Things I Find While Shelving 
 I received a free ARC via NetGalley 
 There's a lot of growing up in this one. Not to say that Dave and Miles don't do their share in "Subs Club" and "Pain Slut", but in this one it's not just Kamen who's growing up, if that makes sense. Perhaps it will by the end of this review, assuming I can articulate well enough my absolute love of Kamen's story. 
 Kamen has recently moved in with his boyfriend Ryan. His friends think he moved too fast, and he is frustrated with how they treat Ryan and doesn't feel like he's being welcomed into the group. Meanwhile he's also trying to figure out what being an adult means for him and Ryan - a question that comes up more as Ryan voices the possibility of moving somewhere, and as visits to Ryan's parents brings up questions of what it means to be responsible and do 'do something with your lives.' 
 Kamen works as a cook in a restaurant, Ryan is a paralegal. But Kamen also dreams of being a musician and Ryan's artistic talent was left by the wayside when, instead of following that dream, he listened to his parents' urging him to do something useful and responsible. But Kamen encourages Ryan to nurture that talent, and Ryan encourages Kamen to keep working on his music. They don't quite their day jobs, but they don't let each other give up on what they love, either. 
 And if that's not A+ adulting, well. I don't know what is. 
 As far as the rest of the awesome group of friends goes, there's a feeling among some of them - mainly Dave because Dave Feels Things Deeply and Loudly - that Ryan has changed Kamen, that he's taking Kamen away from them. Kamen is struggling to maintain his friendships while growing in his relationship with Ryan and one of the big steps he's been able to take is moving forward from Hal's death. 
 A lot of what goes on with the Subs Club hinges on their friend's death, which prevents them - Dave most notably but also Gould and, to a lesser extent, Miles - from moving forward from that and going on with their lives. The creation of the Subs Club happened because of Hal's death and Dave lingers on it a lot, but Kamen doesn't quite as much. And Kamen helps his friends see that moving on with their lives doesn't mean leaving Hal behind, and that it's something they have to do. 
 And the portrayal of friendship in these books is just so amazing. JA Rock does a beautiful job of it.