Young Adult Contemporary Romance discussion

Do you still remember he first romance you read?

My first romance was . I was about 11, I think.

My first romance was . I was 17.

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I think my first romance was Double Love, the first book in the Sweet Valley High series. It was my older sister's book, and I was only about eight years old. It started my love of YA romance early, lol!

Nice... :) I remembered we didn't have any romance around the house when I was young. My parents read mostly non-fictions *boring* lol...

LOL! My mom only read Stephen King books when I was a teen, so not a lot of romance stories there.

I don't think I can remember my first romance book....so sad... :( I wish I could though!

Maybe someone has been reading romance since she was so young to remember :D

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How was it?

It was good. but tragic. :|

Beatrice wrote: "It was good. but tragic. :|"

Maybe there is something wrong with me, but I don't mind tragic books X) bcuz there is never HEA in real life either !!!

Nicholas Sparks books are tear jerkers.

He's extremely good at that!

I'm a huge fan of his novels :D

I think my first romance or the first I can remember was Elixir by Hilary Duff.(pretty good book!)

The strange thing is that I've never read a Nicholas Sparks book. Well, I've got to now! Haha!

Evelyn wrote: "The strange thing is that I've never read a Nicholas Sparks book. Well, I've got to now! Haha!"

I never read his books either.

Evelyn wrote: "The strange thing is that I've never read a Nicholas Sparks book. Well, I've got to now! Haha!"

Oh u shud.. Start with walk to remember or the last song :D I loved them1

Nicholas Sparks is a must read. :) but prepare some tissue papers.. just in case.

I wan to read his "The Lucky One" because I haven't watched the movie yet.

"The Lucky One" was good and "Safe Haven" which will become a movie next year.

Good to know! :)

I think was my first romance book.
I was 11 when I started reading this series and I fell in love immidiately with Mia and her friends... I read the entire series, and I highly recommend it for tweens.

Sapir wrote: "I think was my first romance book.
I was 11 when I started reading this series and I fell in love immidiately with Mia and her friends... I read the entire se..."

Never read the books :D But I liked the movies :)

The movies are nothing like the books...
The books are WAY better (:

So I guess I should read the books then :D

Sapir wrote: "The movies are nothing like the books...
The books are WAY better (:"

True but some movies are way better than the book. :)

OK, let me start this by saying that I am OLD -- 38. So my love affair (pun intended) with YA romance began wayyyy back in the '80s. Back then, it was all about the Sweet Valley High series and Harlequin Romances. My parents' friend worked for some publishing house so he got me stacks of these books for free and I devoured them. I thought that Jessica and Liz were the coolest because Liz always had the steady boyfriend and Jess always had a hot date.

Naomi wrote: "OK, let me start this by saying that I am OLD -- 38. So my love affair (pun intended) with YA romance began wayyyy back in the '80s. Back then, it was all about the Sweet Valley High series and Har..."

Nah.. you are not old :) I have never read Sweet Valley High, but I have read a few Harlequins :D

I don't exactly remember when I read my first romance, probably around 12 or 13. I think it was Jane Eyre, but I was completely hooked on regency romances when I was a teen.

Naomi wrote: "OK, let me start this by saying that I am OLD -- 38. So my love affair (pun intended) with YA romance began wayyyy back in the '80s. Back then, it was all about the Sweet Valley High series and Har..."

Then I'm old, too, because SVH was my first love, also :) Did you ever read the Caitlin series by Francine Pascal? I loved those, too!

@Naomi I know those books were published back in the 80s, but I read them in the 21st century! I am yet to read SVH, but I have read Sweet Valley Twins, their middle school adventures

My first would have to be , I love Meg Cabot books :)

Harshini WatchMeRead wrote: "My first would have to be , I love Meg Cabot books :)"

I love this cover :D

I do too, they are the UK covers :)

Romeo and Juliet :) when i was 7

Omnia wrote: "Romeo and Juliet :) when i was 7"

Wow you read that book when you were 7? :) I didn't read it until I was in high school :D

I believe The Lucky OneWas the first love story I ready when I really got into reading! I only read it b/c the movie was coming out and that's where reading all began for me!

The first romantic book i read was Double Standards by Judith McNaught and i was just smitten by it and it became my most favorite book ever!

The first YA book I ever read was It had a bit of romance in it, but I don't think it could be exclusively considered romance. I have no idea what my first actual romance was, but when I read Maximum Ride I was in 5th grade, from there out I was addicted to YA books.

Ha I'm old too! I don't remember the first romance book I read but I did read Harlequins early on - maybe when I was 11 or 12. (I remember Penny Jordan specifically) I think my aunt had them around so I snuck them under the covers. I remember my dad caught me reading one - really late at night and I was so embarrassed.

I did read Sweet Valley High but I remember not loving the series. Do you guys remember the Sweet Dreams series? I remember bawling my eyes out to this:

I have never read Sweet Dream series. I am going to check it out :)

was probably the first romance I read way back in sixth grade. It started a long obsession with Meg Cabot books.

Mary (I ♥ Books) wrote: "Ha I'm old too! I don't remember the first romance book I read but I did read Harlequins early on - maybe when I was 11 or 12. (I remember Penny Jordan specifically) I think my aunt had them around..."

My older sister had a couple of Sweet Dreams books! I read them over and over, too. There was one, , that I particularly loved.

Tiffany wrote: "was probably the first romance I read way back in sixth grade. It started a long obsession with Meg Cabot books."

Same here, I am still in love with Meg Cabot books, she is like my favourite YA author!

first romance i ever read was All's fair in lova, war, and Highschool. If that even counts as a romance.

Mine was The Truth About Forever

I don't remember the name of the book but it was by, Johanna Lindsey . My oldest siste had a collection of her books.

Mine was Romeo and Juliet when I was 12