Eli has a pretty crazy life, a dead mom, a drunk father, a twin that doesn't want anything to do with him, a friend who's been paralyzed from the waist down, two bullies that won't stop being dicks, and a huge secret. He's gay. His life turns upside down when he learns he has to share a house with a hot and sexy (not so foreign) foreign exchange student, Noah. But of course it seems like they have nothing in common. Noah's popular. Eli isn't. Noah's athletic. Eli isn't. Noah seems to get along with everyone. Eli doesn't. But once you start seeing the Shades in between, you realize that they aren't so different after all. [I know. Very sucky description but I promise the book is way better]