DNF 30% - I liked the premise of this book, a sweet and super cute m/m romance who meet via a school lab partnership. Feelings grow, there's self-discovery, etc. I didn't mind the characters themselves and there's a lot of potential here in terms of theme and plotting. What I struggled with is the writing itself and that is what, ultimately, led me to throw in the towel. Some of the sentence structure felt awkward and difficult to read. Additionally, some of the most mundane actions received overly long descriptions. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate passages with lovely, flowing imagery, but I don't need that when it comes to opening a locker or plugging in a phone. There are times when brevity is best and these expansive expositions on making pasta or the Rolling Stones greatly affected the novel's flow, disrupting the narrative and taking away from the moments that would have truly benefited from more vivid descriptions.

While it feels unfair to give this title a star-rating as I didn't finish it - it was the concept that initially sold me and there is a lot of potential here, hence the two-star rating.