What are some great teen romance novels from the boys perspective?
Hi, Jasper! Romance Books for Teenage Boys: romance novels written just for them. Young adult romance enthusiasts generally look for realistic, compelling characters and pulse-racing attraction. But if the romance readers are male, they also prefer a male protagonist and, frequently, a male author who they can trust to give an authentic male voice. 1. Romance Books for Teenage Boys – Sentimental Romance Guys who like sentimental romance should try “Tom Loves Anna Loves Tom” by Bruce Clements (Farrar Strauss & Giroux, 1990) In this story of obsessive and intense summer romance, Tom falls in love with Anna while she is in town visiting her ailing aunt. This intimate, sentimental story is unique because it isn’t plot-driven, but rather it savors the idiosyncrasies of infatuation as a realistic depiction of first love from a male perspective. The story unfolds in a passionate monologue. Important life issues such as the death of a sibling, acquaintance rape, abortion and its aftermath, and