SO INTENSE. As a straight-sized person, I found this eye opening, and searingly painful as well. I mostly don't read books in verse, precisely because it is able to deliver this emotional punch, and deliver it did! But in a good way. I do wish there had been at least one side-plot going. Perhaps our characters could have other adventures that weren't always about the primary issue? I also found the ending a bit too neat for me. Still, I appreciated the salve for my newly acquired burns, even if it wasn't my ideal ending.