OH THIS BOOK .... WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THIS #@$*ING BOOK!?!?!?!?! Or rather... do I lead with the good stuff or the bad? How about this, I'll put both behind spoiler cuts and that way you can decide what to read first ;) 
 The Good: 
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 - Transsexuality is handled REALLY WELL. I was impressed, I'll admit. It's not something that authors working an m/m audience really pay much attention to. The detail and sensitivity was charming ... especially when dealing with the politics and gray areas between gays and transsexuals. 
 - Kevin and Dani were like a basket full of kittens cute @_@ 
 - The way the school kids react to "The List" was completely unrealistic ... but funny as hell. I WISH people were like that in real life. 
 - Every time I got to a point with this book where I just couldn't go on, something would come along that would BLOW MY MIND WITH ITS AWESOMENESS. Observe:"Wow. I've never been in... uh..." 
 "A fag's bedroom before." 
 "Yeah." 
 "Well don't touch anything. It's contagious." 
 OR... 
 He removed his hand as Kevin began rolling it down - turning the beautiful penis into a plastic-covered neon-bright purple test-tube. Isolating himself from Danny. Fuck... 
 OR EVEN... 
 "No one cares about 'bisexual'. You know that. To the people who care about labels, there's only the two: straight and gay. End of story." 
 (*sigh* SO TRUE!!) OR HOW ABOUT: 
 "If you want tits - get tits. If you want a vagina - get one. If you want a snowmobile - get a snowmobile. It's not important! Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle!" 
 AND ESPECIALLY: 
 Everyone questions 'what they are', Daniel. Perhaps not their sexuality, as you do - it's usually more along the lines of 'am I a good person' or 'have I done the right thing'. People like me spend a lot of time wondering 'what have I done to deserve all that I have'. You might remember that as you formulate your answer. But as well - some things are no one's business, Daniel. You don't have to answer every question put to you. Not everyone will accept you - get used to it... if you aren't already. I'm betting that enough will to get the job done. 
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 The Bad: 
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 - The writing is quite simply TERRIBLE. No scene breaks (though possibly this was HTML fail?), poor transitions, POV switching that will give you whip lash, jarring disconnected prose. UGH, read like a bad fanfic >.< 
 - Characterization was unrealistic, especially with the parents 
 - Plot was at times so completely ridiculous. Kevin decides to impress his rich uncle by bringing a guy in drag to a family funeral? Said guy shows up to funeral in a dress with a high slit and this is supposed to be CLASSY? wut? 
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 So here's the thing: what was good in this book was good enough to deserve 5 stars ... what was bad in the book was bad enough to deserve 1 star .... so I'm giving it 3 stars and leaving it at that. Will you like this book? Depends, for some people the problems with it are going to make it unreadable for others the awesome is going to leave such a warm satisfied afterglow they won't remember the warts.