Ari is a bit of a loner. He doesn’t really get other people. He’s close enough to his mother, but his war-veteran father is distant and withdrawn. One day, Dante invites himself into Ari’s world, and for the first time in his life Ari has a friend. Dante is everything Ari isn’t: intellectual, artistic, and confident in his own skin. As two worlds collide, much will be learned about friendship and love.

It sounds like every other YA novel written, I thought so myself for the first 2/3 of the book, but the last third. Oh my god. It’ll melt your heart.

It’s really hard to write anything much about the plot without giving much away as there are a few plot twists and events you don’t see coming; but if you stick it out through a narrator who can be a bit of a pain in the arse at first, you’ll end up reading such a heart-warming and endearing story. Would recommend.

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