A Goodreads user asked Brenna Yovanoff:

I just saw this book on Good Reads and I am VERY excited to start reading this book! Is the age 11 to early to read this book? I am asking this because I am 11 years old.

Brenna Yovanoff Hi Desteny,
Because of how the question form works, I actually don't know which of my books you're asking about! So what I'm going to do first is give you a really unhelpful blanket answer: it *depends.* I think there are probably a lot of different kinds of 11-year-old readers out there (when I was 11, a lot of the books I dearly loved were things my friends weren't even allowed to read yet) (that said, I definitely also read some stuff that looking back, I probably should NOT have). You are the number-one best judge of what you're ready for, along with any rules your parents have, so a lot of reading preference comes down to what you're comfortable with. Any time a book is getting uncomfortable or embarrassing or scary, it's totally fine to close it.

Now, an ACTUAL answer to your question: when people ask if they're ready for my books, I pretty much always tell them to start with Paper Valentine or Fiendish. I know that sounds weird, recommending books with murder and monsters, but both of these books are specifically about good, brave girls who just want the world to be a better place. They have a little bit of cursing, but not very much, and also a little bit of kissing—but not very much. The Replacement and The Space Between are both darker and more complicated, so unless you're already happily reading dark and complicated books, those ones might be good to wait on until you're a little older. Hope that helps!
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