I'm really sad I didn't enjoy this book as much as I wanted to. Friends-to-lovers is a new trope for this author duo (at least, for the books I've read), so I was excited to see what they'd do with it. Not going to lie, I was disappointed. All at once, this book felt incredibly slow-paced, too short, like everything was happening at once, but astonishingly boring. It felt like nothing happened, but it was over in less than 300 pages. If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be "nothing-burger". 

I've read much better "gay awakening" books, too. Even by this same author duo. I'm only giving it two stars because I really liked Tripp as a character and he doesn't deserve just one. To be honest, person who may or may not be reading this, I'd skip this one.