Everyone
that knows me understands how much of a book nerd I am. No matter where I go I either have a book at
hand or my handy Ipad. It is no surprise
that one of my favorite book genres is Young Adult or YA but lately I have been
completely drawn by this new genre known as New Adult.
It has
been amazing to follow how fast this new genre has risen to popularity. What is New Adult you ask? New Adult is a story that's a tad too steamy or mature to fall under the Young Adult (YA)
umbrella.
The
story usually evolves around college aged characters that are seventeen or older in many
instances. I if it’s a bit hard to
relate or understand think of it as an NC-17 rating for a movie.
NC-17
– is a trademark used for a movie rating indicating that admission will not be
granted to anyone under the age of 17.
I
would say that the need for this genre surfaced after the many women that began reading series such as Twilight, Hunger Games, Divergent,
etc. Even though we love YA we were
looking for something more realistic. Something
we could relate to and New adult definitely fits the mold.
You
want to read a New Adult book… Well look no further here are my top five must read…
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie
McGuire
Thoughtless by SC Stephens
Easy by Tamnara Weber
Find You In the Dark by A.
Meredith Walters
The Sea Breeze Series by Abbi
Glines
Very interesting. I love the YA genre and often thought that there should be something in between YA and adult fiction, and here we are! In fact my WIP would fit into this genre very snugly.
ReplyDeleteI have Beautiful Disaster in paperback on my bookshelf, just begging to be read! Great blog post.
I agree you should read BD asap!! you wont be dissapointed. Let me know about your WIP I would love to read and review :)
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