GOD, CASSANDRA CLARE, WHY IS EVERYTHING YOU WRITE FULL OF RAPE, ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, AND OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT/ABUSE

JUST

WHY

LOOK, I UNDERSTAND THAT FANFICTION CULTURE HAS DONE ITS PART IN UNFORTUNATELY NORMALIZING AND/OR FETISHIZING THESE THINGS

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU COME FROM FANFICTION CULTURE

BUT THEY ARE NOT NORMAL

AND MORE THAN THAT

THEY ARE ALWAYS

100%

WRONG

PLEASE STOP PERPETUATING THESE IDEALS THROUGH YOUR BOOKS

YOU HAVE A PLACE OF SOCIAL VISIBILITY AND INFLUENCE TO A LARGE AUDIENCE AND, PERHAPS JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, TO OTHER MEDIA PRODUCERS, CRITICS, AND ANALYSTS OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC

AND YOU ARE CONSISTENTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONDONING OF RAPE CULTURE

AND THAT IS NOT OKAY

How to be a fan of problematic things

Social Justice League:

I like things, and some of those things are problematic. I like Lord of the Rings even though it’s pretty fucked up with regard to women and race (any narrative that says “this whole race is evil” is fucked up, okay). I like A Song of Ice and Fire even though its portrayal of people of colour is problematic, and often I find that its in-text condemnation of patriarchy isn’t obvious enough to justify the sexism displayed. I like the movie Scott Pilgrim vs The World even though it is racist in its portrayal of Matthew Patel, panders to stereotypes in its portrayal of Wallace, and trivialises queer female sexuality in its portrayal of Ramona and Roxy’s relationship. For fuck’s sake, Ramona even says “It was a phase”! How much more cliche and offensive could this movie be? Oh wait, remember how Scott defeats Roxy, his only female adversary, by making her orgasm? Excuse me while I vomit…and then keep watching because I still like the rest of the movie.

Liking problematic things doesn’t make you an asshole. In fact, you can like really problematic things and still be not only a good person, but a good social justice activist (TM)! After all, most texts have some problematic elements in them, because they’re produced by humans, who are well-known to be imperfect. But it can be surprisingly difficult to own up to the problematic things in the media you like, particularly when you feel strongly about it, as many fans do. We need to find a way to enjoy the media we like without hurting other people and marginalised groups. So with that in mind, here are my suggestions for things we should try our darnedest to do as self-confessed fans of problematic stuff.

• Firstly, acknowledge that the thing you like is problematic and do not attempt to make excuses for it. It is a unique irritation to encounter a person who point blank refuses to admit that something they like is problematic. Infuriatingly, people will often actually articulate some version of the argument “It can’t be problematic because I like it, and I’m nice.” Alternatively, some fans may find it tempting to argue “Well this media is a realistic portrayal of societies like X, Y, Z”. But when you say that sexism and racism and heterosexism and cissexism have to be in the narrative or the story won’t be realistic, what you are saying is that we humans literally cannot recognise ourselves without systemic prejudice, nor can we connect to characters who are not unrepentant bigots. Um, yikes. YIKES, you guys.
  
  And even if you think that’s true (which scares the hell out of me), I don’t see you arguing for an accurate portrayal of everything in your fiction all the time. For example, most people seem fine without accurate portrayal of what personal hygiene was really like in 1300 CE in their medieval fantasy media. (Newsflash: realistically, Robb Stark and Jon Snow rarely bathed or brushed their teeth or hair). In real life, people have to go to the bathroom. In movies and books, they don’t show that very much, because it’s boring and gross. Well, guess what: bigotry is also boring and gross. But everyone is just dying to keep that in the script.
  
  Especially do not ever suggest that people not take media “so seriously,” or argue that it’s “just” a tv show. The narratives that we surround ourselves with can subtly, subconsciously influence how we think about ourselves and others. That’s why creating imaginary fantasy and sci fi worlds that have more equal societies can be a powerful thing for marginalised people, who mainstream media rarely acknowledges as heroes. But even if you don’t think that media matters, there is still no reason to focus exclusively on unequal or problematic fictional worlds and narratives. If it doesn’t matter, why don’t YOU stop taking your media so seriously and stop fighting us on this? You with your constant demands for your narrow idea of “realism” (which by the way often sounds a lot like “show me naked skinny ciswomen, and gore”). If in your framework tv shows aren’t serious business, why does realism matter? Why can’t you accept that it would be totally cool to have AT LEAST ONE BIG MEDIEVAL FANTASY EPIC WHERE WOMEN AND POC WERE LIKE, EQUAL TO WHITE MEN AND STUFF. STOP TAKING IT SO SERIOUSLY.

