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Day 07 – Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise

I'm going to give an honourable mention to the trend of having YA protagonists obsessed with pop culture from the wrong era – particularly the 80's. I read several otherwise awesome books in a row that did this and, as with all dodgy plot devices, while it may work in context for a single title the pattern of seeing it so often makes you realise what's wrong with it – in this case a total cheat a...