First of all, and most importantly, this book is hilarious. 
 So he comes stomping on in and he violates me - yeah, that's right, violates me! - and then he doesn't even have the secretly gay decency to enjoy himself??? 
 Howie is so damn hilarious. A confused twenty-something year old who does not have life figured out at all, in the shadows of an over-achieving sibling and now confused about his sexual identity. How does he hide this? 
 It's not like it's a deeply hidden truth, or anything, but no one really wants to admit that the reason they make everything in their existence a joke is that otherwise the bleakness of it all would eat them alive. 
 Okay, but the tone is actually much lighter than that throughout. Howie is an honest, self-shaming and witty narrator and I really enjoyed his story. 
 The romance is quite great. Slow and real. And not at all the entire story line. 
 it was also quite adorable in dorky ways a few times, and I just loved it. 
 A main focus, I felt, was also just accepting who you are and trusting people to accept you too. 
 There are many relationships explored here - his relationship with his mother, his brother and his best friend Amber. And new friendships! 
 A great coming of age novel! 
 Johnson has written some beautifully fleshed out characters beyond the main couple which I really enjoyed! Cora is definitely a favourite of mine, she is just so badass. 
 I feel like my review is not doing this wonderful book justice, because I feel too many things to write. 
 Just read it, mkay?