Yeah, so I devoured this book. Read it in one sitting. What a successful weekend. 
 The problem with reading two books by the same author back-to-back is that you cannot help but compare the two, and that doesn't really work in the grand scheme of things. Especially when you adored the first book (ily Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda ). 
 At the same time, it worked out really well in this case because these stories have really subtle overlaps and finding those small allusions was a lot of fun. 
 The diversity in this book is impressive and handled impressively. You have differences in socioeconomic class, race, sexuality, body type, and probably tons of other things that I am missing. Yet, this is not an "issue book;" it's just about kids going about their everyday lives and worried about everyday kid things. None of the issues that 'should' divide them do, and it is nice to see that modeled in literature. And this book just makes you feel-- I quite literally put my face in the book and went UGHHHH DON'T DO THIS because these characters were so perfectly and realistically that specific breed of adolescent stupidity. 
 Also, I quite literally want to be a parent like Nadine and Patty. They get their kids, they're sex-positive, they love each other dearly, yet they aren't completely laissez-faire and without their moments of strictness. 
 Love love love.