What I want to see in the next YA book I pick up is...

[Rez]

J.S. wrote: "Xander wrote: "J.S. wrote: "I want more reads with more humour than angst - or at least a good balance between the two.
I love character-driven stories, where there's more going on than just the ro..."

If you liked Carry On, A Hero at the End of the World uses the same sort of fan-fic writing; I thought it was better than Rowell's. The characters are a little older than standard YA, but there wasn't any sex on page, so it still sort-of qualifies as YA. It also happens to be one of those love it or hate it books.

[J.S.]

Rez wrote: "J.S. wrote: "Xander wrote: "J.S. wrote: "I want more reads with more humour than angst - or at least a good balance between the two.
I love character-driven stories, where there's more going on tha..."

Never heard of that one but it looks awesome. Thanks for the rec, rez :) x

[Iamshadow]

J.S. wrote: "Rez wrote: "J.S. wrote: "Xander wrote: "J.S. wrote: "I want more reads with more humour than angst - or at least a good balance between the two.
I love character-driven stories, where there's more ..."

There's a reason it's that fanfic style - Hero was written as a project where fanficcers and fanartists collaborated to produce original fiction. The author was a BNF in Potter fandom for many years.

[Shile (Hazard's Version) on-hiatus]

deals with Autism and Depression.

[Linda ~ they got the mustard out! ~]

Shile loves books wrote: " deals with Autism and Depression."

This is a great book, but it's not YA.

[Kaje]

Agreed - the sex content is not heavy but it is 18+ NA