New YA Fiction Books Have All the Appeal

It’s clear that young adult books appeal to all ages— adult women flock to YA conventions and attend book signings, and it’s not just to accompany their teenage daughters (though they’re big fans of novels for young adults as well). Every small publishing company, including Sand Dollar Press, is seeking young adult novels, especially those with young adult fantasy themes. It’s an interesting phenomenon and something worth looking at—why do young adult novels appeal to readers of all ages?

We surveyed a group of women who prefer novels for young adults to find out the reasons why. Many said that books for young adults are usually written in more straightforward language, as opposed to some of the flowery prose found in many adult novels. They can incorporate young adult fantasy elements and harlequin romance style love stories, but without some of the stylistic devices and gratuitous content. Young adult books, even those from genres like young adult fantasy adventure romance, are all about the story—Save the Pearls Part One Revealing Eden is a perfect example—like many other post apocalyptic books, it’s got a strong story with themes of romantic apocalypse woven in.

Books for young adults, especially YA fiction, let you escape into an imaginary world, away from reality. The best part is, even young adult novels that encompass themes of young adult fantasy adventure romance are intellectually stimulating. Plus, it’s fun to get into the mind of fantasy characters or those that are usually found in Harlequin romance books.

Every independent publishing group and book publishing company is looking for YA post apocalyptic books, especially those with an underlying theme of a romantic apocalypse, such as the Save the Pearls series. The publisher of the series, Sand Dollar Press, is a small publishing company that is definitely releasing and seeking books of this genre.

YA novels can be from any genre, whether it’s romance, sci-fi, mystery, steampunk or paranormal—and tends to transcend several genres at once. It seems that a smart independent publishing company (or any book publishing company, for that matter) will open its doors wide to any form of YA fiction.