Why I Love YA

1. Genre rules don't always apply - you're limited only by your imagination.
2. Sometimes literary and commercial are one in the same.
3. I can let loose my inner teen.
4. Hot bad boys! What?
5. No fear. YA writers go for the gusto. They take risks that adult writers don't always take both in craft and in subject matter.
6. Reaching readers of all ages. YA spans a multi-generational audience.
7. Fantasy is mainstream, more easily accepted by YA readers. Just look what Harry Potter and Twilight have done for the genre.
8. The characters are easy to connect with. YA tends to be very character driven, which I love.
9. There are so many GOOD YA books out there, I know the quality of what I'm picking up is likely to be high.
10. YA writers are the friendliest most frawesome group of people I know.

What do you love about YA?

*No offense to any MG or adult writers out there. But I gotta show my genre love. ;D

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