i read this because i saw it recommended on tumblr, and god am i glad i did. it was amazing. i cried about a thousand times. i loved alex's internal struggles, everything from his sexuality to letting his family go to learning to trust others, it all felt very realistic and he was a wonderful main character honestly. and then there's seb. i pretty much loved him from the first moment we saw the two of them interact, there's just so much more to him than his disability, he is so so sweet and amazing and i'm glad alex can see that.
i loved how their relationship developed and how both of them changed through the story. i pretty much loved every part of it. although i would've liked for them to end up back with ms. loretta or any of the kids, but the ending was okay this way too. i'm just glad none of them died or anything like that :)
this is a very important book and i whole-heartedly recommend it. ( )

I liked this book, but it wasn't as good as Social Skills for me. This one was a little slow in getting going, and I would have liked a little more story where Seb was responsive to Alex rather than Alex talking to him with little to no reaction. Otherwise it was a great story. I love that Seb had everyone fooled and that he was able to help out the social worker to find his family. I'm also glad Alex realized he was better off without his mother. I can't imagine loving or caring about a mother who doesn't care about me, but maybe in her own way she did care, and that's why she left with Hector, knowing Alex was better off without them. ( )

I liked this book, but it wasn't as good as Social Skills for me. This one was a little slow in getting going, and I would have liked a little more story where Seb was responsive to Alex rather than Alex talking to him with little to no reaction. Otherwise it was a great story. I love that Seb had everyone fooled and that he was able to help out the social worker to find his family. I'm also glad Alex realized he was better off without his mother. I can't imagine loving or caring about a mother who doesn't care about me, but maybe in her own way she did care, and that's why she left with Hector, knowing Alex was better off without them. ( )