What is happening to the Young Adult Genre?

I noticed something when I made my Series I Will NOT FINISH post and I've been meaning to write about it, now, here it is!

So, as you already know, I'm an avid YA reader. I LOVE Young Adult books. If you think children's books are too childish and adult books are too adult-y for you, then YA is the middle line. It's the perfect balance (For, the record, I love both children's and adult books, still, I'm just pointing out a fact :D)

Twilight ex Machina! 

 
Day by day, I see increase in the people who've read Twilight or a book similar to it and loved it, so they are pick up their laptop to write a YA "book". Of course, I'm not saying all YA authors do it, but those who do outweigh those who don't.
It makes me so mad cause many YA books that are actually better in so many ways get pushed to the back because of ones like these.

I don't think Twilight is a great piece of literature. I would compare Twilight to  M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening. You see that movie and you immediately know even the actors who worked in it knew it wasn't making sense, but they just rolled with it and were like "Let's just get this over with *sigh*"..At a point in the movie I laughed when people were dying left and right (a few by a lawnmower...um..yeah..) The  movie is so horrible that it's epically Hilarious (It's still better than Twilight though..By a Lot).
 
Twilight is a guilty pleasure series. Period. I love the movie Supernova, it's one of my guilty pleasures, but if anyone said that movie sucked I would probably agree..because it does suck on a cinematic scale.. 

I don't hate Stephanie Meyer..In fact I did really like the Host (It was decent book, you gotta admit). That book had a more deep and profound message than I expected..It was a pleasant surprise.  I have actually written a post on this. You can read it by clicking here.

Most of every single book that I've read recently and come to hate is because the story progressed into the Twilight love triangle fest or as I like to call it Twilight ex Machina! And worse, some of the books felt like they were written by a eight year old...UGH!

Damn right, Mr. Smith!

Some authors just use a filler plot that is so  shitty and inconsistent because the author didn't wanna spend time working those out as they were too busy with the romance aspect of the novel... If you wanna write a romantic novel..go write a freaking romance novel!!!!!!!! 


WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU USE SCI-FI OR FANTASY PREMISES AS A FILLER?!!!!!!!!!!! 

With the way some of these books are written you would think Teenagers are just an embodiment of raging hormone who's only goal in life is having a boyfriend/girlfriend.

The Formula:

1. Just Shoehorn some supernatural abstinent guy in it.. doesn't matter why he is  a vampire or alien or whatever as long as he's not human, because who would date a human...*cough cough*
2. Make him fall in love with the totally plain girl who he will continuously on many ocassions say she is special...
3. Make them not be a couple for some stupid reason (which usually includes the guy saying he's dangerous or doesn't deserve the girl)
4. Create a clumsy love triangle (I'm just curious, aren't there eligible girls, why do these guys have to fight like two dogs do over a of slice bread? Resources are dwindling by Overpopulation and you can't find the poor guy a girl? Geez)
5. Throw a conflict, doesn't matter it maybe stupid or doesn't make sense, as long as it will hinder the couple's happily ever after just after they've decided that they're made for each other..and Voila! your very own book...


I have seen shitty book get 4+ ratings on Goodreads JUST because the book has a swoon worthy guy (according to them abusive, stalking, borderline personality disorder guys =attractive... um.. okay?)...
 
It's actually frustrating, cause they make the synopsis sound like this Epic Adventure and lure you into reading it..but after you've read it you feel like a complete idiot who went into the Ginger bread house for the sake of candy..*ahem* we all know how that plays out..




I regret to have experienced this incident, but as you all know I love the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead, so you might understand that I was fuming when I found out there was a similar series which copied it and the only difference this author had made that she changed the vampires to fairies..Everything else, Teacher-student romance, guardian, even the bond and it had above 4 star aggregate rating!

If I feel like reading Vampire Academy, I'll just read it..I don't want to read your second-grade Xerox copy! I wanna beat the crap outta the people who give green signals to books like these..
If you can't even write a story and have to borrow 90% from other talented authors, then you're not fit to be called an author..I;m sorry..it's harsh, but it is the plain and simple truth.

A note to YA authors

I'm not against relationships and love in a book, in fact I like romance and love triangles, some of my favorites books have that, but add some other elements too!

YA is a wonderful genre. It shows what we teens struggle in everyday life and how hard it is to be an adolescent. After all, teenage years are the molding stages of life.  

So, try to understand your target audience, please, for the sake of all that is holy.

I know I'm gonna get a lot of hate for this. The Truth is Bitter, but it is the truth. 

On a positive note, Dracula sings how he can never be an Emo Vampire. Enjoy :D

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Thank You For Reading :)
Until next post,