Novels on WhatsApp: the latest means of promoting reading among youth

It’s only been on Google Play and the Apple App Store for a few weeks, but it hasn’t taken long for Hooked to figure prominently in app stores. And it’s done so in a big way, already making the Top 10 Free Apps list. Hooked is palpable proof that not only is the way we communicate changing, but also the way we read. It’s a matter of pure fiction for the “Snapchat Generation.”

It’s been averred that today’s adolescents don’t read, but they do. In fact, they never stop reading on their smartphones, even if the majority of the texts are messages in chat conversations. In the shadow of those interactions, there’s been surge of so-called “chat stories”, tales and narratives orchestrated as dialogues that progress with a touch rather than by turning the page. On Hooked, the reader can find chat stories in diverse genres, including romance, drama, terror, fantasy, the paranormal, thrillers, comedies, and science fiction.

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