The audiobook read by Lin-Manuel Miranda was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording.

They meet a woman on their trip, who gives them a painting by her late son with a poem on the back that discusses his struggle with being a gay man.

There, he runs into Cassandra Ortega, his sworn enemy from high school, the dead boy's sister.

Ari begins to open up to his past friends, Gina Navarro and Susie Byrd, and tells them Dante is his boyfriend.

After leaving the prison, Ari visits the grave of the woman Bernardo killed and gives her a feminine name because she wasn't respected in her life.

They have an argument where Ari tells him to follow his dreams and attend, but Dante interprets that sentiment as wanting to push him away and break up.

[4] Booklist called the book "a brilliant, character-driven novel that challenges its readers themselves to think about life while falling in love with those two unforgettable characters, Aristotle and Dante.

"[4] Shelf Awareness also provided a positive reviewing, calling the novel "a joyous and heartrending exploration of grief, love and queer belonging.