here is some stuff i am tired of in my young adult lit:
our heroine tires of silly useless femme girls
also those girls are probably bitches
thoughtful/taciturn fathers and emotional/babbling mother
everyone is an only child unless they have an annoying little brother
protagonists with no interests, passions, or strong opinions
(he was a demon/angel/vampire/werewolf/boggart/gremlin who cared about literally nothing until he met me and now we care about literally nothing but each other)
condescension is sexy
lol what are other women how do you friendship them
this love triangle: popular or dangerous guy + heroine + her male best friend
“well then maybe i don’t want to be a princess!!!” (feminine royalty as a gilded cage that you run away from in boots to join the joyously penniless)
first person snark
that was the summer my parents got divorced and my brother died and i moved across the country to live with my aunt who was friggin weird oh hey a cute boy
as a girl you’re not liberated or powerful until you have a sword
conversely as a girl don’t even worry your boyf has this under control
our heroine needs to learn to lighten up and go with the flow
why would he like me
greyscale covers of kids in flowing garments outside during a storm getting pneumonia