Prime Videos best YA hit is also its biggest outlier

Over the past few years, Prime Video has become the ultimate destination for young adult and new adult shows.

The Summer I Turned Pretty whipped the world into a frenzy over the Team Conrad versus Team Jeremiah debate.

Maxton Hall served up swoon-worthy enemies-to-lovers angst.

Off Campus proved an irresistible addition to TV's hottest new subgenre: hockey romance.

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14, 2026) These shows and more — We Were Liars , Elle , Every Year After — are all part of Prime's push to court Gen Z .

Its latest hit, Sterling Point , is no exception.

Created by Megan Park, the director of exceptional coming-of-age films The Fallout and My Old Ass , the series is another entry in Prime's robust YA library.

It's also its most refreshing standout.

Sterling Point follows New York teen Annie (Ella Rubin) as she visits the Canadian island she and her twin brother Connor (Keen Ruffalo) inherited from the grandfather they never knew.

Plot-wise, the show doesn't reinvent the wheel.

In fact, it has quite a few elements in common with several other Prime YA hits.

The Canadian lake setting of Every Year After .

The family secrets of We Were Liars .