Tough story (not sweet at all, part from the end) about two teenagers who fall in love in spite of HUGE obstacles, and it lasts in spite of SUPER-HUGE obstacles. 
 During his last year in high school, very average jock Mike (average student, average football player, average intelligence...) discovers his real sexual preference by falling in lust with the new guy in school, Jason. Jason is a kind of punk, joint-smoking teen who sells his body to have some money. While Mike is very sheltered and comes from a wealthy family with mum and dad, Jason is poor street smart kid living with an aunt who does not love him and can't wait to kick him out. The two boys couldn't be more different. 
 Jason is a real jerk, and I don't know why Mike felt in love with him, but maybe he looked into his eyes and saw a soul nobody else could see? Anyway Jason felt in love and felt out of the wagon because of that. He had to fight Jason to be with him, he had to break all his family rules, and he had to lower his self-esteem. It was painful to watch. 
 But his love paid at the end. Jason just needed someone to love him, to show him he was worth loving; he needed someone to believe in him. The two boys are quite sweet at the end, but the sweet part took too long to come. I liked the beginning and the end of the book, but the middle felt a bit too long. In addition, the way Mike's financial situation is solved at the end of the book felt a bit too "cinderella-esque" for my taste. Until then the story was kind of tough, and then out of the blue, we have this very nearly magical solution. It didn't fit the story. 
 Still, it is a beautiful plot, and the characters are well developed, you get attached to them, love or hate them. Good read.