Genre: Medieval Romance You’ll like this if you like: Forgiveness, Heroines Falling in Love with Disguised Heroes, or Forbidden Love that’s Not Actually Forbidden. Cleanliness: Even before the start of this story, the heroine has slept with another man, which is where the “forgiveness” mentioned above comes in play. The hero and heroine get married pretty early…
Genre: YA Fantasy You’ll like this if you like: Winter, Seasons, Magic, and Relatable Character Arcs Cleanliness: Towards the end of the first book, a bad guy prepares to rape the main character. She’s able to kill him, of course. Then in the second book, the main character launches away from the prince after he’s…
Genre: YA Dystopian You’ll like this if you like: Gentle Heroes, Forbidden Love, and an Inspiring Inner Journey. Cleanliness: The heroine is kissed a few times. One time, two men attack her, but guess who comes to the rescue? Hero type: Protector/Beta Male Favorite profound quote: “What if you could abandon all of the labels…
Genre and audience: Romance for YA You’ll like this if you like: Gorgeous, poetic prose, addictive books, a haunting, yet enchanting story concept, unique, well-developed characters, sweet, natural romance. Cleanliness: One of the characters has a wild streak–she goes home with a different guy each night and wears what she calls “stripper heels.” Ironically, her…
Genre and Audience: Dystopian Romance for Teens You’ll like this if you like: Multi-Dimensional Characters, Super Sweet and Protective Heroes, Feisty Red-Headed Heroines, Mystery, Adventure, Plot Twists, Incredibly Sweet Romance, Intricate Plots, and Saving Grandmas. Cleanliness: They sleep together on a train, but nothing really happens. They also kiss a time or two. Altogether, the…
Genre and Audience: Dystopian Romance Novel for Teens You’ll like this if you like: Princes and Princesses, Competitions, Romance, and a Feisty Heroine. Cleanliness: There is one questionable point where Maxon and America are (OBVIOUS SPOILER ALERT) positive they’re going to get married, so they almost… Ahem, do stuff together. But they don’t. Which is…
Genre: Dystopian Romance for Teens You’ll like this if you like: YA Novels, Tension, Sub-plots, Depth, Subtext, Incredible World-Building, Intrigue, Three Dimensional Characters (from Cinder to Queen Levana. Every one has something they want and a reason behind it). Cleanliness: As far as the romance, there’s one kiss. It was a great kiss, though only…
Genre and Audience: Contemporary Romance for Adults You’ll like this if you like: Tension, Unique, yet Realistic Characters, Reformed Rebels, Motorcycles, and an Inspiring Character Arc. Cleanliness: There’s a few really sweet kisses. Nothing out of the norm. Hero Type: Bad Boy/Beta Male Harriet is a preacher’s kid, a reformed rebel, and now head…
Genre and Audience: YA Dystopian Novel for Teens You’ll like this if you like: an Original and Unique Story world, Adventure, a Thread of (Very Sweet) Romance, a Relatable Heroine, Beautiful Writing and Metaphors, and an Awesome Theme. Hero Type: Hmm, in book 2, he seems like a Beta Male In a dystopian world,…
Genre and Audience: Romance for Teens in High School You’ll like this if you like: Awesome Character Arcs, Great Themes, Jane Austen, High School Drama, Romance (with all of the Tension and Sweetness), Heroic Heroes (Sorry about the redundancy 😉 ), Sympathetic, Realistic Characters, and Feeling Emotions in the Story. Cleanliness: A kiss a time or…