It is Gay and fails to Sparkle.

I wanted to like this book so desperately, I enjoyed the concept and the characters, but the way this was written was so dull. It was like a 20 hour monologue.

I wish I had DNF-ed at 20%, when I was really uncertain about whether or not I wanted to continue, because by 50% I had become to invested in needing to know what in the world was going on to quit. Then the ending was so disappointing, I had to go back and listen again because I truly couldn't believe that was it.

I never want to hear the word Sparkle again.

I also found the way individual's pronouns were introduced to be very unusual, especially when it feels like we are existing in an internal monologue. This may be fine when you're reading it in a physical form but hearing something like "Jane Doe She/Her..." when we meet someone feels weird. When in reality, the next line would likely already begin with the individual's pronouns and be able to be ascertained from there.