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Evening Standard
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Saskia Kemsley

Best young adult novels to read for fantasy and mystery-loving romantics

We don’t care what anyone says, the YA novel is a true art form. Nobody does pining, brooding and slow-burning romances quite like the authors of these popular novels – and we simply can’t get enough.

Whether set within a dystopian wasteland, a fantasy world of kings and queens or a universe in which monsters really do exist, YA novels always find a way to weave a coming-of-age love story into ever-complicated, love triangle-wracked plotlines.

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