First things first, books that I have read by David Levithan have transported me to a different place. The characters are intriguing, and I cannot wait to find out their fate. To this book I didn’t quite have the same response.
On the night Mark and Kate finally talk, in a bar in the city as they celebrate Pride, they are both running away from something. They talk, and just click. Nothing romantic here, but these two help each other to get through their last week of high school as they’re trying to come to terms with how things are changing.
There were some lovely moments in here, but there also seemed to be some moments that I felt overly complicated the essence of the novel. At times it felt a little like a fairy story and the events seem very unlikely. However, the friendship between Kate and Mark is endearing.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.