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Q&A Why is young adult romance now being written primarily in the first person?

My recollection is that when I started reading romance novels in the 1980s, the majority (perhaps 60%) were written in the third person. This included some "young adult" romances with characters in...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Tom Au‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:37:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Tom Au‭ · 2019-12-08T08:37:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
My recollection is that when I started reading romance novels in the 1980s, the majority (perhaps 60%) were written in the third person. This included some "young adult" romances with characters in their early 20s.

I stopped reading them until recently. "Nowadays," it seems that the vast majority of young adult romances (80%-plus) are written in the first person.

Why might that be the case for young adult romances, and is it "less true" for stories of "older" people?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-04-25T00:22:10Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 18