some help. Can anyone give me some good romance recommendations? I’m looking for a mix of both older, classic titles and newer, modern releases. I really want to dive into the shoujo genre, so please feel free to suggest either an anime or a great manga series to read. Let me know your absolute favorites and why you love them.

Here are some that I have watched over the time:

Kimi no todke,your name,blue spring ride, a sign of affection, kamisama kiss, fruit basket, yong of the dawn, dress up darling, marmalade boy, honey lemon soda, skip beat, mysterious play, kodocha, apothecary diaries, love through prism, you and I polar opposite, inyuasha, maid sama, toradora, clannad and special A. Please feel free to give me reccomdation based on my list or any anime and manga that you have in your mind:⁠-)

currently reading Sweet Bitter Song and it is destroying my heart… I’d love similar recs!

i want to get my friend a book for her birthday (6 months ago lmao) but the irony is that ive read so many books and have no clue what to get her.

she's just turned 17 so thats the age bracket sort of but she has read adult books too so that would be okay.

she used to really like fantasy, romantasy, rom coms, those sorts of books, but she hasnt been reading very much recently, and she said the other day that she doesnt think shes the biggest fan of fantasy anymore so i just dont really know what to go for?

i also dont know for sure what she has and hasnt read because she did used to read a lot just not in the past few years.

my original plan was to find a sad book because she was asking me for a sad suggestion recently (like think if he had been with me) but i havent really read too many sad books. i went to my sister for a suggestion and she said a thousand splendid suns which im sure is a great book because my sister has really good book taste, but i just dont know if she reads like 'real world books' and it just maybe seemed a bit heavy for getting back into reading, especially since she already has a bunch of stress from year 12. however, i havent read it so if you have lmk if that actually is a good idea.

i also just dont really want to do the classic walk into a bookshop and pick one in the moment because that method has failed me before.

oh btw i know i said i was looking for a sad book but it doesnt have to be- anything is fine really

also this is the inspo for giving it too her if that impacts anything https://au.pinterest.com/pin/973481275750381580/

Adult reader here. No I'm not giving this book a free pass just because it was marketed to the YA age bracket. That's not an excuse for anything. If I could insert a thousand screaming gifs right here because GOOD LORD was this an experience and not a positive one. I enjoyed Stalking Jack the Ripper despite its flaws, and even with Audrey Rose acting like an idiot for the first half of Hunting Prince Dracula (which I ranted about here a little while ago) I did find parts of it entertaining enough that I managed not to ragequit before the end. But this book? THIS BOOK?????? It's now on my list of Books I Consider My Archnemeses next to Fourth Wing (apologies to any fans) which is still in the #1 spot. This is a great dishonor and any book that ends up on this list really managed to infuriate me, which doesn't actually happen that often so it's a big deal when it does. Again, it's not the age bracket that was the problem - I read all sorts of books for all age groups without prejudice and enjoy them if I think they're written well, but I think would've crashed out even worse if I'd read this book as a teenager. It feels like it was written solely to cure the "I want to write a book with magical circus vibes too but creating an aesthetic is going to supercede crafting a good plot" bug that bit everybody in the wake of The Night Circus (trust me I have just as many grievances against the Caraval trilogy because of this). Because seriously WHAT was this 😭

List of Complaints in No Particular Order

-There was absolutely NO reason for this book to be over 400 pages long. The vast majority of it consisted of what turned out to be a somewhat pointless and extremely meandering subplot involving Audrey Rose (AR) and Mephistopheles (M). Nearly all if not all of it entirely could have been cut out because the "bargain" between them barely even made sense and only existed to manufacture unnecessary drama between AR and Cresswell (C). Two thirds of the way through I was like "What even is the point of this?" and couldn't come up with a sufficient enough answer to justify it being a major plot point. I am amazed the editor didn't have anything to say about this because it really dragged the book down and distracted from the mystery, and then didn't really even end up being relevant to the murderer reveal

-Splitting AR and C up for nearly the entire book was a MASSIVE mistake. Part of what got me through the weaker parts of the previous two books was the banter and the working relationship between the two of them. Even in AR's most frustrating moments, the banter between them was fun to read. This book by contrast was such a slog because the author just had to create an unnecessary love triangle (that barely even was one because AR was only mildly interested in M so you never really believed she was legitimately going to dump C for good). AR and M had no chemistry, the banter was annoying, and every time they had a scene together I felt like tearing my hair out because...

