I don't know if it's female protagonist YA or female protagonist in general, or the genre in general, but yes, there's an increase in 1st POV, and in 1st present. I've noticed, but I tend to not pay much attention to POV as long as the book is still good.
On the other hand, just read a YA with a male protag that was in 1st present, so it's not always the girls.
I think a lot of it has to do with the immediacy factor and the fact that teens relate to that. So if a book is going for that be like the kids' brain thing, there y'go.
Liar is an excellent example of a book where the POV and tense shifts WORK. I highly recommend it. The Cycler books are in first, and again, it works because a person needs to be inside the head of the narrator for the premise to work.
I read a lot of YA (and write some, or try anyway). I suspect that what's really happening is that first POV is no longer villified by publishers, and thus, it's coming back in books where it (hopefully) works.
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Date: 2009-12-02 11:46 am (UTC)On the other hand, just read a YA with a male protag that was in 1st present, so it's not always the girls.
I think a lot of it has to do with the immediacy factor and the fact that teens relate to that. So if a book is going for that be like the kids' brain thing, there y'go.
Liar is an excellent example of a book where the POV and tense shifts WORK. I highly recommend it. The Cycler books are in first, and again, it works because a person needs to be inside the head of the narrator for the premise to work.
I read a lot of YA (and write some, or try anyway). I suspect that what's really happening is that first POV is no longer villified by publishers, and thus, it's coming back in books where it (hopefully) works.