Current Booktok Trends Novels & Stories

The machine beeped letting Reese know that he only had ninety seconds until it shut down. There was more giggling and loud whispers that he could not make out. Dean had told him that age gap was the latest trend on BookTok. He wasn’t exactly sure what age gap was, or even BookTok, but he had a pretty good idea, and thought the whole thing just sucked. He was fifty-two being hit on by college coeds. Beep. Beep. The slow current stopped and Reese reached out for the bar along the front. With his hand firmly in place, he placed his feet under him and pulled off his goggles. Sure enough, four college age girls sat by his towel.

“Your last ‘Broke Girl Glow Up’ hit two million views in forty-eight hours. Seventy percent of your audience is female, ages sixteen to twenty-four.” She blinks. “That’s… correct.” I turn slightly. “Next is ZedWave,” I nod at the tall boy with blue braids. “Street fashion, thrift flips, dance challenges. Your TikTok engagement rate is higher than your I*******m.” He grins slowly, impressed. “Okayyy.” “And SoftChaos,” I glance at the quiet girl scrolling on her phone. “Lifestyle vlogs. Mental health talks. Your audience trusts product recommendations if they feel authentic.”

“Is it okay to change to a lighter topic of conversation? Talking about the press gets heavy quickly for me.” The intern was keen to switch conversation topics. He knew Darien had laid a lot of himself bare to him and he was aware that it wasn’t easy for someone closed off like Darien to confide in someone else. “Did you want to try more food trends?” he asked. “Thanks to social media, there’s always lots of trends spreading around.” Darien unfolded his arms and seemed to relax. “The marketing department has been experimenting with using tik tok to promote stories,” he said. “It has certainly boosted sales of teenage romance novels.”

I hush her, but she’s already turned a few heads. “What’s there to be embarrassed about? Lots of people are into it,” Debbie says. I blink. “They… are?” “There’s a really popular book series out right now, best seller, that has a BDSM relationship. Here let me write down the title for you.” She writes me a list instead. “This is the order to read them in.” Then she scribbles down a name. “This is the author.” She passes me the list and I look at it, unsure.

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