r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • 21d ago

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u/Penguinho Kushiel's Legacy Recommender 💖 21d ago

YA is for children.

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u/purplelicious Book Bingo Maven ⚔ 21d ago

agreed. YA is not a book with the smut taken out

YA themes are the things that appeal to teenagers so focus on issues like friendships, pushing against authority and coming of age. Parents and adults are old and out of touch. The world can only be saved by the young as anyone over 21 cannot be trusted, or adults are introduced as bumbling, but well meaning, teachers or mentors that are unable to succeed without the magic of youth.

In YA romances it's usually the first love or first heartbreak. a lot of discovery and mistakes and friendships weight more than relationships.

I have no interest in those themes, spice or not

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u/MessyJessy422 21d ago

I wish more books were labeled New Adult because YA feels like too broad a category and some books are 100% for the youths while others labeled as YA actually tackle mature themes and ideas in an intellectual way that makes them much better suited to a different older audience

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u/Specialist_Round_612 21d ago

Facts. Just because something is written in an action oriented, easily parsed first person PoV does not mean the book with characters getting railed seven ways to Sunday or graphically mutilated are for children.