Those that have read the book have placed it on shelves that sometimes surprise me. Finding the proper genre for Polarity has been a challenge since the beginning. I get messages from prospective readers asking about it. I would rather that expectations be managed - thus, this blog entry.

If you liked the movies The Sixth Sense or Inception then you will see some of those elements.

It's a bit thriller. It's a bit suspense. It's a bit urban fantasy. It's a bit metaphysical, but isn't new age. It's a bit science fiction (but some readers carry a knee-jerk reaction that this is tantamount to space operas... it's not); the science fiction element appears to be used by readers to point to the ability of Polarity itself. It's a bit supernatural/paranormal, but it depends on who you ask. The first installment has some elements of romance (but most of that increases as the series progresses). It's new-adult simply because of the age group of the characters. It has deep philosophical elements that some would call religious, but it depends on how you read it.

It may help to tell you what it's not: horror, dystopian, "hero girl only held back by authority" + "love triangle", vampires/zombies/fantasy creature. I have nothing against these, but you won't find these in the story. There is violence, but it's not the key ingredient to the tension.

Every character in the story is entirely human. Characters will grow and change immensely, but naturally across the series.

Most of what I read these days is non-fiction, so you should expect to see blurred lines between fiction and non-fiction. With that, you can give the series the generic genre "speculative fiction".

Susan