i recently read the unwind series and loved lev, who is described as angelic and beautiful and was raised to be sacrificed to god at age 13, but escaped and has to reckon with his programming. at a certain point there's even a cult formed around him who see him as a messiah kind of figure. looking for other novels with similar characters:
teen/young male characters who are beautiful and troubled/messianic/chosen for a greater purpose AND/OR boyish and bratty, hyper competent in some area but naive/helpless in more basic aspects AND/OR spoiled boyking/child emperor types.
homoerotic undertones more than welcome but i really struggle to care about straightforward romances, though im tentatively open to suggestions if you think they're really, really good. no female love interests please (disclaimer im a lesbian i love women. just not what im looking for here)
by aspirationalnormie