I went in expecting more of a romance novel than this ended up being, which might just be the way I saw people talking about it. It was actually much more of a coming-into-yourself-and-finding-your-voice story, as well as a coming out story. It was good, the characters were just complex enough, with a few twists and moments of character development all around. The romance is there, but it's definitely not the center of the story, and is more important as it plays into Nishat's coming out story than as its own thing. In that way, it actually reads more true to life. This is a good book, it just didn't completely blow me away, but that's fine! I would have loved to read this book as a teen.