Becky Albertalli

A gorgeously romantic new novella set in the world of Becky Albertalli's bestselling and beloved Simonverse novels: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Upside of Unrequited, and Leah on the Offbeat. It's been more than a year since Simon and Blue turned their anonymous online flirtation into an IRL relationship, and just a few months since Abby and Leah's unforgettable night at senior prom. Now the Creekwood High crew are first years at different colleges, navigating friendship and romance the way their story began - on email. The beloved, award-winning novel, SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA is now a major motion picture starring 13 Reasons Why's Katherine Langford and Everything, Everything's Nick Robinson. Praise for Becky Albertalli's SIMONverse novels: 'Worthy of Fault in Our Stars-level obsession.' Entertainment Weekly 'I love you, SIMON. I LOVE YOU! And I love this fresh, funny, live-out-loud book." Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright Places, on Simon vs 'I have such a crush on this book! Not only is this one a must read, but it's a must re-read.' Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' 'Heart-fluttering, honest, and hilarious. I can't stop hugging this book.' Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss

A Novella

Love, Creekwood

HarperCollins Publishers

Unti Teen S20 - DB

Wes Michaud

I loved this book I just iahshdhjdjdudhdg I love these characters and I love this universe I just ugg I have no words

trixie

i liked this one the best because i got all the simon/bram cuteness and none of the everything else i hated about the other books

So indescribably emotional in such shocking ways. I’m nineteen and sad because I love my friends who I rarely see so much and just want to feel safe and loved all of the time but college is hard and it’s lonely and I miss my girl always and forever

fizzy

becky really left us hanging. thanks becky

A gorgeously romantic new novella set in the world of Becky Albertalli's bestselling and beloved Simonverse novels- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Upside of Unrequited, and Leah on the Offbeat. IIt's been more than a year since Simon and Blue turned their anonymous online flirtation into an IRL relationship, and just a few months since Abby and Leah's unforgettable night at senior prom. Now the Creekwood High crew are first years at different colleges, navigating friendship and romance the way their story began - on email.

Jude Moon

this book was just a reminder of how single i am ;)

Rachel Evans

(2.25/5) Audiobook - 1 hour 24 minutes - This book was just fine. It wasn't bad but it really wasn't anything particularly special and I really don't feel like it added anything much to the storylines and character development of the characters it discussed. The audio format also got slightly annoying at times - it felt like half the time I was just listening to email addresses being read out. I am aware this is not necessarily a fault of the book itself but of the transition between media, but it still significantly impacted my enjoyment of the book.

Alice Myles

I just love the Simonverse so much and I love these characters and I will literally take grab hold of anything that Becky Albertalli throws at me. MY HEART IS SO FULL.

Emelie

Very cute but kind of unnecessary, didn’t really give anything to the story.

Claudia Ganea

** spoiler alert **
           I’m... officially head over heels with the Simonverse??

This felt like coming home in the best way possible! I missed these kids so much!!! I especially missed Simon’s perspective, and I loved that reading from him again felt the exact same as reading from him in “Simon vs.”. He’s incredible, and I was home again.

I also loved the glimpses we got into Leah and Abby’s relationship??? THEY’RE SO GODDAMN CUTE AND I CAN’T HANDLE IT.

I also started to figure out how this was going to end from around the halfway point (but in all honesty, I’ve already seen “Love, Victor”, so, like, it was obvious - I’d recommend maybe reading the novella first? But I will say, me knowing about ~the thing~ didn’t make me enjoy seeing it happen any less!!)

Just, yeah, overall I really REALLY loved this, and now I need to re-read “Simon vs.” and “Leah on the Offbeat” BECAUSE I ALREADY MISS THEM THANK YOU.

eh... that was kinda hard to follow as an audiobook. a lot of it was reading out the actual email addresses, which got all jumbled in my brain. and also, hp references? still? come on.

ash (smokedshelves)

Catalina

Sandra Tammaru

Steph L 

I loved this book so much! I finished it in two days!

Kayla

In this novella, we read the emails sent between the main cast of the Simonverse books, mainly Simon, Bram, Leah and Abby. We see how they are doing during freshman year in college, especially how their relationships are going. Abby and Leah are thriving, getting to share a dorm room together. Simon and Bram are struggling with the long distance.

I had an issue with the audiobook when the big group emails were being read. With every single message, the narrators would read the full header of email including all of the addresses of all of the recipients. Had I read it with my eyes, I would be able to easily just glance at the header, glean what info I needed and moved on. Unfortunately, that's not how it's done in the audiobook. Every single time the narrators gave every single detail and it took me out of the experience. It was a little funny, though. Surely there has to be another way to convey this information.

Luckily most of the emails only had one recipient so the headers weren't too hard to listen to. In general, the novella was cute and delivered on sweetness between the two main ships. It was a very easy read. Had I still been invested in the characters like I was when I read Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in 2019, I would have gotten more from it. Still, it was a pleasant little read in the morning. If anyone is reading the series back to back and is really invested, this novella is a sweet little cherry on top.

Flavia Louise

Tiffany Robinson

It was so nice to be able to step back into the Simonverse so we can check out and see where everybody is and what they are doing. I do wish this was longer though!

Candyce Kirk

This was a really cute novella and I loved that it was told through emails! It was great being back with these characters, but the ending... ugh.... haha.

Katie

For all the time Becky Albertalli spent saying she wouldn't write this book, I'm pretty glad she wrote this book.

It was great to see the next steps in the gangs' lives as they head off to college and try to balance their relationships with the new dynamic. For Simon and Bram, that is being long distance, while Abby and Leah are roommates (the queer college kid's dream).

This book is presented solely in emails between the characters, which was cute but unfortunately completely unrealistic. I haven't used my email for anything other than work and coupons since middle school. Suspending my disbelief to think this is something teenagers in the 2020s would do, this book has Albertalli's signature witty style and quippy comebacks between characters. IF these characters were going to email each other, this felt entirely in character. It was just fun to spend a little more time with the Simonverse crew :)

Mags

Anna Wilson

I absolutely loved being back with precious little babies Simon and Bram 😍😍😍

Su Ah Lee

Abi Baker

the way that bram greenfeld is the best character to ever exist

Nada 

I really wanted to like it, but I didn’t see the point and it was just so mehh 😭

Love, Creekwood A Novella

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