• Secondly, do not gloss over the issues or derail conversations about the problematic elements. Okay, so you can admit that Dune is problematic. But wait, you’re not done! You need to be willing to engage with people about it! It’s not enough to be like “Ok, I admit that it’s problematic that the major villain is a fat homosexual rapist, but come on, let’s focus on the giant sandworms!” Shutting people down, ignoring or giving minimal treatment to their concerns, and refusing to fully engage with their issues is a form of oppression. Implicitly, you’re giving the message that this person’s feelings are less important than your own. In fact, in this case you’re saying that their pain is less important than your enjoyment of a book, movie or tv show. So when people raise these concerns, listen respectfully and try to understand the views. Do not change the topic.

• Thirdly you must acknowledge other, even less favourable, interpretations of the media you like. Sometimes you still enjoy a movie or book because you read a certain, potentially problematic scene in a certain way – but others read it entirely differently, and found it more problematic. For example, consider the scene in Game of Thrones where Drogo rapes Dany (which he does not do in the books). One of my friends feels that it was portrayed like rape fetish porn, sexualising the act and Dany’s pain. But I feel that the scene focuses on Dany’s pain and tears in a manner that is not fetishising them (though even so the narrative is still totally fucked up because Dany and her rapist then go on to have a good, sexyfuntimes relationship…uh, no, HBO). I don’t agree with my friend’s interpretation but I recognise it as a totally valid reading of the scene.
  
  Also, as a fan of problematic media, you need to respect the fact that others may be so upset or angered by media you love that they don’t want to engage with it at all. In fact, one of my best friends won’t watch HBO’s Game of Thrones because of the racism and misogyny. That’s a completely legitimate and valid response to that tv show, and me trying to convince her to give it another shot would be disrespectful and hurtful. If you badger others to see what you see in something when they are telling you it’s not enjoyable for them, you’re being an entitled jerk. You’re showing yourself to be willing to hurt a real person over a television show. That really is a sign you’re taking things too seriously.

As fans, sometimes we need to remember that the things we like don’t define our worth as people. So there’s no need to defend them from every single criticism or pretend they are perfect. Really loving something means seeing it as it really is, not as you wish it were. You can still be a good fan while acknowledging the problematic elements of the things you love. In fact, that’s the only way to be a good fan of problematic things.

* Emphasis mine

How to be a fan of problematic things

Social Justice League:

I like things, and some of those things are problematic. I like Lord of the Rings even though it’s pretty fucked up with regard to women and race (any narrative that says “this whole race is evil” is fucked up, okay). I like A Song of Ice and Fire even though its portrayal of people of colour is problematic, and often I find that its in-text condemnation of patriarchy isn’t obvious enough to justify the sexism displayed. I like the movie Scott Pilgrim vs The World even though it is racist in its portrayal of Matthew Patel, panders to stereotypes in its portrayal of Wallace, and trivialises queer female sexuality in its portrayal of Ramona and Roxy’s relationship. For fuck’s sake, Ramona even says “It was a phase”! How much more cliche and offensive could this movie be? Oh wait, remember how Scott defeats Roxy, his only female adversary, by making her orgasm? Excuse me while I vomit…and then keep watching because I still like the rest of the movie.

Liking problematic things doesn’t make you an asshole. In fact, you can like really problematic things and still be not only a good person, but a good social justice activist (TM)! After all, most texts have some problematic elements in them, because they’re produced by humans, who are well-known to be imperfect. But it can be surprisingly difficult to own up to the problematic things in the media you like, particularly when you feel strongly about it, as many fans do. We need to find a way to enjoy the media we like without hurting other people and marginalised groups. So with that in mind, here are my suggestions for things we should try our darnedest to do as self-confessed fans of problematic stuff.

