7 OTP’s From YA Books That Many Readers Love

Written by Karnam Vashisht

Credit: Kaz & Inej artwork by Taratjah

Books have given us many things—they have taught us the value of love and friendship and to have courage. They help us travel to destinations we could only imagine and on adventures like no other. But another thing that books gave us are incredible characters and the relationships they form. Often known as OTPs, that is, One True Pairing, we read about fictional couples that can cause us to nerd out about even after the book or the series is over.

A bookworm values their OTP a lot, sometimes even more than the plot of the book. They also spend a lot of their time praying to the forces above that the author doesn’t kill one of the characters in their OTP.

Now, there can be multiple OTPs floating in a book, mostly this happens during series like in The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, the writer offered various ships through the entire series like Jace and Clary, Magnus and Alec, Simon and Izzy, and many more. Whereas contemporary novels are often focused around just one couple like in To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, the main OTP in the book is Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky.

There are some ships that are created by the readers themselves, which aren’t the original pairing that the author wrote in the book but the characters from the books that the readers thought should’ve been romantically involved with each other. Like Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger are shipped by many potterheads more than the original pairing of Hermione with Ron. However, despite all that, OTPs are the biggest part of a bookworm’s life and they are constantly afraid about the authors drowning them forever.

Here are some OTPs that reduced many bookworms to tears or forces them to make weird fangirl and fanboy noises!

FEYRE and RHYSAND from A Court of Thorns and Roses series

Sarah J. Maas is well known for creating extremely romantic characters that are bound to raise your expectations. Keeping true to her nature, Sarah J. Maas in her second book series presented us with Feyre and Rhysand. In the first book, that is, A Court of Thorns and Roses, the original couple were thought to be Feyre and Tamlin, but little did we know that Maas had something entirely different instore for us. In the second book, we saw our ship falling apart, as Tamlin grew more and more ignorant towards Feyre and became a controlling misogynist. Feyre after almost killing herself after he traps her in the spring court is saved by Mor who was sent by Rhysand. Rhysand, though in the beginning of the series acted like a complete idiot and appeared to be egoistical, turned into a complete cinnamon roll for us. He loved Feyre and believed in her. He taught her to use her powers and how her being a woman, in no way meant that she was inferior to him.

MAGNUS BANE and ALEC LIGHTWOOD from The Mortal Instruments series

The Shadowhunter series is infamous for its many characters and the many ships it brings into the reader’s life. Though one of the most loved is Malec, which consists of Magnus Bane, a hundreds of years old warlock, and Alexander Lightwood, a Shadowhunter trying to keep his sexuality a secret. Being so different from each other and coming from two completely different races, neither of them think that the relationship can work, because for the Nephilim, the law is everything. But Alec can’t resist the enchanting warlock for long and Magnus hadn’t felt the way he feels for Alec in many centuries. It isn’t hard to fall in love with them the moment they meet and Magnus says to Alec, “Who are you?” The TV series, despite its faults, portrayed the two characters perfectly and with accuracy.

INEJ and KAZ from Six of Crows duology

How can someone not love them? Kaz “Dirtyhands” Brekker and his utter protectiveness towards his wraith, Inej. Six of Crows offers so much to the readers. It offers a plot that won’t let you sleep and characters that you wish were real so you could wrap them in bubble wrap so one would hurt them. Throughout the entire series, you can see their relationship develop and Kaz, despite his repulsion to human contact, at the end did make an effort so that Inej won’t leave. If that doesn’t sound like wedding bells ringing than what will? Kaz wants to be better for her and he moved hell and heaven to get her back. Couple goals, right?

CATH and LEVI from Fangirl

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that all bookworms resonated with Cath on one level or another, whether it be in her extreme inability towards social interactions or her utter fangirling about Baz and Simon. And all readers, after reading Fangirl, wanted a Levi who would understand them. The best part about Levi was the he wasn’t some extremely gorgeous boy; he was a normal looking person who accepted Cathy for who she was. He understood Cathy’s relationship with her mother, was there for her when Wren was in hospital, and let’s just say, he was a complete goofball throughout the book.

MAXON and AMERICA from The Selection series

While plots are important to a book, sometimes one can’t help but let the main ship govern the story and The Selection is definitely one of them. America Singer, the girl who didn’t want to enter the Selection, and Maxon, the next king of the country—doesn’t that already sound adorable? Their relationship develops over the course of three books and soon not only America finds herself falling in love with him, but we are too with how kind and caring he is.

WILL-TESSA-JEM from The Infernal Devices trilogy

The Infernal Devices series is scored on everyone’s heart because along with the outstanding storyline, the characters make the series so much more lovable. While it is mostly either Team Will or Team Jem, this book serves as one of the best love triangles written. The three characters love each other and don’t want to hurt one another. Unlike the cliché where the main female lead is unable to choose between the two main leads who are fighting or rather brawling over her, the book handles the three main characters who are interwoven into each other’s life so well that it’s hard to imagine one without the other two.

HAZEL and AUGUSTUS from The Fault In Our Stars

Just the names that make you cry, don’t they? The Fault in Our Stars is a story about two teenagers, one of whom is battling cancer. Despite all the complications, Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters cannot resist each other’s company and soon the book is making us swoon with romance and making us giddy with love. But John Green butchered our ship as the story ends leaving us all in puddles of our own tears.

What are your favourite OTP’s? Tell us in the comments below!