Everything old is new again...or young again? We're talking about New Adult romance today, that is, romance novels where the love story is set at or during college! We're hopping in the time machine and headed a generation or two back in romance to talk about the first time New Adult came around changing the contemporary romance game. We're getting to the bottom of why these particular love stories work so well when it comes to feelings, and asking that eternal question -- has anyone involved in this subgenre actually met a 19 year old man? (JK, we support you!)

We're taking next week off, but we'll be back the week after for the start of our Seventh Season! If you'd like more romance chatter in the meantime, we encourage you to join our patreon, where you get another episode from us each month, and access to the incredible readers and listeners and brilliant people on the Fated Mates discord! Support us and learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon.

Our first read along of Season 7 will be Molly O'Keefe's Everything I Left Unsaid duology, selected by Jen which despite the first book being a cliffhanger should not surprise you because she contains multitudes. The second book is The Truth About Him. Read them both and get ready for Jen to talk to you for hours. You will thank us.

Also! We're back on the phonebanking train this election season! Join us on Saturdays between now and Election Day to phonebank with fellow romance lovers, Jen, Sarah, and special guests who will knock your socks off! Learn more and register at fatedmates.net/fatedstates.

The Books

• 50 Shades of Grey by EL James
• Wait for You  by Jennifer Armentrout
• The Wild Seasons Series by Christina Lauren
• Butterfly by Jo Brenner
• First Semester by QB Tyler 
• Losing It by Cora Carmack
• Never Sweeter and The Professor by Charlotte Stein
• The Unrequited by Saffron Kent
• Sincerely, Carter by Whitney G
• The Boys Next Door by Miranda Silver
• The Game On Series by Kristen Callihan
• The Deal by Elle Kennedy
• Foreplay by Sophie Jordan
• Lick and Play by Kylie Scott
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros