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Hi everyone, new guy here!
I'll just cut to the chase, really. I have a planned romance in my YA novel that may be a little controversial with mainstream audiences. It's a lesbian romance, which can be enough of a struggle with some publishers, but the characters involved are a 14 year old girl and an 19 year old prostitute. Nothing sexual ever happens, and there is never a relationship, just a good chunk of emotional tension (mostly the younger girl developing a crush in the older girl). Is that too far for YA, do you think?
I'll just cut to the chase, really. I have a planned romance in my YA novel that may be a little controversial with mainstream audiences. It's a lesbian romance, which can be enough of a struggle with some publishers, but the characters involved are a 14 year old girl and an 19 year old prostitute. Nothing sexual ever happens, and there is never a relationship, just a good chunk of emotional tension (mostly the younger girl developing a crush in the older girl). Is that too far for YA, do you think?