There was a lot I really liked about this. The relationship was cute and well paced, not forced (although I had to have a laugh at how similar the feelings of supposed hatred sounded like attraction). The friendships in this really shined as well, I'd say as much or more than the romantic relationship. There was also really good discussion of mental health and complicated family dynamics. Even with the resolution being maybe too clean to be realistic, I do think they were able do explore a decent amount of nuance. And I've got to say, I'm not a sports gay, but by the time we get to the big game at the half way point, I think I had a decent idea of what was going on game-wise which speaks to the author's writing and the way that the game play ends up being integrated into the scene I think. 

I'm kind of mad it took me so long to get to this, but once I got started, I read it in a little over a day. A nice start to my reading year!