• Firstly, acknowledge that the thing you like is problematic and do not attempt to make excuses for it. It is a unique irritation to encounter a person who point blank refuses to admit that something they like is problematic. Infuriatingly, people will often actually articulate some version of the argument “It can’t be problematic because I like it, and I’m nice.” Alternatively, some fans may find it tempting to argue “Well this media is a realistic portrayal of societies like X, Y, Z”. But when you say that sexism and racism and heterosexism and cissexism have to be in the narrative or the story won’t be realistic, what you are saying is that we humans literally cannot recognise ourselves without systemic prejudice, nor can we connect to characters who are not unrepentant bigots. Um, yikes. YIKES, you guys.
  
  And even if you think that’s true (which scares the hell out of me), I don’t see you arguing for an accurate portrayal of everything in your fiction all the time. For example, most people seem fine without accurate portrayal of what personal hygiene was really like in 1300 CE in their medieval fantasy media. (Newsflash: realistically, Robb Stark and Jon Snow rarely bathed or brushed their teeth or hair). In real life, people have to go to the bathroom. In movies and books, they don’t show that very much, because it’s boring and gross. Well, guess what: bigotry is also boring and gross. But everyone is just dying to keep that in the script.
  
  Especially do not ever suggest that people not take media “so seriously,” or argue that it’s “just” a tv show. The narratives that we surround ourselves with can subtly, subconsciously influence how we think about ourselves and others. That’s why creating imaginary fantasy and sci fi worlds that have more equal societies can be a powerful thing for marginalised people, who mainstream media rarely acknowledges as heroes. But even if you don’t think that media matters, there is still no reason to focus exclusively on unequal or problematic fictional worlds and narratives. If it doesn’t matter, why don’t YOU stop taking your media so seriously and stop fighting us on this? You with your constant demands for your narrow idea of “realism” (which by the way often sounds a lot like “show me naked skinny ciswomen, and gore”). If in your framework tv shows aren’t serious business, why does realism matter? Why can’t you accept that it would be totally cool to have AT LEAST ONE BIG MEDIEVAL FANTASY EPIC WHERE WOMEN AND POC WERE LIKE, EQUAL TO WHITE MEN AND STUFF. STOP TAKING IT SO SERIOUSLY.

• Secondly, do not gloss over the issues or derail conversations about the problematic elements. Okay, so you can admit that Dune is problematic. But wait, you’re not done! You need to be willing to engage with people about it! It’s not enough to be like “Ok, I admit that it’s problematic that the major villain is a fat homosexual rapist, but come on, let’s focus on the giant sandworms!” Shutting people down, ignoring or giving minimal treatment to their concerns, and refusing to fully engage with their issues is a form of oppression. Implicitly, you’re giving the message that this person’s feelings are less important than your own. In fact, in this case you’re saying that their pain is less important than your enjoyment of a book, movie or tv show. So when people raise these concerns, listen respectfully and try to understand the views. Do not change the topic.

• Thirdly you must acknowledge other, even less favourable, interpretations of the media you like. Sometimes you still enjoy a movie or book because you read a certain, potentially problematic scene in a certain way – but others read it entirely differently, and found it more problematic. For example, consider the scene in Game of Thrones where Drogo rapes Dany (which he does not do in the books). One of my friends feels that it was portrayed like rape fetish porn, sexualising the act and Dany’s pain. But I feel that the scene focuses on Dany’s pain and tears in a manner that is not fetishising them (though even so the narrative is still totally fucked up because Dany and her rapist then go on to have a good, sexyfuntimes relationship…uh, no, HBO). I don’t agree with my friend’s interpretation but I recognise it as a totally valid reading of the scene.
  
  Also, as a fan of problematic media, you need to respect the fact that others may be so upset or angered by media you love that they don’t want to engage with it at all. In fact, one of my best friends won’t watch HBO’s Game of Thrones because of the racism and misogyny. That’s a completely legitimate and valid response to that tv show, and me trying to convince her to give it another shot would be disrespectful and hurtful. If you badger others to see what you see in something when they are telling you it’s not enjoyable for them, you’re being an entitled jerk. You’re showing yourself to be willing to hurt a real person over a television show. That really is a sign you’re taking things too seriously.

