"The sheer open-endedness of YA literature is pretty damn perfect for this “yes, but…” response..."

“The sheer open-endedness of YA literature is pretty damn perfect for this “yes, but…” response that’s on the tip of our tongues. Because, let’s be real for a second. Genres and labeling books are a tricky business, and YA is possibly the trickiest of them all (in fact, I’m of the belief that YA should not be labeled as such all together, but that’s a post for another day). As far as I can tell, apart from the unwritten no-graphic-intimacy rule, the only true requirement for a book to be cons...