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I'd agree that the common denominator seems to be the characters' ages. A lot of current urban fantasy authors are jumping on the YA bandwagon, IMO.
I haven't read many, mostly because I'm rather burned out on the typical vampire/UF stuff they seem to predominate in.
But I've read comments that make me think you're going to find various levels of sexuality and various levels of violence - that it's not "safe" to assume they'll be milder, just because it's labeled YA.
If you like to follow any of the review blogs, I seem to remember that DearAuthor.com covers a fair amount of the YA books. I've got some YA post-apocalyptic books by Susan Pfeffer on my TBR pile because of reviews I read there.
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