: First, really look at your audience. Define what you mean by a young adult. Normally we mean a teen, who has some concepts of adult issues but not the full toolbox to deal with them. To

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First, really look at your audience. Define what you mean by a young adult. Normally we mean a teen, who has some concepts of adult issues but not the full toolbox to deal with them.

To this end, you can still have your succubus be sexy and alluring. Using the negative sides of lust without confusing your audience. A teenager is certainly dealing with issues of lust and the way it impacts their lives.

You just need to remember their experience level, keep in mind that the hight of "lust" for a young adult may be that "first time", but that it's also scary. Remeber that for most teens, that "first time" right of passage consumed their lives for years before it actually happened.

Your succubus could use sexiness, and the promise of sex, to take advantage of teens without actually having to have sex or get into the details. Again remember when you were that age. You hade no idea what a lot of stuff actually was. In fact, someone could likely promise you an "interesting encounter wink wink" and that would be enough for your YA reader to put whatever level of experience they have into the story.

Making the part of the story that relates to lust and trying to overcome and get a handle on it relatable to a teen is not an issue. You just need to make sure that your using things hint at sex and not actual sex.

It's hard to remember, as adults and parents, that our teens are actually becoming sexual entities. They have sexual feelings and desires. You can use that fact in your story. Just remember that because of their experience level you want to keep things "hinting at" and not "describing". Also, remember that despite what everyone says in the locker room, most teens are gonna have a very small pool of experience to go on.

As to describing looks, don't be afraid to let a little sexiness slip through here. I can't speak to the female side of being a teenager but as a male, by the time I would be reading YA books I was certainly aware of styles of clothes that highlighted the parts that I wanted to look at. Again, try to use descriptions that "hint at" rather than "spell out".

"Her bikini revealed all the right things." opposed to "Her chest was barely restrained by her bikini top."

All in all, remember these guides:

Remember teens are sexually aware
They don't have a lot (or any) real experience
They do not have a full toolbox to deal with sex or lust
Hint and do not describe (this lets them fill in the blank with their experience level)
Make sure to emphasize your negative sides. They may not know the downsides.
Be prepared for some backlash. No matter what some parent somewhere will not accept that their little angel is sexually aware. Sure other kids are but not theirs. Don't let that discourage you.

Finally, let some parents review the text before publishing. I'd say 5 or so. Just to give you points. The best statements will be something like "I don't know, this seems a bit racy but I thing so and so can handle it". The two worse comments would be like "this is perfect, not too racy at all" or "Wow, just no. No way .... is going to be reading this."

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