What is YA Romantasy?

YA romantasy is young adult fantasy with romance at its heart: magic systems, quests, and courts, centered on teenage heroes and first love. The romance is real and central, but the heat runs lower than adult romantasy, with the focus on longing, tension, and the swoon. If you came for enemies-to-lovers, fated bonds, chosen ones, found family, and a heroine coming into her power, you're on the right shelf, whether you're a teen reader or an adult who never left the genre behind.


Shopping the genre? Browse the used Young Adult shelf for pre-loved copies, or step up to the grown-up shelves next door, Romantasy and Dark Romantasy.