Is any of this new stuff other than Wendig’s mess written for adults? I think the above novels are YA.
Lost Stars was marketed as a YA, but honestly it is a totally enjoyable read for adults. It doesn’t FEEL like a YA novel. There’s sex and death and violence and stuff you wouldn’t normally find in a YA novel. I guess my point is that it doesn’t feel like you’re reading Twilight or Hunger Games or anything like that. It’s like the films, in that it is enjoyable by people of all ages. It really should have just been marketed as a straight novel, not as a YA novel.
That seems to be the opinion of this reviewer as well.
http://www.geekofoz.com/2015/10/star-wars-lost-stars-review.html
I’ll give it a read.