Too often novels lack character
An unlikeable protagonist is an instant story killer. In the increasingly popular world of young adult and new adult fiction novels, there are a couple character traits that can turn the heroine we’re supposed to love into someone we love to hate — in a way that the author never intended. The first trait, codependence, is probably the most common of the two. More and more these days, we see characters such as the ever-unpopular Bella Swan from the “Twilight” saga. She spends the entire series repetitively stating how much she loves Edward and doesn’t ever want to be without…