Conventionally Yours is a sweet romance featuring Alden, a gay, neurodiverse, Jewish young man, and Conrad, his rival in the table top RPG/trading card gaming world of Odyssey. Both are part of a successful vlog called Gamer Grandpa and are gifted tickets to Odyssey Con where they will compete against each other and others in a gaming tournament.

For different reasons, both Conrad and Alden must drive cross country rather than fly, and after several setbacks find themselves alone together for the trip. As more time passes, and more of their true selves are revealed to one another, they begin to realize they have feelings that go beyond a newly blossoming friendship. Moving forward, they have to decide how to explore these feelings while also competing with each other to win at Odyssey Con, and overcome their own insecurities and challenges. 

For both Alden and Conrad many of these insecurities and challenges arise from their relationships with their families. As they become more confident in who they are with each other, this enables them to become more confident in addressing their very different, but equally important, journeys concerning their families and their futures. Seeing them help each other with these things was just as satisfying as watching their progression from rivals to friends to lovers, leaving me feeling fully satisfied by the time the book ended.