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.
My Rating: 5/5
This was one of the most hyped up books I have read in recent memory so I was kind of terrified to read it but once the members of my book club were raving about the film adaptation I knew it was time to finally pick the book up.
I read this book for the 2018 Popsugar challenge for the challenge of reading a book with a LGBTQ protagonist.
Simon is such a likable character. He is the perfect blend of weird and witty but completely normal at the same time.
I absolutely loved his friend and family dynamics both of which were incredibly accurately portrayed.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book so much more than I ever thought possible and I can definitely see myself reading it again sometime this year likely before I delve into Leah on the Offbeat which I recently added to my TBR.
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