#idk maybe i’m a prude but even i don’t read that much smut and im an adult so it’s just… a bit concerning to me because a lot those books a

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i’m watching a video about booktok and it pointed out how some of the illustrated covers look innocent enough to be a kids book (take icebreaker for example and that book is not for kids) and i really think this needs to be addressed. i bought a lot of books second hand as a kid and sometimes it’s hard to tell the age range of a book without googling it or checking on the copyright/publisher page in the book which most people skip over and some books don’t even include the age range on there (i mostly see it for kids and YA books but if anything it should be on adult books MORE). like yes i definitely read poorly written smut on wattpad when i was 12 but i was not reading it as much as some of these kids are. i think a lot of parents are just happy to see their kids wanting to read instead of being on a screen and buy them whatever book as long as the cover looks innocent enough but i really shouldn’t be seeing actual 9 and 10 year olds reading some of these booktok books like please save the children.