High schooler Simone was born with HIV. Her dads (Dad and Pops) adopted her, having lost many people they loved to AIDS. Dad is a doctor and Pops a teacher. When we first meet Simone and Dad, they're at a gynecologist appointment for Simone. Simone's dad joins her in the examination. Is that common these days, for a parent, especially a cis male parent, to accompany a 17-year-old to pelvic and breast exams?!?

The story is more about Simone connecting with a potential boyfriend and having to disclose her status, something that had gone unwell at her previous school. Her two best friends are queer, one an asexual lesbian and the other bi. The love interest, Miles, is Black like Simone and a lacrosse player despite how white the sport (stolen from indigenous Americans natch). Despite being super new at school, Simone is the student director of the theater department's production of Rent, which some members of the community think is too risqué for teens. And this is San Francisco! So you can imagine how things might go if Simone's secret is revealed. 

I liked Simone and her family. Like most YA love interests, Miles is too perfect. I found Simone's relationship with her besties frustrating, but I liked how things developed with her HIV support group.