The Legend of the 2010's YA Trilogy and What Young Adult is like now.
We grew up in the early 2000s, and when we crossed into the 2010s, a beautiful genre was bestowed upon us. No, not fallen angels or vampires (though those midnight showings were absolutely part of the initiation). We’re talking about the YA trilogy.
Trilogies aren’t as common anymore, so we wanted to revisit The Malediction Trilogy by Danielle L. Jensen — a perfect snapshot of what YA fantasy used to be. Before TikTok pacing. Before instant gratification. Before everything was either a 1,000-page mega-series or a one-shot duology.
In this episode, we talk about how this series unfolds, what we loved, and why it works so well as a time capsule. We dig into reader patience (or lack thereof), how trilogy structure has changed, and how the age and emotional maturity of YA protagonists in the 2010s compares to what “young adult” looks like now.
We also get into slow-burn romance, withheld worldbuilding, political intrigue that actually takes time, and why nostalgia alone doesn’t explain why Stolen Songbird still hits.
In an era of Rebecca Yarros and SJM mega-series on one end and rushed standalones on the other — is there still room for this kind of storytelling? Or did we lose something when we stopped trusting readers to wait?
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