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Dystopian or romance YA books?

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Which one do you prefer?
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I can't really pick one but I love romantic dystopian. I just love the turnouts when two are in love. *cough* Divergent series... *cough* Tris and Tobias.
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I've read several dystopian recently. I'm not too much into heavily romantic books but a little bit as part of a bigger story is good.
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sahmoun2778 wrote:I've read several dystopian recently. I'm not too much into heavily romantic books but a little bit as part of a bigger story is good.
This is exactly how I feel as well!
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I actually think that the truly best books have something from every genre. I love a bit of romance in my action packed reads, to be honest.
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Dystopian, all the way. I never really liked romance novels and I feel like sometimes, authors try to put romance into dystopian or fantasy books when it does not really belong there.
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I prefer dystopian. I don't mind a bit of romance, but just romance books bore me to tears.
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Dystopian with just a bit of romance. I think a little romance is good for every genre :)
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Dystopian books definitely. It's more fun to read in my opinion, not a big fun of romance books.
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Dystopian
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Dystopian books are way more interesting I think, now when there is a twist of the two, usually pretty awesome.
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Dystopian all the way, I'd rather learn about a corrupt system than watch two people moon over each other. Though some Dystopian romances can tempt me for sure watching people find love despite all odds. I know others look at Divergent but the love scenes in 1984, the Matched series and all are beautifully done how the love is a big part of some but the dystopian society is the main view. We can learn more from a Dystopia than we can a romance.
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I like my YA books to have a nice balance of both.
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I prefer dystopian. Honestly, I can't stand books with the cliche 'boys sees girl, boy likes girl, boy chases girl, boy gets girl' type of plots. I also dislike the ever-so-popular love triangles. :)
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Definitely dystopian because they provide for much more variety in plot development, in my humble opinion, than romance books.
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