All the best love stories confront some sort of taboo – a relationship needs a frisson, something forbidden and transgressive, to make it exciting – and controversy is something that many YA books purposefully or accidentally provoke. Just look at Malorie Blackman's infamous Noughts and Crosses series, which took the YA scene by storm for its representation of a mixed-race relationship. Or Romeo and Juliet (a typical teen favourite among Shakespeare's plays), where it's the family feud between the Montagues and Capulets which imbues the play with an edge of danger, separating the two 'star-cross'd lovers' and thrusting events into a murderous and tragic spiral.

What is about these stories that hooks you in? Relationships that cause friction seem to be the ones we often remember the most. There must be a reason why these are timeless, and why every forbidden romance rings true, whether that's in the 16th or the 21st century. We always remember the books that push the boundaries – but do LGBT relationships push the boundary that inch too far? TV shows such as Pretty Little Liars represent a relationship between a teacher and a pupil, as well as an openly LGBT relationship, with next to no controversy following, but books are routinely banned across the world for exactly the same thing. Why?

Or is this simply something we need to regard as normal? Have YA books been part of the movement that has broken down opposition? The overwhelming response during the children's books site LGBT-themed week shows how far teen fiction has come, even in the last five years. Far From You, this month's teen book club, is just one of a multitude of YA novels centering on an LGBT relationship. The tragedy of Mina's death there is as much the unfulfilled potential of two girls who clearly loved each other but were forced to keep their feelings a secret in a small American town, as it is her cold-blooded murder.

So is LGBT today's taboo? And if not, what do you think is?

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