It’s fascinating and pretty devastating to see the AIDS crisis through the eyes of 3 teenagers. You can feel the fear, the anger and the hurt in all three of them. They are all affected by it in their own way but it casts such a shadow in their lives that it is hard not feel its weight through most of the story.

The book is beautifully written and it was really refreshing to see such unique perspectives. At its core the story is about grief and the heartbreaking effects it has on those dealing with a tragedy.

I went into this thinking this was going to be a cute book about two women drunkenly getting married in Vegas but what I got was sooo much better. It’s been a while since I connected so much with a character.

As someone who has a pretty active imagination, I’m bummed, I didn’t connect more with Jonathan (the lead). His internal dialog was too over the top for my taste (so many “wham bam thank you ma'ams”) and it really took me out of the story.

This reads like a memoir. There is something about this book that is so raw and vulnerable that it is shocking that it is not the author’s real life experience. The lead (Little Dog) has so much depth and speaks so much truth.