Gosh, you guys. I just don't even know about this one. I kind of hated Ryan Dean with a passion throughout the entire book for rating every girl he encountered on the hot/unhot scale and for constantly talking about his gay friend with the "but it's cool" qualifier. And yet, he seemed like an authentic teen boy. Maybe I just hate teen boys. 
 The tone of the story changed dramatically in the last 30 pages. I see how we got there, but I don't know that it rang true. 
 Bonus points for the cover photo matching the back cover illustration. Extra special bonus points for an in-depth description of a straight guy's friendship with a gay guy. 
 Favorite Quotes 
 I was in that kind of sleep that just feels so paralyzingly restful and deep, like my body had become the mattress. 
 And in the dark woods as we ran, I could smell that living-ocean scent of the island, and I heard nothing but the sounds of our feet on the wet ground, our breathing, and the static-spark sizzle of rain dripping through the forest cover.