My main disappointment with current YA fantasy is that every single book seems to be about the mc saving the world/being a key part in saving the world/winning the big-epic-war thing. I often like the first book in a series, where things are more low key, but by the end (when the big epic finale is happening) it feels like I've already read the same thing a hundred times.
I did enjoy Kristin Cashore's books Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue - but it was years ago I read them. I also remember a few years back I liked The Girl of Fire and Thorns series by Rae Carson. It's more MG, than YA, and not exactly new, but I love The Princess Academy books by Shannon Hale. Also more MG (and a portal fantasy) is The Riverman trilogy by Aaron Starmer. I read it last year and was blown away, which doesn't happen very often. I also enjoyed the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness, but liked the first book so much more than the next two, because of the reasons I mentioned above. That trilogy may be considered sci-fi, not fantasy?
If anyone happens to have recs of current YA fantasy that doesn't involve an epic war or saving the world, I would love to know about them. I often think back to things like The Harper Hall Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey. There's not a single war or epic battle or threat of the world ending. The main character has an interesting story to follow because she's talented, but she's not a 'chosen one' or anything like that. She's good at music. And there's dragons. The end.