As fans, sometimes we need to remember that the things we like don’t define our worth as people. So there’s no need to defend them from every single criticism or pretend they are perfect. Really loving something means seeing it as it really is, not as you wish it were. You can still be a good fan while acknowledging the problematic elements of the things you love. In fact, that’s the only way to be a good fan of problematic things.

* Emphasis mine

sherralotz:

Some cool terms in my fandoms:

• Muggle - ordinary human in Harry Potter.
• Mundane- ordinary human in The Mortal Instruments.
• Mist- covers up the magical things in Percy Jackson series.
• Glamour- covers up the magical things in The Mortal Instruments.

“Glamour” is used in Paranormalcy, too. And in The Curse Workers, magical people “have the heebie-jeebies,” or HBGB. :)

Characters whom it MOST annoys me when they’re whitewashed in fancasts:

• Jem Carstairs
• Cassel Sharpe
• Carter Kane
• Magnus Bane
• Leo Valdez
• Piper McLean
• Tina Hakim-Baba

aimmyarrowshigh:

The Mortal Instruments Character Cards: Set One

Random TMI/TID headcannons… leading into T/S shippy thoughts.

angel-gidget:

1. Magnus steeled his heart against falling in love with Will because he knew he was his type and knew he was trouble.

2.  It did no good because he still ended up loving Will and, even platonically, the shadowhunter was able to rip at his heart.

3. Part of Will really did believe that when when it came to magic, Magnus could do anything.

4. Henry and Charlotte’s parents were so obsessed with the business deal end of their children’s marriage, it never occurred to them to assure their children that one really did want to marry the other.

5. Jace experienced confusingly equal levels of amusement and sexual frustration whenever Clary chose drawing and daydreaming over making out.

6. Just because Simon could change the nature of his love for Clary back to that of friendship, didn’t change the fact that outliving Clary was still the absolutely most terrifying part of immortality to him.

7. When Tessa finally brought herself to visit the New York Institute, she said her polite introductions, but then simply froze upon seeing Church… just calmly curled up in a corner. She rushed forward and fell to her knees hugging the wriggling cat because he had been Jem’s and he was still alive after all this time… and it’s not as if Magnus wouldn’t be dear and explain away her tears to the others anyhow.

8. Jace would sometimes wake up and literally wonder which name he’d decided to go by that week.

9. Alec remembered not feeling any obvious sensation upon first wearing the fearless rune… but there was definitely a difference between when it was working and when it wasn’t. And he was often tempted to ask Clary to mark him with it again.

10. Isabelle once broke her 7-inches motto for ballet flats. Clary looked so cute in them, and Izzy just wondered if she could pull it off too… but she never told anyone.

11. One of Simon’s older cult-film obsessions was the 60’s British TV show “The Avengers”. He always liked the way the respectful gentleman Mr. Steed had a deep, subtle, and respectful flirtation with the beautiful young widow Mrs. Peel.

12. It affected the way he called Tessa “Mrs. Carstairs,” with a certain fanciful yet tongue-in-cheek attraction and respect.

13. Tessa actually liked the way he said it so much, that she waited several years before really insisting that he call her by her first name. They *were* dating, after all, and it *was* the twenty-second century.

14. Simon worried about Magnus feeling left out, since the three of them had been a trio for some time… but Magnus sincerely wished him and Tessa the best of luck.

15. But Magnus couldn’t stand to get involved with fellow immortals anymore. Loving mortals inevitably hurt because they *had* to leave you. But loving immortals was worse when they *chose* to leave you.

16. One Christmas, Simon and Tessa decided to play secret-santa to Clary and Jace’s many-great grandchildren. They were both on a nostalgia kick, with Simon remembering Clary and Jace and Tessa remembering Will.

17. Despite both being consummate readers and devours of stories, Simon and Tessa couldn’t help nit-picking at each other’s taste. As far as Tessa was concerned, if Simon liked science fiction so much, he should pick up  some Jules Verne. And Simon thought that if Tessa was really open to an infinite variety of tales as she claimed, than the reputation of “The Call of Cthulu” shouldn’t deter her.

18. Some days Tessa would still miss Jem so badly it would shake her down to her core, long after his body was dust and shadows. Even after she’d grown into a different person entirely.

19. But she was still so grateful he’d loved her the same way back, because she knew Simon hadn’t had even that, and the only person he missed that way was Clary.

