You know that real teenagers often get into romantic relationships, right?

Now, I CAN understand the complaint that the YA market as a whole has too much focus on romance. As much as people tout YA for its diversity, it's actually a pretty limited category in terms of stories and plots. I actually have a whole rant on how American media does a poor job of catering to teenagers, ha ha. But that's a problem with the market as a whole, it's not a problem with individual books. There's nothing inherently wrong with a teen romance story.