#ya fantasy for adults

[obsob]

happy and proud!!

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#mine #original #sm how managed 2 miss pride month....but its pride month every month in this house hold #ive read two bad YA books so far this month as a break from th 2nd farseer book but now.....i am back.........i am reading th 3rd one #its gna make my brain explode i can feel it #n then idk what i will read. maybe th hands of th emperor #could i read smth other than 800 page epic fantasy pls #the YA books werent too bad for YA but they hve that YA cringe 2 it. idk how u people read it constantly #if i hve 2 read th word 'heck' one more time #also theres always like. disney channel vibes. like i read gay YA romance n its so sanitised n vanilla. its so superficial #like i get this is for 16 year olds but were is the longing. the yearing. these guys are fanfic tropes stuck 2gether 2 glue. #also. what is with nearly every mlm romance / fantasy being YA not adult fiction. whats up w that #anyway hve a good evenin im gna do knitting!!!!!!!!!!!!

[headspace-hotel]

There is a type of plot that is prevalent in YA books and starting to get into general lit that I do not like. It is a similar trope to the MacGuffin, but instead of the plot being driven by an object, it is driven by the characters being in some sort of situation with formally fixed stakes.

Just as a MacGuffin is an object with no specific properties that affect its importance to the story, the identifying characteristic of this plot is that exact nature of the situation is irrelevant or at least not very important.

A very common example is when characters are involved in some sort of game or competition—for example, the first Throne of Glass book involves the protagonist competing to become the king's assassin, but the plot of the book would need to change very little if the competition was a beauty pageant.

"Gamified" plot lines like this often also include MacGuffins (to drive the "game"), confirming the tropes' similarity in my head.

The other common example is the "magic/superhero/assassin school" plot. The "school" is often just a device that brings the characters together and keeps them on a predetermined track, but there's nothing about what the characters are learning or even the school's specific identity as an educational institution that affects the plot.

#tropes #fantasy #books #writing #ya books #young adult books #young adult tropes #fantasy tropes

[crow-caller]

Tiktok sensation LightLark is the final boss of bad fantasy YA— a failure built on aesthetic boards and tropes, unable to pretend it has a heart

Tiktok sensation LightLark is the final boss of bad fantasy YA— a failure built on aesthetic boards and tropes, unable to pretend it has a heart

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A full summary with spoilers, analysis, quotes- and so much more on the subject of a book you should never read. This is a long piece. Like ‘Youtube Video Essay’ long.

Lightlark is joyless, a husk beyond parody, a checklist of every Island of Blood and Bone and Glass and Hearts that has come out in the last five years, built and sold on tropes and aesthetic boards. This is a book written by an author who is not a writer. It would fit in on the dregs of an amateur writing site with eerie perfection.

But Lightlark is more than that. You see, Lightlark is… a TikTok book.

EDIT:

Thanks :')

There's now a video version. I heard Tumblr likes video essay long watches on obscure very specific content... may I introduce you to:

I'm not making a dime on this, I have no horses, only like 70 hours of work looking at this mess of a book and I just want to make sure everyone knows how bad it is. Let's be bitter at this multimillionaires flop together.

#Alex aster #Book drama #Book Review #booktok #fantasy #fiction #Lightlark #Review #romance #writing #YA #YA books #YA fiction #young adult #Youtube

[serien-grl-22]

Something I love about Jude is, that when she witnesses how Balekin treats Cardan, she isn't like every other YA main character "oh no, that's why he's so mean. I should help him!", but more like "oh no, Cardan has the potential to be even worse, I gotta stop him!"

#young adult #YA #the cruel prince #fantasy #magic #throne of glass #the wicked king #queen of nothing #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #jude x cardan #jurdan #prince cardan #holly black #the lost heir #the prisoners throne #faerie #fae #tropes

[frondobongo-mixedmediaaccounting]

Going to the thrift store to buy a paperback book called Throne of Broken Raven Bones and Glass Ruin Kingdom for 45 cents just to feel alive. The main character is a simple farm girl named Græclyne Summernight de’Royalty (Gray for short)and she was born with a birthmark the exact shape of World Peace right on her shoulder. Everyone is in love with her except her sworn nemesis Blarno, the prince, who she must save the kingdom with butoh my the shocking he saves her it must be he loves her more than the rest. She is 4ft 6 and he is 7ft tall.

#YA #young adult #fantasy books #thrift store #dead inside #ithurtssogood

[soranatus]

I just wanted to make a post showcasing some of my favorite illustrations by Keith Thompson for the Leviathan Trilogy.

The art went so hard in these books, it’s crazy. The plot is basically an alternate universe WW1 about the major two powers, the Darwinists, and the Clankers. The Darwinists genetically engineered animals to fight for them creating huge flying whale battleships, while the Clankers made huge robot mechs and powerful guns. A few historical people and places show up in these books, like Nikola Tesla.

But my favorite parts of the books were the art, truly breathtaking, it was beautifully grotesque at times. But that’s not unexpected, after all Keith Thompson helped create the design of Moder from The Ritual!

