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My favorite M/M books

For the last year I read a lot (believe me, A LOT) of M/M romance. I wanted to make this list for a long time, just in case you are in the same constant search for something to read as I am. Each one of these books is perfect, magnificent rainbow and made my life significantly better. Just read them. All. (And recommend me something as well PLEASE)

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (YA, Fantasy)

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat (Fantasy)

All for the Game by Nora Sakavic (YA)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (YA)

Evenfall by Santino Hassell and Ais (Fantasy)

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (YA)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz  (YA)

Coffee Boy by Austin Chant (Contemporary)

One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva (YA)

The Burnt Toast B&B by Heidi Belleau, Rachel Haimowitz (Contemporary)

Tournament of Losers by Megan Derr  (Fantasy)

The Prince of the Moon by Megan Derr (Fantasy)

Sparkwood by Daria Defore (Fantasy)

Reason Number One by Briston Brooks (YA)

The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles (Fantasy, Victorian)

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian (Victorian)

The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian (Victorian)

Think of England by K.J. Charles (Victorian)

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Therapeutic Writing Prompts

Tell us about a time someone hurt your feelings.

What’s one present you’ve always wanted?

Who were your favorite relatives?

What are your best/worst memories of school?

“How has art saved you?”

“Did you ever get into trouble?”

What was the saddest moment of your life?

“How would you describe yourself as a child?”

What is your daily routine?

“What was the best night of your life so far?”

Are you proud of who you are?

How would you like to be remembered?

Honor a family member.

What are you waiting for?

Where did you grow up?

Who was your first kiss?  How was it?

Tell a random childhood memory.

Create a postcard. Who’s it going to?

What advice do you have for other couples?

How was/is your relationship with your parents?

When did you first fall in love?

What makes you happy?

What was the worst thing you ever did?

Is there something about someone that you’ve always wanted to know but have never asked?

What was your childhood like?

What’s the highlight of your week?

Write a love letter.

What’s something you wish you knew about your parents?

What’s your word or focus for the year?

What does your future hold?

What are you (or would you be) giving your children that you wish you’d had?

When in life have you felt most alone?

What is a family keepsake you have or hope to have?

What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life?

Tell us about a favorite or special piece of clothing.

What’s something you struggle with?

Describe or show yourself at this point in your life.

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Vincent x Rachel Phantomhive

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Morning routine. Quick and effective.

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“Remember this feeling. This is the moment you stop being the rabbit.”

Hi, I’m Queenie, I managed to create a 1.5 GB gif and make my computer cry

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Hsin Liu Vega // A boy turned to killing machine

“Tell me, how long has violence played such a large part of your life? I’ve known children that were abused all of their lives and they became shattered, dark things, reacting to everything with violence because that’s all they know. They always reminded me of alley cats, so skittish and untrusting, always ready to fight.”  “More importantly, when’s the last time you felt love?" "What? I don’t know. Never.”  "What does it matter?“ 

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Queer YA Books: Read

so here’s a list of books I’ve read for my project to read as many gay YA books as I can, as requested by @arabian-batboy and an anon friend, these will be listed in order by author’s last name, if I don’t link the book it’s because I didn’t think it’s worth reading, I’ll make comments on the one’s I think are best :) hope this is useful :) 

1. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (very good, re-read a few times now)

2. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

3. No Strings by Sara Alva 

4. Social Skills by Sara Alva 

5. Silent by Sara Alva (good book, there’s stuff about abuse and such, if you like sad but beautiful and happy at the end book, a go to)

6. The Island of Beyond by Elizabeth Atkinson (all the gay stuff is subtext, but cute coming of age) 

7. One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva (cute re-read a few times now)

8. Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak (yes read it, now)

9. I am J by Cris Beam

10. Something Like Summer by Jay Bell 

11. Kamikaze Boys by Jay Bell 

12. Vintage: A Ghost Story by Steve Berman

13. The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (if you liked “I’ll Give You the Sun” this is a must read, I view those books as spirt twins, go read this now)

14. That One Kid Who Freaked Out, Or Whatever by A.J.J. Bourque

15. For a Price by Hallie Burton

16. Gives Light by Rose Christo (first in a series, kinda goes off the rails latter on with drama overload, but this first one was very good)

17. Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn/David Levithan

18. Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn/David Levithan (not gay as such, but queer characters make up the background of the book, worth reading if you’ve never really enjoyed a straight romance)

19. Invisibility by Andrea Cremer/David Levithan (again not gay, but a main supporting character is and his queerness is a big part of the story)

20. Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills

21. Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan (mental health is the theme and it’s the only book with an autistic main character I haven’t felt offended by so there’s that)

