News about Cassandra Clare
Why'spicy' books took over Young Adult fiction: Thanks to #BookTok's comments, teenagers are now exposed to a lot of sexual content
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February 28, 2024
Young Adult fiction (YA) has grown 'adultified' as a result of a'spicy' reads on TikTok,' experts have warned. Sarah J Maas' book A Court Of Thorns And Roses, The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, and Spanish writer Elena Armas' The Spanish Love Deception are two popular downloads on the app, with adult themes and explicit scenes. According to how likely a reader is to find sultry themes and dynamics, a majority of avid readers on the forum assign a red chilli emoji. Left: One TikTok user from Germany laughed that The Love Hypothesis was "just a cute romance" book, but it is just one example of increasingly 'adult' fiction. Correct: Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis' cartoon-style style makes it inoffensive, but one TikTok user from the United Kingdom gave it a 3/5'spicy' rating.
London's oldest bookshop Hatchards sees surge in sales after Gen Z create TikToks of themselves buying A Tale of Two Cities in order to recreate a scene from hit fantasy novel
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August 14, 2023
Gen Z, who have been waiting to recreate a scene from a famous fantasy book, has made London's oldest bookshop an unexpected success. The shop in Piccadilly, Hatchards, has become a hit on TikTok since youngsters took in a story of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. The trend seems to be gaining traction among American tourists looking to recreate a scene from Cassandra Clare's best-selling book The Mortal Instruments, which has been turned into hit TV show Shadowhunters. The shop, which has a royal warrant, was established in 1797 and is used in the novel.