Books with romantic subplot6/15/2023 It totally grounded the story into the real world, with real people. The way Malinda Lo balanced her romantic subplots with the main plot worked extremely well, in my opinion. I don’t like Romance as a genre, but I need a romantic subplot to get me all excited about the story. I need a good romance to get into a book. ![]() There was action, there were questions to be answered. It felt like a realistic, contemporary YA novel that had a bit of an X-Files thing going on.Ģ) The romance subplot(s) were so well-handled: A (sort of) sci-fi novel kind of calls for the focus to be on its main plot. But then I read a blog interview with Malinda Lo where the interviewer mentioned that ADAPTATION didn’t read like a sci-fi novel. ![]() I think I might’ve put off reading ADAPTATION because I saw that it would be classified as sci-fi. It’s more than a hard time: I just don’t tend to like them. ![]() Here are my three favorite things about this novel:ġ) It didn’t “feel” like a sci-fi novel: I have a hard time getting into fantasy or science fiction novels. I wanted to read this book for two reasons: 1) Because it has a queer girl romance subplot, and 2) Because I am a fan of Malinda Lo’s blog. I recently finished a young adult novel titled ADAPTATION by author Malinda Lo. Note: There are no major spoilers in this post.
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