So lately I’ve had several book recommendations here and in other subreddits for novels or audiobooks that sounded great, but when I pursued them, I found these were young adult novels. Despite long discussion threads, no one mentioned this.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the occasional YA book. But it seems like something people should mention it is YA, like you might mention if something was softcore. It makes me wonder: Is this is not a big deal to people? Or do people not even realize these are YA?
The most recent was Red Rising, which was suggested as an audio book recommendation. One comment mentioned that they found this after looking for something like Game of Thrones . This is a fun book, and the audio narrator is great, but it is definitely YA and nothing like Game of Thrones, lol.
Anyway, just a thought…
Or you make it clear that you DON‘T want YA? If someone doesn’t want spice, they make it clear. If someone doesn’t want fantasy, they make it clear. If someone doesn’t want something, they make it clear.
It doesn’t matter. If you specify no YA, people will still rec YA. I’ve had it happen to me, and I’ve seen it happen hundreds of times on reddit.
That’s not what this post is about tho.
The thing is I have never seen Red Rising marketed as YA. This is the part that’s confusing me. It has been on my wishlist for a while and I have always seen it with other Fantasy books.