The word of the week at the 2022 Frankfurt Book FairWorld's largest trade fair for books; held annually mid-October at Frankfurt Trade Fair, Germany; First three days exclusively for trade visitors; general public can attend last two., at least in the world of young adult books, is "romantasy," a portmanteau that speaks for itself.
"Fantasy with lots of romance in the YA category seems to be a thing," said Nicole Eisenbraun, agent and translation rights manager at Ginger Clark Literary. Claudia Galluzzi, a senior rights manager at Rights People who represents U.S. titles in Arabic, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish language markets, says that it's practically all anyone is asking for in any of her markets.