I watched about 10 minutes of someone streaming this game on Twitch and decided I had to play it. So far I've just done Reed and Laurent's routes, but they were so much fun and I can't wait for additional chapters.
Reed's route was very emotional, and the romance aspect, while cute, hit in an unexpected way. His confession seemed slightly...(possible mild spoiler?) tinged with animosity? Not that it was a bad thing though; on the contrary, I thought it was interesting and not really something I've seen too much. Also, being a language nerd and an absolute sucker for flattery, I thoroughly enjoyed him peppering Italian terms of endearment in with his dialogue. And, uh, Reed's particular brand of teasing, goading flirtation was almost too much to bear...in the best way possible, of course.
As for Laurent's route, it didn't seem to heat up as much as Reed's (yet) but was still super enjoyable. His route had me on the edge of my seat more than once. There's twists and turns abound. And even though Laurent's route is slightly less intense on the romance so far, there were still a lot of cute moments, and I really enjoyed seeing his super composed mask fall a few times.
TLDR: If you're on the fence about this game and you enjoy the genre, it's fantastic, please play it. And slide the dev a few bucks if you can, they're doing great work.