Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for the ARC of this book!

3.5 stars

Jay is an 18-year-old openly gay boy living in the middle of nowhere, Washington. He's the only out kid at his school, and he spends the majority of his time lately third-wheeling it with his friend Lu and her new boyfriend Chip. Jay's worried he's going to be a virgin forever, stuck in his hometown. But! When his mom lands a promotion and they move to Seattle, he's suddenly immersed in school with a lot of other kids like him. So, Jay makes a list- his Gay Agenda, determined to experience his gay life to the fullest. What could possibly go wrong?

I liked a lot about this book, but it was just not written in a tone that I connected well with. I thought Jay was a great example of a horny 18-year-old trying to experience sex and everything that goes along with it for the first time, but the excessive "ohmigawd"s and "frack!"s (Jay refuses to say fuck) were distracting and took me out of the story often.

I loved the frankness and openness with discussing sex- seriously sex-positive, love that! But, one of the main plots of the storyline is (in my opinion) not exactly something that meshed well with me. Jay and a boy he's seeing never say they're "official," and he sleeps with another boy, and it just rubbed me the wrong way. He cheated, in my opinion. It's written in a way that is very honest and believable, but just not something I enjoyed.

Anyway, the characters were LOVELY- Albert and Max were absolutely my favorites, and I want nothing more than to protect than from any and all harm ever, I loved the look at an accepting and open high school where everyone is having the same problems and their sexualities aren't one of them.

Overall, I think this will be a great book for YA going through things exactly like this, and it's going to help in some important and open discussions about sex. It was an enjoyable, honest read, and I recommend checking it out!

tw: cheating, lots of mentions of sex and (positive!) sex talk