#art #illustration #illustrations #illustrated book #fantasy #scifi #steampunk #YA #Young Adult #keith thompson #Scott westerfeld #Leviathan #Leviathan Trilogy #Leviathan Series #Behemoth #Goliath #deryn sharp #Dylan sharp #Prince Alek #aleksander of hohenburg #historical fiction #tw body horror

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

I love these shelves 🥰

#booklr #book photography #book picture #shelfie #bookshelves #bookshelf #bookworm #bibliophile #ya fiction #ya fantasy #fiction #fantasy #new adult #book community #book aesthetic #book lover #book nerd #my photos #mine

[carica-ficus]

I have always loved the way Bardugo approached Nina's figure and weight. And her love for food. Especially through Matthias. I remember a few other characters mention her body/eating habits in an unflattering manner, but she's always glorified in his eyes. One of the reasons he resents her is because her body is barely resistible to him. And this is not approached in a strictly sexual way, but also in an aesthetic way. She is beautiful. She is alluring. She is hot. And it's because of her curves, her size and her love for food. Matthias even mentions he loves to watch her eat because she finds pleasure in everything.

I mention all of it because it's still so hard to find a female character that is allowed to be bigger and admired for it. She's allowed to eat and to enjoy food. Not only that, but that she is found attractive because of it. Sure, she is sexualized, but not in a way that fetishizes her size.

#six of crows #soc #leigh bardugo #reading #book #fiction #fantasy #ya #young adult

[georgiacooked]

@fioiles and I finished watching Lockwood and Co a few nights ago and it was such a delight. Obviously I had to try drawing the gang in my style!

#art #artists on tumblr #lockwood and co #anthony lockwood #lucy carlyle #george karim #character design #cartoon #magic #ghosts #horror #fantasy art #urban fantasy #fanart #lockwood fanart #swords #YA #Young Adult

[charliejaneanders]

Marcus Aurelius crashed my attempt to make a cool tableau to let y'all know that my YA threequel PROMISES STRONGER THAN DARKNESS is out in paperback today 😹🚀🎉🎸⚡💕💃

#books #writing #ya fantasy #ya science fiction #young adult science fiction #young adult fiction #ya books #ya fiction #ya romance #space opera #book tumblr #bookwyrm #bookworm #book worm #reading #star trek #victories greater than death #dreams bigger than heartbreak #promises stronger than darkness

[whumpprompts]

my book is now FREE and will probably stay that way forever

this is because the world is a mess (and lowkey because my grampa implied I’ll start liking capitalism if I ever get rich off my writing, and I am full of Spite)

anyway!! if you want a big book full of stuff like…

aroace and other queer rep

so much blood and action

a talking stone

a looming apocalypse

a morally gray protag with so much Trauma and Anger

some monster-creatures

that sweet sweet found family

a slow-burn QPR

no spice

…here’s the thing for you.

Content warnings include child abuse, severe homophobia, religious trauma, suicidal ideation.

it is NOT yet free on Amazon. I have the price match request pending, but it might take time. I’ll reblog with its link once I get it free as well.

Barnes & Noble

Kobo, Apple Books, Smashmouth, etc.

#writeblr #fantasy books #queer books #aroace #whumpy books #;)) #action-adventure #more mature than YA but less dry than Adult #i can promise a fast-paced ride full of emotion and pain

[thecrystalcompass]

The first 12 pages of my Graphic Novel "The Crystal Compass." Hope you guys dig it, you can help make this project real by backing us on Kickstarter https://inked.pub/thecrystalcompass

#original art #my art #comics #graphic novel #indie comics #young adult fantasy #young adult books #ya books #role playing #comic pages #comic art #airships #floating island

[boosreads]

Can’t believe eva went from “he felt like her home” to “stranger” when talking about jacks☹️

#evajacks #the ballad of never after #stephanie garber #ouabh #bookaddict #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #booklover #bookaholic #booksarelife #booklr #bookshelf #booktwt #bookstagram #young adult #ya books #romantasy #ya fantasy #ya romance #triology

[therobishow]

I am once again calling for book rants. It was so much fun the last time, and I crave more.

Do you have a long standing grudge against a book you read in middle school? Have you gotten swept up by hype only to find that everyone lied to you and the book is trash? Do you burn with rage over the way an author portrayed your favorite mythology or folklore? Is there a book or series that you once loved, but now makes you cringe every time you think about it?

Do you want to vent all of it out to someone who won't judge you, or argue with you, but will simply accept all your feelings as their own?

Hi, that person is me. Send me an ask, anonymous or not, and tell me everything you've wanted to say. Offer me your anger, your frustration, your hatred. I will hold it for you. I will take it into my heart and make it my own.

It can be any genre you want, any demographic. I will accept it all. Even if James Patterson gets involved again. (I'm not scared of you, James!!)

#literature #books #ya fiction #ya fantasy #ya dystopia #fiction #Reading #middle grade books #adult fantasy #science fiction #fantasy #literary fiction

[cortanasdaisies]

jude after commiting a crime:

#the folk of the air #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #judecardan #the court of shadows #ya books #young adult #fantasy books

[imafuckinggrimreaper]

"You’re better than waffles, Matthias Helvar."

"Let’s not say things we don’t mean, my love."

-Leigh Bardugo (Crooked Kingdom)

#im crying rn #matthias helvar #nina zenik #helnik #six of crows #shadow and bone #crooked kingdom #leigh bardugo #grishaverse #why did you do this to me #quotes #books #young adult #ya fantasy #love quotes #waffles #someheartbrokenpoemsaboutlove