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Haffling by Caleb James
Blurb:
All sixteen-year-old Alex Nevus wants is to be two years older and become his sister Alice’s legal guardian. That, and he’d like his first kiss, preferably with Jerod Haynes, the straight boy with the beautiful girlfriend and the perfect life. Sadly, wanting something and getting it are very different. Strapped with a mentally ill mother, Alex fears for his own sanity. Having a fairy on his shoulder only he can see doesn't help, and his mom's schizophrenia places him and Alice in constant jeopardy of being carted back into foster care.
When Alex's mother goes missing, everything falls apart. Frantic, he tracks her to a remote corner of Manhattan and is transported to another dimension—the land of the Unsee, the realm of the Fey. There he finds his mother held captive by the power-mad Queen May and learns he is half-human and half-fey—a Haffling.
As Alex’s human world is being destroyed, the Unsee is being devoured by a ravenous mist. Fey is vanishing, and May needs to cross into the human world. She needs something only Alex can provide, and she will stop at nothing to possess it… to possess him.
Although one MC is bi, this is really a book about two teen boys in a gay relationship, so I think it fits better here. Seven Tears at High Tide by C.B. Lee
The sea holds many secrets ...
Kevin Luong walks to the ocean’s edge with a broken heart. Remembering a legend his mother told him, he lets seven tears fall into the sea. “I just want one summer—one summer to be happy and in love.”
Instead, he finds himself saving a mysterious boy from the Pacific—a boy who later shows up on his doorstep professing his love. What he doesn’t know is that Morgan is a selkie, drawn to answer Kevin’s wish.
As they grow close, Morgan is caught between the dangers of the human world and his legacy in the selkie community to which he must return at summer’s end.
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I have no idea how to mention a previous comment, but is like to read "Haffling"!
Rhett wrote: "I have no idea how to mention a previous comment, but is like to read "Haffling"!"To link a comment, find the one you want and click on the little "reply" link bottom right on it. It doesn't show up on some of the phone apps though.
We'll be doing a poll at the end of the month - so if you want to vote for Halfling that will be when we make the choice.
Nominations are now closed; the poll is up here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1... Vote through Sept 5th.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Seven Tears at High Tide (other topics)Haffling (other topics)
Wonders of the Invisible World (other topics)
Wonders of the Invisible World (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
C.B. Lee (other topics)Caleb James (other topics)
Christopher Barzak (other topics)
Christopher Barzak (other topics)
In this thread please nominate books with gay, cis-male main character(s) that are suitable for an under-18 audience and not a previous selection.
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We will close nominations when there are 8 books nominated or Midnight Aug 30th.
Nominations are now closed; the poll is up here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
Vote through Sept 5th.