After watching the Netflix series Forever, I've been thinking about teen romance novels a lot. The show brought back a lot of memories of my own teen romances, and the anxiety of figuring out love and life at such a young age. Young adult romances have many of the same themes: coming-of-age, love, identity, and family drama, plus all the mistakes that teens tend to make simply because they're young. The show also reminded me of an interaction with a parent of a teen I had recently. As an onli...

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