Great books stepping away from the norm
5 stories
Noah and Leigh by colourlessness
Noah and Leigh
colourlessness
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A collection of notes, a public library, two teenagers, and zero spoken communication.
She Paints Pain by hmarieh1218
She Paints Pain
hmarieh1218
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(Trigger Warning) (In editing) Rain's been through hell her whole life. Between her abusive dad, her brother who blames her for everything and the bullies at school, she has it hard. But when things start to settle down and Rain discovers her long life crush ends up being her mate, she is thrilled. She can see her whole life finally coming together. Until he rejects her. Her worlds crumbles and everything keeps getting worse. The threats get physical, her brother makes her life hell and her mate brings home a different girl every night. Pain never seems to leave her side. What happens when she discovers that her brother has lied to her for years? That the person she trusted most turns around and stabs her in the back? What will she do when her biggest fear comes back to haunt her for the second time in her life, tearing her apart from the inside out? Will she ever be happy?
Made To Be Broken by AMS1971
Made To Be Broken
AMS1971
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At age 14, Noble Richmond becomes devastatingly aware that he is gay. Being raised in a Christian home and church, Noble believes that being gay is a sin, and desperately seeks God's healing and deliverance - telling no one of his secret. Now, nine years later, Noble is engaged to a Christian girl, Rebecca, who he believes he is genuinely in love with. Convinced that God has answered his prayers and delivered him from the sin of homosexuality, Noble sees his future with Rebecca as bright and promising. But when Rebecca's step-brother, Jonah, shows up at their engagement party - Noble is forced to question his deliverance and finds himself struggling with emotions and desires he insists is not natural for one man to feel for another.
Adam & Steve by SeraphinaRivera
Adam & Steve
SeraphinaRivera
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Adam and Steve are best friends, and the last two people on earth. They don't know how it happened or why. They don't see it as something they should be worrying about, they only see it as an adventure in front of them. They do everything they couldn't before, the world is theirs . . . until it isn't anymore.
The Quirky Tale of April Hale (Quirky Series #1) by demonicblackcat
The Quirky Tale of April Hale (Quirky Series #1)
demonicblackcat
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Self-proclaimed weirdo April Hale and the notorious troublemaker Ryder Black have been living side by side for more than ten years. Both never attempted to communicate with each other, but on the night Ryder Black is thrown out by his own father, he asks her a question that might change both of their lives: "March, will you let me stay in your room?" He even got her name wrong. - A coming of age story about loss, the wonders of falling in love, and ultimately, pretending to be normal. Get inside April's distorted and yet humorous perspective, and watch as her tale unfolds into a shocking finish. COVER BY @RIVIIX