20. Church watched everything with the same indifferent laziness that cats—even immortal ones—do. At at the end of everything, he outlived them all.

1. My OTP for them

/therapy

2. A person of the same sex I ship them with

/Alec

3. A person of the opposite sex I ship with with

/Kaelie or /Clary

4. An uncommon person I ship them with

/KAELIE

5. A ship with them I don’t care for

/Simon, /Jordan, /Magnus

I wonder what Tessa was like in the 80s…

angel-gidget:emcarstairs:theyliveinsideus:emcarstairs:lost-inthesymphony:

Somebody has to think these thoughts…

OMFG I laughed really hard. What about the 70s?

Oh, man…I just did some math…so, since both Jem and Will are 17 in 1878, that means they were born in 1861. If they lived to old age, let’s say…90. That means they died around 1951-ish. And if they lived to be 100, they died in 1961. :(

Can someone draw a Tessa Through the Decades? I would except I can’t draw.

LOL that’d be awesome. Wonder if she was a hippie in the 60’s/70’s.

Actually, I am planning to do future!Tessas at some point. I wasn’t planning on going decade by decade, exactly, but I wanted to build up to future!Tessa since I wanna try some space agey-costume design, and it’s kind of my headcannon that she eventually ends up dating Simon well after the TMI-era.

TESSA/SIMON IS MY SHADOWHUNTER’VERSE OTP OF ALL THE OTPs TBQH

(Source: oh-bytheangel)

2011 End-Of-Year Fic Roundup Meme

Total Fics Posted:

45, counting each Cinnafic as its own piece; 40 if counting it as a collective.

Total Words Posted:

277,614 (Shit.)

Total Words (of Fic) Written Including Wips:

~340,000

Total Words (of Anything Excluding Blogs) Written:

~500,000 (Semi-productive year, even if I never… finish stuff. Roughly 1400 words/day isn’t too bad, though? Maybe? SOMEDAY I WILL BE A WRITER WITH DISCIPLINE I PROMISE.)

My favorite story this year:

Obviously, The Five Places Cinna Came From, because it is my baby forever and ever I will love it forever and ever and feeeeeeeeeeelings.

BUT! Here are my otherwise top five:

What They Don’t Tell You About History
Five Times Alec Wrestled the Angel
À La Vôtre
Twenty-Four Victors, Twenty-Four Tributes: Meet Your Quarter Quell Contestants
and
The Very Last of Their Kind

Most of those are not ~popular fics or whateverrrr~ but they’re the ones that I most enjoyed writing and the ones that I think turned out best. I’m also fairly pleased with Dark Toast but it’s not actually one of my favorites because I think it feels extra-extra derivative.

Which it is, so.

My best story this year:

Easily, easily Cinnafic, although again, I personally kind of feel like What They Don’t Tell You About History is the most ~artistically written. And I loved writing Twenty-Four Victors, Twenty-Four Tributes: Meet Your Quarter Quell Contestants and I’ve been so happy/pleased/amazed/humbled by the attention that it’s gotten. :} And I think my most in-character fic was À La Vôtre.

Story most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

(Taking skellerbvvt’s lovely wording from when she did this as a Year End Meme in 2010, but the sentiment is true and also mine):

“I never really feel like any of my fics deserve more feedback then they get. I mean, I’m usually astonished by how much they do get, when the chips are down and the man is getting beat up for his watch.”

In fandoms as supremely talented as THG and PJO, I’m surprised that anyone has ever read any of my fics at all. I mean, I’m NGL, I am a commentwhore because I’m super needy and have no self-esteem, so I’d be happy with moar commentz on errthang, but… getting any at all is more than I ever expected, and I’m just happy every day to have found/joined fandoms that were open to new writers with new and peculiar ideas. ♥_♥ AT EVERYONE.

Sexiest Story:

The Five Worst Ways to Keep the Virgin Part of the Virgin Oracle of Delphi. I fail at writing sex that is actually sexy (because that’s not usually why I’m writing sex? I… should change that?) — although I did like writing St. Clair’s filthy French in ALV. >:-}~

Most fun story:

  TINY LITTLE PEETA! BY FAR. This is definitely the most fun of my stories, but I put that almost wholly down to Raife’s flawless illustrations. Mwah!

