You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez

When his mother finally tells his full story, though, and when Jake comes clean to Kenny, literally magic happens. Jake doesn’t tell swim team captain Kenny when he develops a crush, nor does he tell his best friend that he’s applied to a college on the coast when they’ve promised to go to the University of New Mexico together. She tells him the blue markings on his arms are birthmarks. Jake Hyde’s mother refuses to talk about his absent father. This is a book about secrets and the damage they can do, but also the magic that can happen when one trusts another person enough to reveal the truth. This absolutely gorgeous LGBT urban fantasy comes from the world of DC Comics, and while it isn’t strictly speaking canon, it does borrow from it in that Kaldur’ahm, the current Aqualad, was revealed as bisexual during the most recent season of Young Justice. That’s not to say the two men figuring one another out and navigating a potential relationship is simple or without nuance it means they can continue their efforts to prevent the apocalypse while they do it. His family meets Adam and thinks, What a sweetheart. Vic hasn’t considered the fact he might be bi, before but finds himself attracted to Adam and without any drama whatsoever, thinks: ah. He’s proven wrong, however, when he meets Vic, a police officer who becomes accidentally embroiled in Adam’s efforts to thwart the eldritch horror hovering over Denver. Adam is pretty sure that’s just the way it is.

They aren’t all that much more accepting about the fact Adam is gay. My opinion of how phenomenal his book is hasn’t changed).Īdam Binder’s family would rather have him involuntarily committed to a mental health facility than believe in his magical abilities. (I read White Trash Warlock before I met David but full disclosure: he’s awesome and we’re friends now.

You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez