Micheal and his friends are living their teenage years in New York in 1983 in the beginning of the Aids epidemic. His older brother Connor has already been kicked out for being gay and Micheal isn't sure how much longer he can keep himself in the closet. He's got 5 goals for himself: fall in love, figure out who the hell he is, have sex without catching something, repair his family and escape. He's working through his goals and then he meets Gabriel at a club, and he instantly feels drawn to him. But its' not as simple as just meeting a boy and falling in love.

This book is a wonderful piece of historical fiction about a gay male teen in 1983. It's raw and at moments hard to read, but it is so beautifully written. Micheal's friends are an excellent part of his journey, one of them being gay himself, and they add to the fact that he's just a teenager who wants to fall in love. There are two afterwords and both of them do an amazing job of adding more perspective to this time. I'd recommend this for anyone who likes to read historical fiction or anyone who's curious about the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.