Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a free eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I can honestly say I enjoyed almost everything about this book. It was both raw and gritty and soft and sweet at the same time. Moving through Simone's journey with her as she navigates her new school after being outed as Positive at her old one certainly leaves you worried. While it's clear she's gotten a new life for herself her with friends who she absolutely adores and a crush who she wants to get closer to, there is still trauma and suspicions left over from what happened to her before. Simone struggles with whether or not she can trust herself and her feelings about those around her, while also navigating coming into both her sexuality and sexual awakening. It's clear that it's not easy, especially for an HIV positive teenage girl. Her dads love her and try to instill in her just how amazing she is, but even they seem to have apprehensions about her starting a dating life and sex. Dating and sex both come with an added weight when you are in Simone's situation. After the fiasco at her last school her dads have made it clear: Telling anyone that she is positive, whether friend, school, adults or otherwise is out of the question. Her safety comes first and it's exactly that safety that is threatened when she begins to start dating her crush Miles. Someone in her school is threatening to out her as Positive and after what Simone's been through, that is the last thing that she wants to happen.

For the majority of the story, we go along with Simone as she navigates daily high school life, the Drama clubs production of Rent, keeping her biggest secret from her two closest friends and crush, and trying to avoid being outed once again. This story tugged at my heartstrings not only because Simone's trauma and fears were so apparent, but because watching her friends and family rally around her was amazing. Everyone's experience won't be like Simone's, but it was great to see someone who had this much support. What I loved about it even more was that the author (Camryn Garrett) made it abundantly clear that just because Simone had loving family and friends didn't mean her life was perfect. Even though they tried and wanted to understand, they couldn't always and that was what left Simone feeling isolated at times.

I did manage to figure out who it was trying to blackmail Simone and they were absolute scum. When the reasoning was exposed, both the surface and underlying reasons, I still didn't feel much sympathy or empathy for the character. Having something horrible happen to you doesn't give you the right to ruin someone's else life and out them.

I'd definitely recommend picking this up when it's released and giving it a read. So glad I was able to get the reading opportunity.