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Originally Posted by Rizla
What YA contains sex? I thought Twilight was clever in that its very plot-core disallowed sex, though the bang inevitably came, but that was much later in the series. Harry Potter contained lots of adolescent snogging, but it was innocent.
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I should have stated that there is a FOCUS on sex. I honestly don't read much YA anymore unless I can find it with a plot that does not involve love triangles (whether those involved choose or not, whether they be vamps or weres or just regular guys/gals) high school angst (some cliques I can deal with but an entire book on whose nail polish rules the world is not for me. A focus on who dates or has sex with whom is also not for me) and/or an entire book where the plot is buried under popularity contests and "Oh, I didn't know I was special" themes is not for me.
Just like any of the fiction I read, I require a plot--mystery or quest or survival or SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHO IS IN WHOSE PANTS. I like the characters to have concerns and problems other than whether they will be chosen/noticed by "hero 1." And sadly, MUCH of the YA I find today involves Twilight type themes were there is a triangle and sparkles and angst. In other fantasy ones, there are the "popular girls" the "mean girls" and that kind of thing.
I guess I like my YA to have nothing to do with high school.
All that said, I do like romantic subplots.