Part of Creekwood, book 2.5
First published 2020
Simon Spier sits at his dorm room computer, crafting another email to Blue. More than a year has passed since they transformed their secret online messages into a real relationship. Now they're freshmen at different colleges, along with their Creekwood High friends Abby and Leah, who shared their own memorable senior prom just months ago. The distance tests everyone differently. Simon finds himself returning to the medium where his love story started, typing out thoughts he struggles to say aloud. Email threads become lifelines connecting the scattered friend group. Old insecurities surface alongside new college pressures. Simon discovers that maintaining relationships across miles requires the same courage that once helped him come out to his school. The story captures how young love adapts when high school certainties give way to college unknowns.
Genres: friendship, coming-of-age, contemporary-romance, college
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Creekwood High, College
Period: Present Day
128 pages · Kindle Edition · Balzer + Bray