Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.

With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

After reading To All the Boys I've loved before, I decided I want to read something similar; a cute love, high-school love story. This book is slow paced, with not so much action or happenings, but still interesting and fun to read. It is about Simon Spier, a junior student at Creekwood, who is also gay, but no one in his life knows that. He meets another boy, Blue, online via email, and through their conversations, falls in love.

I really enjoyed author's style and writing. The book wasn't too long, just perfect. The plot starts developing at the turning point of Simon's life – when he starts talking to Blue. And from there readers get to follow Simon's journey of falling in love, coming out and getting to know himself and people around him better. There was always something happening and reading this book just made me genuinely happy.


For the most part, I enjoyed reading this book because of the way it represents being closeted. I really felt for Simon and his struggles. As he said himself, he had a perfectly normal life: amazing friends, loving and supportive family, and yet something that should be easy and normal made his life infinitely more complicated. *spoiler* I couldn't guess who is Blue going to be until the very end, and I can't say how I feel about it because Bram's character wasn't really developed (besides emailing where he was basically just Blue). I enjoyed going through Simon's life and reading about his problem and how he solved them. I also liked how author addressed bullying in school and how hard can it be for someone even if they are confident and satisfied with their lives.





Simon's character was awesome and I can't get enough of him. His perspective is so interesting and he is hilarious as a character. He seems normal and basic but has that something that makes him really interesting. Plus, I always love a good sense of humor.



Another thing I truly liked was Simons squad. I always love reading about close group of friends, especially those as wonderful as Simon's. I am glad there is another book about Leah because I don't want to say goodbye to them, yet Simon's part of the story should be a standalone book.

I watched the movie shortly after finishing the book and I can say I liked it. Some things are different or cut out, but the point is there, Simon's character is well developed and most important love story is well portrayed. Two things I actually mind about the movie (spoiler): Bram hooking up with some girl at that party and Leah being in love with Simon. Those two were just unnecessary. Simon and Leah are friends from childhood and they have a pure and cute platonic relationship, besides Leah has a crush on Nick, so…

Next stop is probably finishing To All the Boys I've Loved Before trilogy and then Leah on the Offbeat.