I was really happy after reading the first volume of this series but wished how authentic the main characters felt as high schoolers was more consistently authentic. At some points in Volume 1it felt like Oseman was trying to hard to emulate teenage gay boys and instead of them coming off as dorky kids, they occasionally felt like middle schoolers. But in this Volume all of the characters (not just Charlie and Nick) felt like real people discovering themselves and who does and doesn't support that.

I enjoyed how Oseman chose to handle Nick's internal conflict about what his sexuality was, it wasn't taken to the easily dramatic route it could have been taken, but he was given an authentic and supportive story for him to discover himself on his own terms. It felt like a real experience, while still sticking to the overall light, comedic tones of the story

I'm rating this Volume 5 stars because it's improving on both the strong and weak spots of Volume 1(which I gave 4 stars), and really had a strong supportive story for our characters. The author knows that they want to achieve with this series and doesn't try to do more then what's intended. This is a light-hearted self-discovery of a romantic relationship between to high school boys who are just trying to figure everything out, and Oseman writes this amazingly.