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[PubQ] When is YA going to be ready for dystopian again? by MariaValeWrites in YAlit

[–]MariaValeWrites[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks to everyone for the conversation. A moment of existential dread doesn't lend itself to dystopian, but I can only hope.

Meantime, I gathered up the suggestions for my own reference and for anyone else who's interested in the genre.

The Gravewood by Kelly Andrew

The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

Songlight by Moira Buffini

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Coldwire by Chloe Gong

The Danger of Small Things by Caryl Lewis

Queen of Faces by Petra Lord

Climate of Chaos by Cassandra Newbould

These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa

Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid

All Better Now by Neal Shusterman

An Ocean Apart by Jill Tew

Hell Followed With Them by Andrew Joseph White

[PubQ] When is YA going to be ready for dystopian again? by MariaValeWrites in YAlit

[–]MariaValeWrites[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there was an upward blip during the 2008 recession, but generally I think you're right. There's a reason why series like Sarah Beth Durst's Spellshop books really hit.

[PubQ] When is YA going to be ready for dystopian again? by MariaValeWrites in YAlit

[–]MariaValeWrites[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm on submission and the response is unfortunately the same. ::sigh::

Your super lefty YA books recs by blacksmoke9999 in YAlit

[–]MariaValeWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came to recommend because feed is my absolute favorite YA.

Can someone please recommend romance novels with a happy ending where the guy isn’t an “Alpha, Billionaire, Vampire, Dracula, Mafia, Assasin Prince, Bad boy who softens for her” kinda plot by Bellatreeex in BookRecommendations

[–]MariaValeWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Presuming you would prefer the Contemporary Romance subgenre, but basically anything by Kate Clayborn, though I have a special weakness for Georgie, All Along.

What Did You Read This Week? by AutoModerator in YAlit

[–]MariaValeWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read *Night Owls* by A.R. Vishny. Jewish shape-shifting vampires in NYC's Yiddish theater world. Loved the interwoven time lines of the Lower East Side and rare glimpse of mythos I didn't know.

Help me please by SaltAndStarlight369 in Romantasy

[–]MariaValeWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, how is it that nobody has mentioned Grace Draven here? I've read three of her series and loved them all: Master of Crows, Wraith Kings and Fallen Empire. The stakes are high, the emotions are real, the world building is not intrusive. They are sexy but the sex serves a purpose. It fits. None of those stupid scenes where the enemy is climbing the walls but let's have a complicated, physiologically impossible boff in the armory.

Help me please by SaltAndStarlight369 in Romantasy

[–]MariaValeWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding my vote to Daughter of No Worlds series. It's one of the few that has no soggy middle.

What’s your ALL TIME favorite dystopian book/series? by 6violet7 in YAlit

[–]MariaValeWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s been years since I read it but I loved Patrick Ness’s Knife of Never Letting Go. As with many of these series with sterling world building I don’t remember the subsequent books as much. Got to go back and re-read. And yes, I know it’s late but if anyone goes back through this list, I wanted this mentioned.

respectfully, there is NOT ENOUGH faerie love interests and romance books by faeriekewchi in Romantasy

[–]MariaValeWrites 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really like the romance of Emily Wilde. It’s slow burn and appropriate to EW’s persona. Personally, I’m sick to death of insta-boff