Hmm... I wasn't a huge fan of this one. I didn't think the book was terrible, but it wasn't really my type of book. I didn't really enjoy the romance -- which is strange, considering I absolutely adore all LGBT romances I read in books. But I don't know why this one just didn't hit home for me. 
 I'm thinking it's because I didn't like Ethan. I read another review where the user wrote about how they didn't like his attitude towards school... and his attitude in general. I completely agree with that, as I'm not a huge fan of delinquent-type boys. I also kinda cringed at the slang words he used -- they were really out of date and awkward-sounding. There was also a lot of situations that seemed really unrealistic -- like when Ethan and Alek were in line and a Goth girl said "Gay is so in right now, I'm thinking of going lesbo." I mean... who would actually say that in real life? There were also incredibly mundane parts of the book, and I really disliked how much they talked about NYC. I've been to NYC probably around fifty times in my life, as I live really close to the city. And guess what? I absolutely despise NYC. I don't know why I do, but I really hate the city. So when the book focused a lot on how "amazing" NYC is, I was kinda irked. But that's probably just my own personal peeve. Overall, the book had a lot of cliches, and not the good kind of cliches. There were also other small things that bothered me, but I'm not going to go too much into detail. 
 As for the good parts of the book, I really loved the main character Alek. He's probably one of my favorite main characters in any book I've ever read. I almost want to grab him and his family and put them into a different setting in another book. I found Alek and his family to be incredibly interesting -- I didn't know anything at all about Armenian culture or history before I read this book (besides just knowing that there was an Armenian genocide, but I didn't know anything about the specifics of it) and now I definitely have an appreciation for the Armenian culture. I always find other cultures to be intriguing, so reading about Alek's family dynamics within his culture was very interesting. Alek himself was a great character -- he had morals that weren't too tight or too loose, making him a very realistic character. I also liked his attitude and voice. I just wished the author gave him a different love interest in a different setting. If the author did that, this book might have been one of my favorites.