22. Aaron’s Story by Mason Dodd

23. Braden’s Story by Mason Dodd

24. Superhero by Eli Easton

25. Rosie and the Quarry Ghost by Rachel Eliason

26. Caged in Myth by J.T. Fairfield

27. The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle

28. The Screwed Up Life of Charlie the Second by Drew Ferguson

29. Being True by Jacob Z. Flores

30. Eagle Peak by Elizabeth Fontaine

31. Sweaters & Cigarettes by Mika Fox

32. All The Colors Of Love by Jessica Freely

33. The Battle for Jericho by Gene Gant

34. Lucky Linus by Gene Gant

35. Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

36. The Boy’s Own Manual to Being a Proper Jew by Eli Glasman

37. Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath by  Steven Goldman

38. The Mariposa Club by Rigoberto González

39. Tales from Foster High by John Goode (something of a classic)

40. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green/David Levithan

41. Half Bad by Sally Green (will make you sad)

42. Half Wild by Sally Green (will make you cry)

43. Half Lost by Sally Green (will break your heart and step on the pieces and you’ll never be ok again)

44. None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

45. The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon 

46. Geography Club by Brent Hartinger

47. Totally Joe by James Howe (OMG one of my all time favorite books ever, if you love adorable, fluff, heartfelt, or were ever a little gay boy in middle school this is a must must read, must) 

48. After School Activities by Dirk Hunter

49. The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson

50. We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

51. Problems I’m Having by Sam Isaacs

52. The Boy Who Couldn’t Fly Straight by Jeff Jacobson (loved this but there likely won’t be a sequel so if you can live never knowing go for it)

53. Haffling by Caleb James (loved it, magic, gays, growing up poor)

54. T.E.D. by Jayson James

55. Know Not Why by Hannah Johnson

56. On the Right Track by Sam Kadence

57. Intervention by Mia Kerick

58. The Red Sheet by Mia Kerick (I loved this one a lot) 

59. Us Three by Mia Kerick

60. Inclination by Mia Kerick

61. Not Broken, Just Bent by Mia Kerick

62. The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune (why aren’t you reading this? you need to be reading this book, like now! it’s basically grown in a lab to be the book for Tumblr!) 

63. Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (I need to go re-read this)

64. Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg

65. Absolutely Positively Not by David LaRochelle

66. Every Day by David Leviathan

67. Boy Meets Boy by David Leviathan (Classic maybe the first LGBT YA book to really make it or be published, it amazes me that it’s already 12 years old but it’s still special and true after all these years) 

68. How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by J.C. Lillis (a book about gay nerds and shipping, you know you want to read it)

69. Signs by Anna Martin

70. A Broken Kind of Life by Jamie Mayfield (I liked it but it’s very intense with rather upsetting themes) 

71. When Ryan Came Back by Devon McCormack (ghost boyfriends!) 

72. Vivaldi in the Dark by Matthew J. Metzger 

73. The Before Now and After Then by Peter Monn

74. Hero by Perry Moore (Moore’s death shortly after writing this book is one of the greatest losses that gay lit or superhero fiction could suffer)

75. Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz

76. Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz

77. hidden by Tomas Mournian

78. Heavyweight by M.B. Mulhall

79. Birds on a Wire by Ellen Mulholland

80. I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (every time I bring up that I like gay/queer YA books this one comes up, so I assume it doesn’t need me cheerleading it)

81. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (really cute and funny spoof of your standard YA hero story, but also has a lot of heart and soul)

82. More Than This by Patrick Ness

83. Fearless by Chris O'Guinn

84. Unintended by M.J. O'Shea

85. I’ll Always Miss You by Raine O'Tierney

86. M or F? by Lisa Papademetriou/Chris Tebbetts

87. Play Me, I’m Yours by Madison Parker (loved it, re-read it a lot)

88. Here’s to You, Zeb Pike by Johanna Parkhurst

89. Outtakes of A Walking Mistake by Anthony Paull 

90. Sprout by Dale Peck

91. Band Fags! by Frank Anthony Polito

92. Drama Queers! by Frank Anthony Polito

93. When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid (cries and cries, sad ending)

94. The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan (why yes its a Percy Jackson book with a bi/pansexual main character and a gay teenage boy couple as major characters, why haven’t you read it yet?) 

95. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (awesome book, amazing, must read, go read it now!) 