-MEPHISTOPHELES IS THE MOST OBNOXIOUS ROMANTIC RIVAL IN THE HISTORY OF ROMANTIC RIVALS 🤬 Okay yes I'm exaggerating, but THAT'S how much I hated this guy. Setting aside AR losing all of her deductive brain cells for no reason because the plot said so (seriously he was so off from the very beginning that there was NO way any sensible person would've made any kind of bargain with him), he was seriously the absolute worst. First off, he KNEW AR and C were together from the moment he met them and yet decided to interfere with their love life for...what? Shits and giggles? There was never any clear reason for it, he just did it because again, the plot said so. Also talk about the disrespect - SIR THE WOMAN WAS ALREADY TAKEN. LEAVE HER AND HER FIANCE ALONE!!!!!!! Yes, I get that the point was to "explore" AR's fear of being trapped in a marriage and needing to overcome that by recognizing that C would never try to cage her, but it was so horribly executed I wanted M himself to be murdered by the end.

This guy literally took advantage of her emotional vulnerability by intentionally confusing her about her feelings and dangling "what if you could have REAL freedom with ME" in front of her all for his own satisfaction apparently. Then he purposely tried to make C jealous - again, for his own apparent satisfaction - by waving his fake relationship with AR in front of his face, even when C was trying to help him save his carnival in investigating the murders. He never even thanked C for helping to save his ass in the end? Like bro your carnival survived because he and AR figured out who the real culprit was and thereby took the heat off of you??????

In addition to this, he was extremely creepy when pushing not one but TWO kisses on AR when she was still confused and HE WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HER CONFUSION!!!! And then when all was said and done he was framed as being a good guy all along and was never held accountable for any of his shitty behavior by either AR or C?????? If I was AR I would've slapped the life out of him both for assuming "oh yeah she actually wants me to kiss her even though she's engaged to some other guy and is extremely conflicted right now" and for inadvertently almost getting my fiance killed. Because it was his shenanigans that got them too embroiled with the carnival in the first place. Plus the fact that he insisted on continuing the performances even though someone ended up dead after every single one iirc? I get that he had a business to run but what an ass! Also, again, the "I know you wanted it" attitude towards the kissing, like wtf no! C should've thrown him overboard after finding out about the dumbass bargain

-The Liza/Houdini plotline was barely relevant even though the book made it out to be a big deal at the beginning. Again, the AR/M plotline overtook EVERYTHING including

-The actual mystery. I thought the culprit made more sense than the one in the previous book, but there was so much meandering in the middle of it that the reveal lost all of its impact by the time it happened. Referring back to point #1: the book was WAY too long. Most of the middle chapters felt like needless dramatic filler where the case didn't go anywhere and existed only to pad out the word count for seemingly no reason. I guessed the killer's motive pretty early on and there was no point to dragging out the investigation for so long when it was obvious either a carnival worker or a crew member on the ship had committed the murders. It felt like the author was trying to make it more convoluted than it actually was and ultimately it ended up becoming kind of a snoozefest. Which is unfortunate for a book that was primarily billed as a murder mystery

Anyway that's it for now. I have too much respect for books to hurl them across a room in a rage but the desire to do so is VERY real with this one 😭 Unfortunately for me I am a fiercely dedicated completionist (to the detriment of my sanity) so I will still be subjecting myself to the 4th book just to see how the series ends. If that gives me more to rant about, mark my words you will likely see me again lmao

It has NEVER been this bad for me. I'm stuck in 3 star hell and im genuinely wondering if its a me problem and ive just completely fallen out of love with reading. I miss having fun reading, why is every book i pick up so boring and just meh. Im sooo sad about it 😭 I fear i will never read a 5 star book again. Please tell me its not just me.

Hi!
I really want to get my little brother to get back into reading - we live somewhere where we dont have access to a library or even bookstores in english, so i cant take him anywhere to have him decide for himself
He spends a lot of time on roblox, youtube, and instagram and i know thats what every kid does now but i dont think its healthy
He used to read a lot and i think it would be good for him to get back into it

Mid s2, my little brother said he didnt want to watch the PJO show anymore because he wishes it was darker

Now i hope this doesnt sound silly and makes sense, but what are some books that are dark but still suitable for a 16 year old boy? Please dont say THG or the maze runner
Preferably something with easy-ish vocab because he hasnt read all that much since he read pjo as a kid
Also something where romance is minimal or in general isnt part of the main plot

His current interests include: world history and the amazing digital circus (lol)

Even though he likes world history, he doesnt really enjoy historical fiction that doesnt have any fantasy or sci fi elements

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you in advance!

Every few years there’s a new obsession that completely takes over bookshelves. Vampire craze started with Twilight, Vampire Academy, etc. Werewolves with Shiver. Then fallen angels with Hush Hush. I’m curious what people think is next once the fae craze starts fading.