... Go read Brandon Sanderson's Reckoners trilogy (Steelheart, Firefight, and Calamity, respectively).

I mean, I'm reaching the pre-final battle in Calamity, ad if it weren't for the fact that everyone else in the house were asleep, I very well might be screaming at the main character

"GO. GO GIVE HIM A HUG. YOU NEED TO GO HUG HIM. HE'S CLEARLY IN NEED OF A HUG, GOSH DANGIT, WHY ARE YOU NOT HUGGING HIM?"

Seriously. Dang good books. Go read 'em.

Update: HE JUST GOT TELEPORTED AWAY. GAH. THINGS WERE GOING SO WELL, TOO.

Another Update: I DON'T FREAKING CARE HOW GOOD THE ENDING WAS, AND I DON'T CARE IF THAT'S YOUR FREAKING DAD. PROF NEEDS A HUG, AND YOU DIDN'T. HUG. HIM. WHY DID YOU NOT HUG HIM? I HATE YOU SO MUCH.

... gahhhhh...

... All hugging- or lack thereof- aside, those are some good books.