Mixed feelings about this one; both the story and the narration were a lot of fun, telling often ignored stories of HIV+ in recent years and focusing especially on the continued stigmatisation and discrimination which comes with it. The characters were loveable even if at times they made dumb choices, they were chronically human one could say… That said I feel like at times the plot was bent to fit the non-fiction research the author had done, parts of the flow were interrupted with assertions of figures which makes sense in the context of the final essay (in which we learn the reasoning behind the novel) but still take away from the story. Also I ironically didn’t like the tied up with a bow ending, so much complexity was developed that I would have liked to see not be erased for the sake of the main relationship succeeding. Though I did love the emphasis on found family, it was nice to see such a celebration on that front!