A lot of romance readers dip into YA fiction, myself included. Some of my favorite books have ended up being YA-romances, which were much more complex than I expected. I was intruiged today when I saw the article
The Dark Side of Young Adult Fiction in the NYT's. It's not an article really. It doesn't take a side but presents a serious of opinions about why so many dark themes and dystopias reoccur in YA-fiction. It made me take a moment to look at my TBR list and sure enough books like "The Hunger Games" and "Matched" were on there.
However, unlike some of the op-ed pieces, I don't think these are *new* themes to YA-fiction, but inherent to the genre. I can remember being 13 and loving books like "The Giver" and "Z is for Zachariah".
Whatever your take is on YA-fiction and its various themes, the piece is well worth taking a look at.
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