The YA genre for me is a graveyard of terrible romances. Fortunately, I've discovered two amazing series this year that justify all the time I've spent trying not to rip out my hair over how awful some other books have been. Over the last few years, I've come across some other pretty good ones too, despite the vast majority being fairly forgettable. 
 If you're looking for the best of the best out of the hundreds that I've gone through, this is actually a remarkably short list, but I've listed the first books of each series below. I have other YA recommendations, but these are what I like to think of as primarily epic ROMANCE driven series, although they are all so much more than that. In no particular order: 
 1. The Wrath & The Dawn 
 2. The Winner's Curse 
 3. A Court of Thorns and Roses (this is a strange one, because I loved the first book and yet I loved the second book ten times more, even though it pretty much breaks the first book) 
 4. Daughter of Smoke & Bone 
 What do all of these have in common? Epic conflicts and stakes, lush world-building, nuanced characterizations, lyrical style, and yes, the kind of romance that you could actually believe was destiny, or fate, or just some kind of wonderful.