1.5 stars, which is a rating that I’ve only given once(hi, revised AROGB rating). Gabi was Theo’s punching bag for most of the book(seriously. Theo was so unnecessarily mean to him, hating him for petty reasons like being emotional or not good at soccer??), the “character development” felt like random decisions made to progress the plot and wasn’t the slightest bit subtle, the “rivalry” was really just bullying and I wasn’t sold on the chemistry, and I didn’t like either MC’s friend group. 

There’s some plot holes in Theo and Gabi’s delivery venture, too, but those feel like nitpicks in comparison to everything else so I’ll just mention that there were a couple things I found a little too convenient. (How did they even get the website up *and* link it to messaging, first of all??)

And the overuses of “the enemy” and “I rolled my eyes”. Goodness. 

.5 stars added for the fact that it had a surprisingly realistic approach to coming out, and healthily processing some of the reactions that aren’t on the extreme hate or unconditional support side of the spectrum. (It would feel a lot better though if the character supporting Gabi hadn’t bullied him for nearly half of the book!!)

I feel bad rating this lower because there’s a lot of rep important to put in a queer book, but this was a truly awful reading experience lol