Keep in note I’m younger than 14
I’m looking for books that are in the fantasy or sci fi category, that also may or may not include some romance. If there is any, I’m looking for c l e a n r o m a n c e.
Also Ya books please!
Some books I liked that kind of fall into this category:
-The Selection (Series)
-Cinder (Series)
-Hunger Games
-Red Queen
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The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
To Shape A Dragon’s Breath, by Moniquill Blackgoose. If you can handle discussions about gun violence, feminism, marriage, racism, colonization, poverty, and social norms, this book might suit. I think there were six kisses in the whole book. Steampunky fantasy with neat tech and great dragons. LGBTQIA+, PoC, and neurodivergent representation. The writing is amazing. The world is really interesting. The structure highlights story-telling. The magic/science is complex, but emphasizes the importance of truly unbiased education and multiculturalism/diverse world views. FMC is insightful, age fifteen, sassy, and I hope to be as brave as her when I grow up. (I’m 30.) Happy reading.
Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Patricia C. Wrede. Light on the romance but it’s in there. They’re jollier than your other choices but sometimes that’s a good thing.
Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Mairelon the Magician and its sequel, The Magician’s Ward by Patricia C. Wrede (also published together under the title A Matter of Magic)
Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith, or A Posse of Princesses
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, or her Books of Bayern series
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
It’s not a romance novel per se so much as a fantasy novel that happens to involve people falling in love, but I read Mort by Terry Pratchett when I was about your age.
The larger Discworld series does involve some messed up things and there’s some situations where sex clearly happened but we don’t get any details of the event. The series started as humor and all of the books have several good jokes even though the plots get increasingly serious and the characters get more complex.
The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker