But Lauren Shippen's "The Infinite Noise" fits right into that genre: queer ya romance with magical realism aspects. Yeah, it's a lot, but its usually really fun and cute and totally worth more people writing/reading books here.
Okay, onto the book (one which while reading I hated how perfect it was--because why the fuck didn't I think of this idea):
["Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb starts experiencing mood swings that are out of the ordinary for even a teenager, his life moves beyond “typical.”
Caleb is an Atypical, an individual with enhanced abilities. Which sounds pretty cool except Caleb's ability is extreme empathy—he feels the emotions of everyone around him. Being an empath in high school would be hard enough, but Caleb's life becomes even more complicated when he keeps getting pulled into the emotional orbit of one of his classmates, Adam. Adam's feelings are big and all-consuming, but they fit together with Caleb's feelings in a way that he can't quite understand.
Caleb's therapist, Dr. Bright, encourages Caleb to explore this connection by befriending Adam. As he and Adam grow closer, Caleb learns more about his ability, himself, his therapist—who seems to know a lot more than she lets on—and just how dangerous being an Atypical can be."]
All of the descriptions of emotions, how freaking powerful her description of depression, the way she used colors to enhance the empathy connection...this book was really fucking hitting all A+s when it came to prose/description. Again, I kind of hated how good it was (because I didn't think of it first).
Go read this!
Just be prepared for some heavy depression description (I had to skim through those sections myself).
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