As with all of this author's books, I really enjoyed this. It felt like a real slice of life, one that a lot of people unfortunately think isn't worth being seen or existing, which is addressed in this book. Set in Florida, where the author themself grew up and there are so many harmful policies proposed and enacted to limit the rights and lives of trans and queer people (and anyone considered "other" to the people in power), the story is about a trans man coming home for the holidays for the first time in years because it's dangerous and uncomfortable but this year can't avoid it. He reunited with his first love, who is now divorced and dad to a precocious four year old girl. Eli and Nick bond again immediately and the feelings are there on both sides, which has Nick questioning whether he's as straight as he thought. There's family drama, racism to contend with as Nick is the first generation son of Asian immigrants, and big questions of the future. On one hand it felt like not a lot happened and it plodded along comfortably, but I know that not everyone would see it that way because so often trans and queer people don't get to see stories everyday stories with happy endings for people like them, so on the other a lot of important things happened and lives changed. I liked that mix of mundane and extraordinary, and I think we need more of it. I especially liked the way Nick doesn't land on a label for a long time, and the one he does chose for himself, as I found the "I don't know that it matters right now exactly what I am, I just know I'm not straight" aspect very relatable.