B ReviewsContemporary / New Adult / poetry1 Comments
Dear Ms. Hoover: Despite many accolades and even your engaging excerpt posted here at Dear Author at the recommendation of a fellow reader, I balked at reading a book about poetry. But after reading every traditional publishing acquired self published, Slammed remained a nagging omission. An unchecked item on a ... more >
D ReviewsContemporary / infidelity / New Adult / twins24 Comments
Dear Ms. Leighton: I find this book hard to grade. It’s very sexy and hot as the cover suggests but the story is kind of a miss. There are three main characters: Olivia, Nash and Cash. Nash and Cash are twins. First, Olivia has this faux conflict. She’s always gone ... more >
F ReviewsContemporary / infidelity / New Adult26 Comments
Dear Ms. McAdams: After this book, I wondered if the new thing in New Adult is love triangles and super selfish heroines. Is this the new *thing*? Is it a result of Twilight’s fake love triangle? Does it feed a wish fulfillment of being the center of all the attention? ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsNew Adult / Recommended Reads / Young-Adult17 Comments
Dear Ms. McGarry: When I was at BEA this year, many of the conversations began with “what are you excited about” and to nearly every person I said “Pushing the Limits” by Katie McGarry. My interest was piqued when I came across the cover and title of this book when ... more >
Letters of Opinion / Recommended ReadsIf You Like / New Adult / Recommended Reads49 Comments
The above is my own definition for the New Adult genre. In 2009 St. Martin’s Press announced it would be acquiring books for a “New Adult” line and held a submission contest but by 2011, SMP had not yet delivered on the promised new line despite interest expressed by readers online. ... more >
B- ReviewsBloomsbury / Contemporary / New Adult / PTSD9 Comments
Dear Ms. Doller: This book was recommended to me by Racblog (http://romance-around-the-corner.blogspot.com/) who knows I’ve been reading more New Adult books. I’m using the term “New Adult” which I believe was originally coined by St. Martin’s Press. The period references that post high school, on the cusp of adulthood time ... more >
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