If it's longer than 4 books I don't care for it anyway, unless it's an episodic kind of series where I can quit at any point. The chances of both the book quality and my enjoyment of it remaining the same for more than a couple months, are close to nonexistent.

You had me until the woke culture part, but then again, I've never read much YA. If We Were Villains and Ninth House were pretty good though. You should maybe try Anne Rice, and I've heard good things about the Priory of the Orange Tree.