ALV, Jolly Sailors Bold, and Nico’s Five Seven Worst Qualities (And Why They Make Percy Love Him More)/The Five Seven Virtues of Percy Jackson (And How Nico Corrupts Them All), too. Because ugly hats and pirates and Nico Di Angelo.

“Holy crap, that’s *wrong*, even for you” story:

…Um. Cough. Valor, Valeria, Capitol Pastries.

Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:

Dis meme’s redundant. Valor, Valeria made me start to like Gale (as a person/character, besides as a narrative device [although he will never be my fave]). The Five Places Cinna Came From changed my perception on my writing, as well as on Panem and the characters. Twenty-Four Victors, Twenty-Four Tributes: Meet Your Quarter Quell Contestants changed… a lot about The Hunger Games for me. Although… if I write a fic and it doesn’t change my feelings on the characters or fandom in some way, then I don’t think I wrote it correctly.

Hardest story to write:

Upside-Down Cake, which I kind of hate because it’s kind of terrible.

Biggest surprise:

KIERSTEN WHITE COMMENTING ON The Very Last of Their Kind.  RAINBOWBARFING FOREVER.

But also, that anyone would read my fics at all, in fandoms as huge and talented and awesomesauce as THG and PJO and TMI. It honestly surprises me every day. I’m also surprised by how much angst and hurt/comfort and disturbing content I’ve written into things, because I kind of think of myself as being a solely fluff writer.

I also reallllllly love crossovers! I hated them before this year, but I think I was just looking at the wrong writers in the wrong fandoms. :)

A story I want remembered:

Mostly, I write fic it brings me joy. I would love it, though, if the movie!canon/movie!fandom for THG and TMI doesn’t end up forcing all pre-film fic into laughed-at obscurity, and if I had to choose only one fic to survive that transition, it’d be — you guessed it — Cinnafic, just because I did work SO hard on it and I love the multiple headcanons that I made up for it, and I just never want it to be laughed at. Well, I mean. I never want to be laughed at in general. But. You know what I mean. I’m okay-ier with people laughing at the other stuff, I guess.

Resolutions for 2012

1.) Finish all help_japan, Prompt Meme, and fandom_flood_ap fics. FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE… PAAAAAAAAAAALM.
2.) Survive #1. FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE… PAAAAAAAAAAALM.

I don’t get the first part, actually (trying to think through CP1 but I just don’t see it?) — but for the second, Aline/someone, y/y?

i can’t forget you when you’re gone
you’re like a song that goes around in my head
and how i regret, it’s been so long
oh, what went wrong?
could it be something i said?

(Source: lewislightwood)

MTV Crush:

What was your favorite YA novel of 2011? Vote in our poll after the jump!

(The poll closes at 11:59 p.m. ET on December 25. We’ll announce the winner on December 26.)

What was your favorite YA novel of 2011?
‘The Future of Us’ by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
‘Starcrossed’ by Josephine Angelini
‘Beauty Queens’ by Libba Bray
‘City of Fallen Angels’ by Cassandra Clare
‘Clockwork Prince’ by Cassandra Clare
‘Crossed’ by Ally Condie
‘Wolfsbane’ by Andrea Cremer
‘The Girl With the Steel Corset’ by Kady Cross
‘Lost in Time’ by Melissa de la Cruz
‘Wither’ by Lauren DeStefano
‘Devoted’ by Hilary Duff
‘Silence’ by Becca Fitzpatrick
‘Where She Went’ by Gayle Forman
‘Beautiful Chaos’ by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
‘The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer’ by Michelle Hodkin
‘The Name of the Star’ by Maureen Johnson
‘Legend’ by Marie Lu
‘Shatter Me’ by Tahereh Mafi
‘Bumped’ by Megan McCafferty
‘Hourglass’ by Myra McEntire
‘Bloodlines’ by Richelle Mead
‘Delirium’ by Lauren Oliver
‘Lola and the Boy Next Door’ by Stephanie Perkins
‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ by Ransom Riggs
‘Divergent’ by Veronica Roth
‘The Dark and Hollow Places’ by Carrie Ryan
‘Forever’ by Maggie Stiefvater
‘Scorpio Races’ by Maggie Stiefvater
‘Daughter of Smoke and Bone’ by Laini Taylor
‘Blood Red Road’ by Moira Young