MaKayla Hensley: Horror/Fantasy

Space Operas are a very curious sub genre. It has all of the components of a regular soap opera, they just take place in an obscure foreign setting. It adds a layer of dazzle, man has always looked up to the stars, considered life beyond Earth and in present day there is curiosity of turning to our neighboring planets for settlement as a solution for overpopulation. It produces an additional element of drama through discovery and survival on unknown planets and space encampments. While I read The Martian and I could see the appeal of these kinds of genres, it could introduce more sci-fi individuals to a more dramatic genre. Personally I don't really gain a lot of intrigue from these types of series. Don't get me wrong, the idea of space exploration and alien science is fun. However, in the end it is boiled down to a plot of sappy love triangles, and emotional situations that could otherwise be avoided with common sense.

When kids and young adults are young they are always warned "be careful what you wish for" when they make reckless wishes. Like wishing their parents were nicer, wishing they were popular, wanting to have a better life than what they have already endured. In several fables where these wishes are granted they are not entirely up to par, the reader learns the hefty price of such wishes and desires. The myth of this moral lesson has been given a face lift because of how heavily grounded it is in the real world. The main character is a normal man from England, getting married, and the main settings are very real and discoverable places. The only thing that is not as realistic necessarily is these gods and beings walking among the Earth, raising families, interacting with humanity. If there are truly gods on the Earth they haven't been discovered yet, but it also cannot entirely been proven that they are not here on this planet. It makes the situation much more appealing and i

With the subject of wizard schools and young individuals discovering supernatural gifts I feel like they are journeys that are specifically designed for preteens and teens. Usually these kinds of novels are great for young adults who are experiencing puberty and changes both in their body and in their life. The fictional adaptation of growing new skills and capabilities caricatures the real life situations of tweens. They come off bland in character growth so that the reader is able to place themselves in the position of the main character. There's familiar environments and character types that readers may experience in the real world. Schools, teachers, classes, bullies, sports, and other such amenities. It helps the reader root themselves in the space. These books behave as a promise to teens, that they may encounter grand and frightening obstacles as they grow, and those obstacles will change them and the way they see the world. However, they will still endure, they will mature,