Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout, New Adult Paranormal Romance compared to, Obsidian (the Lux series) by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Young Adult, fiction, fantasy, romance
Each of us chose two books, one New Adult and one Young Adult book, this way we could compare both books from our own point of views. I read two books by the same author but two books who both were categorized in a different genre, New Adult, and Young Adult. Now, what makes these books so different that they separated them into a different genre?
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Jennifer L. Armentrout is a New York Times and the USA Today bestselling author who lives in West Virginia, America. Jennifer L. Armentrout is considered a ‘hybrid author, having successfully …show more content…
This book is also labelled as Young Adult because the main characters in the book are all around 17 years old which makes it easier for Young Adults, who are around the same age, to relate to the characters. The main characters are faced with teenage problems alongside unrealistic problems, and making the main characters face these teenage problems makes the reader connect with these characters on a higher level. This book deals with the relationship between Katy and her mother, which most reader can relate to on a different level. Katy falling in love for the first time makes it an, even more, of a Young Adult book because that is so stereotypically an adolescence problem that it is obviously something Young Adults can relate to. Throughout the book there are more underlying problems, teenagers deal with, in a way Young Adult books are a reflection of a Young Adults life and for them, it is just a way to escape reality for a while and life in a completely different world. Having the ability to relate to the main character makes it that much easier which is why this book is labelled as Young Adult, be under all the fiction the book deals with problems that teenagers deal with in real life, and it cannot be labelled as New Adult because New Adult tends to deal with issues for people who are a little bit older, like going to …show more content…
Maas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses series and the Throne of Glass series, as well as an international bestselling author. Sarah wrote the first ideas of the Throne of Glass series when she was just sixteen years old, and today it has sold in over thirty-five languages. Sarah grew up in New York, she currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and dog. She is known for her exploration in fairy tales and taking those fairy tales and mixing it in with her books. Which is exactly what she did. Both her book series are about magic, fairies, and other mystical