96. My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan by Seth Rudetsky

97. Bait by Alex Sanchez

98. The God Box by Alex Sanchez

99. Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez (another early classic got me through high school) 

100. So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez (my favorite thing Sanchez has ever done, adorable) 

101. Getting It by Alex Sanchez

102. Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa 

103. Drag Teen by Jeffery Self 

104. Playing by the Book by S. Chris Shirley

105. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (heart breaker) 

106. Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

107. Freak Show by James St. James (oh my god, James you beautify man you thanks for all you do) 

108. Wrestling with Desire by D.H. Starr

109. Ray of Sunlight by Brynn Stein (I’m not crying you’re crying!)

110. Imaginary by Jamie Sullivan 

111. Rock by Anyta Sunday

112. (In)visible by Anyta Sunday

113. 366 Days by Kiyoshi Tanaka (honestly my favorite book on here, I can re-read it in like 3 hours because I won’t stop for anything, that said it’s also maybe the darkest and most intense book here, not to say there aren’t cute and sweet moments lots of those, but also darkness, you’ve been warned)

114. Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas (great book) 

115. Just Between Us by J.H. Trumble

116. The Price of Falling by Melanie Tushmore

117. Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

118. Teenage Rewrite by Brandon Williams

119. What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson

120. Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger 

121. Turning 16 by Perie Wolford

122. A Boy Like Me by Jennie Wood

123. Suicide Watch by Kelley York (another good but dark book)

hope this is helpful to some one and I hope you find a book you enjoy, let me know I’d love to hear what people think when they read something from this list :) 

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True

Nobody told me that ICoS is basically about family adventures

Carhart is the Dad. He’s overprotective of his self-proclaimed sons and vehemently denies any favourism toward them while simulatnously ripping his own ass open as he’s doing absolutely ANYTHING for them. Generally deep in denial. Calls out other people’s (and especially the family’s) flaws constantly while he’s the one with the WORST anger and self-reflection issues.

Emilio is the Wine-Mom, who gets drunk with everyone and gives out drugs. Inappropriately invested into his sons’ looks and which connected to the drinks and drugs leads to many even more inappropriate situations. Frequently complains about being part of the family but everyone knows he’s the one who’s most proud of them all and if anything’s wrong, if anyone’s in trouble he’s the one of to have the others’ backs (like this)

Boyd is the sort of kid who when you tell them to not do something it’s guarateed that he WILL do it just because. Living embodiment of “Hoe don’t do it - oh my god”. One of the few members who doesn’t feel the need to hide how much he cares but he hides enough other shit so it’s kinda even in the end.

Sin is the one who sits disgruntled in the corner at family meetings because omg you are all SO embarassing go away MOM PLS. Has absolutely no sense of family and doesn’t really see the sense in it all but then when things turn to shit he’s like “….oh fuck” and realizes that he DOES care.

Vivienne is the weird aunt nobody really likes and who keeps inviting her to family gatherings anyways ?? (hint: it’s Carhart). She cares a lot but is even more vehemently against showing it than Wine Mom so she hides it with reguarily fucking over everyone else with terribly decisions that are “for the best”.

Ryan got voted the youngest by everyone else and hates it even though he’s sort of flattered. He might not be in the middle of the action but without him the family would have fallen apart ages ago tbh and they all know that. Designated heart of the family (and probably has the best butt too which Emilio especially both supports and denies)

Kassian is that one friend who befriended one family member but then got sucked in by the rest. Now he’s sort of friends with everyone and kinda like the unofficially adopted fourth son/the caring Uncle who always helps and occasionally fucks with some of them.

In conclusion: ICoS is about the adventures of a big dysfunctional family where half the members are blood related and the other half is fucking (with) each other in both the literal and figurative sense

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Yes

Boyd | Andrew | Laurent

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Boyd and Hsin: *afterimage*

Me: Lord give me the patience not to slap a Bitch.

Fucking afterimage 😧

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neil’s grad party

anonymous asked: if youre still taking prompts can you write something about neil finally getting drunk with the foxes? like neil being really loud & open about how much he likes andrew and everyone being like holy shit this is so cute 

anonymous asked: pls pls pls write something about how neil calls andrew his best friend in front of the other foxes !!

anonymous asked: omg please write about neil mistaking aaron for andrew (maybe when he’s a little tipsy or something??)

so as soon as i went to start on the first prompt i got the second and third ones in my inbox and i decided to combine them!

the more i’ve thought about it, the more i think neil wouldn’t really get drunk with the foxes while they’re all in college

they’re only all together in his sophomore year and i don’t think that he would go from having a drink with andrew over spring break to getting plastered with the rest of the foxes so soon

but eventually it happens during neil’s graduation party that they have at the house in colombia

since neil was the youngest out of all of the foxes, he was the last to graduate so the celebration was like a family renunion: loud, lively, crowded, and full of alcohol

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That pinky twitch doesn't lie man

WE ARE WATCHING YOU

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In the Company of Shadows by Santino & Ais fanmade book covers.

