Eliza and Her Monsters

“There are monsters in the sea.”

These YA authors are really milking mental health issues aren't they? How to make money writing YA, 2017 edition:

1. Choose some trendy buzzwords:

> mental health (no knowledge of the subject required, just your bullshit opinion on it)
> fandoms (write some crappy backstory, yeah, yeah, it's really popular, we'll just take your word for it)
> dramatic romance [love conquers all, including anxiety, depression (where can I get my hands on some of this fix-all permanent solution?)]

2. Promote the hell out of it on every BookTube channel. No decent writing skills required, people will eat it all up because aren't made up teenage introverts who believe the world starts and ends with them the cutest thing eveeer?

What's so heartwarming about this girl being such an asshole to her parent and her brothers? Or being so addicted to her web series and her fandom that she loses touch with reality and she spirals into anxiety and depression? What's so cute about her boyfriend throwing a tantrum and urging her to finish said web series just so he could get a book deal? On the book he's writing based on the story SHE created. Especially when it's clear that she's unwell. And what's so cute about the fact that she just brushes her suicide attempt because her boyfriend finally forgives her? But it's all good because they're together and she finishes the web comic and and they live happily ever after?