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Katie (Foundinfaerietales) asked this question about A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1):

Hi! Is this meant to be a YA novel? I saw some people had shelved it that way, but I'm reading it now, and the YA label is throwing me off a bit

Amber This is a year too late, but there's been a kind of new age group/audience classification up and coming into light over the past few years called "New…moreThis is a year too late, but there's been a kind of new age group/audience classification up and coming into light over the past few years called "New Adult", which is basically a novel written in sort of the style/feel of YA, but the main characters themselves are slightly older than teens and it may or may not have a few more adult themes. This is where I would classify this novel as it is neither quite all YA or all AF. (less)

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