Sypnosis:

“Years after the bombs of WWIII have changed the physical and political landscape, the Agency ruthlessly works behind the scenes to take down rebel groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means. Hsin Liu Vega (Sin) is their most efficient and deadly assassin ever. However, he tends to go off on unauthorized killing sprees and somehow his assigned partners all end up dead under suspicious circumstances. That is why the Agency has had him locked up in a box on the fourth floor for years. But now they think it is time to put the psychopath back in the field. With a new partner. Boyd’s mother, a high ranking Agency official, volunteers her teenage son for the position. Boyd is not afraid of death. In fact, his life has been such an endless cycle of apathy and despair for the last few years that he’d welcome it. Boyd is strangely unafraid of the man everyone calls ‘monster’ and Sin seems reluctant to let his keeper get himself killed on any missions.”  

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i wish there were some famous ya books like the raven cycle, the foxhole court, ari and dante, the song of achilles, pjo, the mortal instruments, i’ll give you the sun but with f/f for instance………. it gets so tiring, like i love the rep but it’s exhausting that there’s literally no f/f rep in popular ya lit

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some fox hcs bc i’m sick and it’s all i’ve been thinking about:

when they have movie nights, allison and matt have a competition to see who can catch more popcorn in their mouths. allison always wins so matt just throws popcorn at her without even letting her catch it

they all go team grocery shopping after finding out neil has never had at least 50% of the junk food they all grew up on

renee takes up crocheting and makes them all fox print patterned socks. they wear them every movie night(even andrew)

nicky gets homesick sometimes and when he does he makes a lot of the traditional dishes his mom would and the foxes eat all of it even though they literally saw nicky chopping raw jalapenos earlier

allison and dan are real housewives fanatics and they will kill a man to get to the tv. kevin still has the scars on his arm from where allison nearly clawed his arm off for trying to change the tv

the foxes do charity dog washing at a nearby pet shelter and neil literally almost gets smothered by the biggest dog there and that’s when the foxes find out neil is the biggest dog magnet

nicky makes the mistake of teaching andrew to bake and he never leaves the kitchen. but the tower always smells like vanilla so that’s a bonus

neil cannot cook for shit and i’m standing by this until i die. he tried making cup noodles in the dorm microwave and matt came back to a small fire and a calm neil just watching the fire blaze

neil twists his ankle falling down some stairs and matt uses this as an excuse to bridal carry him everywhere

“do i even weigh anything to you?”  “no, it’s like holding a couple of grapes.”

allison and neil take exactly 5 hours every saturday to go shopping, get facials, gossip. allison has video proof of neil sitting on a lounge chair with his whole face covered in a cucumber face mask, sipping lemon water, and getting his nails done. he looks right into her camera and in the most deadpan voice says “ah yes, the bourgeoisie.” the video ends with allison snickering and dropping her phone 

whenever anyone is late to practice they have to go on a run with neil and every time they fall behind is a lap they have to do at the next practice. no one is late again after kevin comes back from a run and passes the fuck out

the foxes went to disney world once and lost andrew. they don’t speak of it ever again. 

matt when asked by some sexist reporter why he listens to what the girls tell him to do: dan’s my girlfriend, renee could kill me, and allison has enough dirt on me to ruin my life until i die. also i respect them more than your crusty ass so that’s there as well. next question?

(matt isn’t allowed to do press duty for the next week after that)

kevin, five drinks in and nearing tipsy: if renee ever became a villian we’d all be screwed

the rest of the foxes except for renee and andrew: AMEN

casual cheek kisses are a thing among the foxes but no one kisses neil around andrew unless they want to lose a toe

it isn’t a question if whether or not a drunk kevin has acidentally called andrew “aaron”, it’s whether or not kevin actually made it out alive

nicky matt, and neil all have a shared exasperation for White People Food

neil and renee have been banned from nearly evershopping center within 50 miles of palmetto bc they wouldn’t stop throwing the knives to test how sharp they were

aaron and andrew play pokemon against each other(even tho andrew is more partial to acnl) and andrew manages to beat aaron’s entire team with just a jigglypuff and no one knows how he did it

once neil got really drunk and before he went to bed he kissed everyone’s foreheads(aaron left right after neil kissed renee’s) like his mom used to do to him before she went to sleep and it left everyone in shock

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can u imagine one night the foxes all getting a group message from neil being like "anyone want a dick pic" and the foxes just being like ???? neil? are you drunk??? where's andrew???? are u okay? also yes?????? and then neil just sends them a picture of kevin

this. has definitely happened at some point and i refuse to believe it hasn’t 

“also yes” KHDBFKHSDBF 

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