Carry the Ocean is a truly beautiful story, so well written and magnificently told from both MCs point of.
The author writes a very informative story of two boys with illnesses that make it hard to navigate through life socially.
We meet Emmet or as he sometimes calls himself super Emmet, he is autistic, has loving parents and has managed to organize his life in an order that makes him happy. In that life he sees the neighbour boy and he sets his sights on him and plans to have him as a boyfriend.
Emmet is literal in most things, his speech is direct and he has had to learn to do things the way society expects even if it's not natural to him, so he practices simple things like introducing himself and saying words that a socially appropriate so as not to offend.
Emmet is also highly intelligent but most people in society don't see this because of his autism and how it presents itself to people.
Jeremey on the other hand has severe depression and clinical anxiety, simple things trigger panic attacks that make it near impossible for him to be out interacting with the rest of society.
Jeremey's parents are not like Emmet's parents and he finds himself fighting his disease as much as fighting them.
The two boys meet and fall in love. There are some sad times for both of them through this journey but they overcome it all together.
I loved that the story seemed realistic and well researched, I don't know much about autism or the level of depression and anxiety that Jeremey had but I felt like the author studied the illnesses well enough and told the story quite satisfactorily.