Picture This
You curl up with a blanket and a brand new novel, a gentle rain tapping against your window and a candle flickering across the room. You flip to the first page, cradling the paperback so you don’t crack the spine, and settle in. Yet in just a couple of chapters, you’ve already encountered multiple expletives and innuendos. You skip forward to the next scene, discomfort crawling over your skin, and hope things will get better from there. A few chapters later, you stumble across an explicit scene and instantly feel violated—wasn’t this novel advertised as “young adult”? You shut the book, a bitter taste in your mouth, and set it aside. Are there any stories written for the young adult years that don’t include language or spice? You long for a storyline and characters you can relate to, but nothing feels safe anymore!
Your schedule is already full, so why risk your limited reading time on books you can’t trust?
About Mia Katherine
A voracious reader and staunch believer, Mia Katherine spent her young adult years searching for stories she could relate to, but she struggled to find books without explicit content, much less with Christ-focused narratives. She wants to create a safe space for her readers, where they feel at home rather than on edge. She’s an active member of The Author Conservatory, a college alternative for serious young writers, and passionate about crafting stories that are relatable, deep, and trustworthy.
