Is Tradpub...

Really this bad???

If I wanted to write an instant YA bestseller, a book that the big New York publishers would be almost guaranteed to not just pick up but have a bidding war over, and if I had no scruples, I'd write something like this.

Seventeen-year-old Seraphina Darkmoon has never fit in — not with her boring, small-minded parents, not with her shallow classmates, not even with her so-called best friend (who, of course, secretly envies her beauty and power). But everything changes when three mysterious young men arrive at school: brooding vampire Kael, dangerous fae prince Draven, and snarky rebel-wizard Jax. All of them are instantly obsessed with Seraphina, who discovers she’s not only the most desirable girl alive but also the Chosen One destined to destroy the ancient order of men who’ve “ruined the world.”

Naturally, every adult authority figure is corrupt or clueless, every boy outside the love-triangle-plus-one is weak, and every girl besides Seraphina is either catty, slutty, or irrelevant. Between trysts in candlelit crypts and whispered prophecies about her unparalleled greatness, Seraphina must decide whether to embrace her dark hunger for power — or surrender to her equally dark hunger for Kael’s kiss.

By the last chapter, nothing has been built, no virtue gained, and no love matured. But Seraphina has conquered her “haters,” punished the men who dared oppose her, and fully embraced her destiny: eternal adoration on her own terms.

Full article, HERE from PJ Media.

We've been hearing some 'rumblings' about what is selling and what isn't, so I don't think this article is necessarily wrong... sigh...

I know 'I' couldn't write something like that with a straight face, much less actually have the gall to submit it for publication. I wouldn't do that to my reputation!

But I will say this is definitely in sync with the leftist agenda(s), and falls right in line with the DEI thinking that seems to perfuse the left coast and DC-Boston corridor.

As we've discussed earlier, there is an 'elitist' mindset in Tradpub and the Manhatten enclave. They believe 'they' know what is best for us, even though they've by and large never been west of the Hudson River. And they sure as hell haven't spent any time in flyover country much less the South... Grrr...

I'll just keep chugging along, writing my realistic novels and be happy with the scraps I get from my loyal readers (all five of you now)...

What say you, as readers???