This book is very readable and engaging - I finished it in two days, something that rarely happens these days. I was interested in the main character's recovery from a trauma that occurs before the beginning of the book and how he and his boyfriend work out their long-distance relationship. Unfortunately, the book never really delivers on either. 
 Certainly, given that this is a YA book, it's understandable that the author doesn't delve into the graphic details of what happened to Nate, but she also largely skips over the aftermath and Nate's recovery. Pretty much any reference to what happened is relegated to periodic flashback scenes. In the present, which is less than a year later, it's barely mentioned. 
 Instead, Nate's emotional distress and subsequent questionable behavior are centered on his boyfriend Adam going to NYC for a few months and his jealousy over Adam's new friends. Nate just ends up seeming extremely clingy and immature. 
 When he isn't worrying about what Adam's up to, Nate's getting in trouble at school for flaunting his gay - so to speak - and running a blog about being a queer teen. Except his "activism" at school never progresses beyond wearing statement t-shirts and dancing with his straight best friend, and his blog entries are trite, cliched, and few. These plot points are non-starters and seem to only exist to introduce Nate to a younger boy who develops a huge crush on him and adds to his relationship woes. 
 This has become extremely long-winded and to avoid being too spoilery, I'll just say that Nate's a mess and things get worse for him and Adam, but then the author cops out on a resolution for what's happened by tacking on a silly "10 years later" chapter that fixes everything without having to work for it.