I loved that it had so much diversity but there was too much diversity in just the main character- he has a disability (hearing impaired) - he is Iranian American (cultural diversity) - he is gay (sexual diversity) - and he’s a theater kid (I’m counting that as a diversity group kind of tongue in cheek but kind of not because they are always set apart from the main group).  As an adult when I read a YA story I look for one of three things (1) could easily be adult and characters are actually adulting; (2) I can relate either from my own teen years or because of the students I work with, or (3) it’s a recommendation I can pass on to my students.  This story is just too much on the diversity and not enough on what it’s like to be a teen today.  Most teens today are in one or maybe two under-represented groups, never 3-4ish and their issues are more about finding their way as a teen while still celebrating their diversity and finding the self-love and acceptance to be okay with being who they are.  It’s a very fragile balance and hard for them to navigate.  Because of this, I couldn’t even get past 25% - especially knowing what was to come was a brother and sister interested in the same guy and where that leads - that just added one more unbelievable element to the mix.