For now, I am speechless and I can only say wow.

The message of love is hidden in this book and I absolutely loved that. I thought it was going to be all about Tiny, but we really get to see into Tiny's life through all his boyfriends, (he was a football player?), coming out to his parents, etc.

I musical numbers were funny! & I liked the Ghost of Oscar Wilde. I was glad to be able to actually read the play rather than briefly see it in WG WG.

More to come..

Not sure what I think yet, cause' this was kinda short. But, I like the storyline, it's definitely mysterious! Charlie is really mean and Landon is just such a great kid! Definitely going to read pt2 though.

4.5/5 stars

I felt that this started out slow and was wondering what the purpose of the book was until I got to about 100 pages.

This was my first Sarah Dessen book and I loved the message behind this. I could really relate to Colie because I was bullied around her age and during grade school/middle school years. Reminded me of This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales in some aspects. I loved the way we see Colie develop in this short novel, she realizes she is truly beautiful.

Full review to come.

Grab some oreos and a glass of milk because this book will have you craving these. Simon Spier is a sixteen, going on seventeen year old with a great group of friends (Abby, Leah and Nick), a cute Golden Retriever puppy called Bieber and cool, but creepy parents. Aside from that, he also has an internet friend called Blue. Simon and Blue met through an anonymous Tumblr post (adorable!) and now have an email relationship. They don't know each other, but they go to the same school. Throughout the story Blue and Simon are emailing about their good days, and bad days, interests and family drama. To not reveal themselves they have to keep their friends names and teachers, basically their school life a secret. The mystery in itself is... who is Blue? His is Cal? is he Marty? This is a very well told, realistic GLBT story. Simon's characterization is told in depth. I would describe Simon as cool, outgoing and a great friend. I think that he is the type of kid that you wouldn't suspect to be gay. I absolutely loved him. While reading, I felt as if I were friends with Simon and his gang. I was even tempted to listen to his favorite music. Simon's family is present a lot of the time and as the reader you are able to get to know them. This story is very relatable for teens that may be going through bullying because of their sexuality. I could not relate myself, but I could relate with friends experiences. The dialogue was humorous and light-hearted. I was smiling and feeling compassion for most characters. As any good story, there is always a character you tend to dislike and for me that was Leah, Leah is very moody and her jealousy tends to come out at the wrong times. She is basically a kill-joy. Overall, I rated this book a 5/5 because I enjoyed everything about it and I hope you do too! And seriously, get those oreos...

I devoured this and I am proud. I have all the feels for this book. I would re-read it over and over again. Greg Gaines is our narrator and the way he is narrating this is brilliant. I liked the way that he wrote in second person and it felt like I was just having a conversation with him or listening to him speak to a large crowd. His awkwardness and stupidity made me laugh-out-loud, as well as the profanity. But, I was drawn back when he made negative comments about himself. His self-esteem issues made me a little uncomfortable because I couldn't really help him.

I could relate to Greg on the level where he got super nervous when his films were mentioned, b/c he didn't want anyone to know about them. I happen to get that same feeling about my YouTube/Booktube channel because I may care a little about what people think. But, in the end his films do work out for the best. I wasn't expecting this book to take the film route and I really enjoyed that it did!

Earl is a great character. He's my favorite. Even though he has a rough life and doesn't apply himself much, Greg is right: Earl is very smart. He's super inspiring and I didn't think that I would get that from him. I'm glad I did.

This story really captures the thoughts of a high school senior. Most kids are in high school just to get by and that was Greg. I liked his approach to not being friends with anyone. But, that's pretty hard to do. The relationship Greg and Earl have with Mr. McCarthy was nice. It's always nice to see adult interaction/relationships.

Rachel....I don't even know where to start. I'm just going to say that my heart dropped many times and it dropped a last time when we hear the news. Ugh. Rachel was great for Greg and I just loved their friendship. Although there was sadness, like much sadness there was comic relief that balanced it.

The ending or the epilogue I was surprised by. I was not thinking that he was writing the book for Uni. of Pitt readmission. Actually, I didn't really have any predictions.

This was an amazing read. I am so glad I read it.

Review coming soon. Enjoyed this so much!