Hello friends, happy Wednesday, I hope you’re doing well! Today I’m going to be posting my review of Becky Albertalli’s novella in the Simonverse, Love, Creekwood.

You can read my review of book one: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
You can read my review of book two: The Upside of Unrequited
You can read my review of book three: Leah on the Offbeat

Love, Creekwood by: Becky Albertalli: This was a short, snippet of all the characters we have come to know in Albertalli’s Simon-verse, come together one last time as they navigate their first year of college. All of them living on their own for the first time, learning how to be in long distant relationships, figuring out what they want to do and be. It was good to see them all one last time; the reader, for the most part, enjoyed this. It was told in the form of back and forth emails, which was done well, but it felt that a lot of the true story got lost along the way. There would be things that happened outside of the emails they sent to each other that we would have to try and piece together because the author left it ambiguous as to how something played out or ended. There was also a lot of pining in these emails. It felt very true to how old these characters are, so the reader understands that, but for a less than a 100-page novella, it felt a little overbearing. It would have been nice to hear a tad bit more about their classes, but the mention of roommates/classmates was a nice touch. What the reader really enjoyed were some of the conversations the characters had with one another, it showed their growth and love for one another. Some conversations felt more mature than others and it was a really good balance to have. The friendships felt so solid and caring; they were treated with as much weight as the romantic relationships and that was important because it’s a good representation of friendship – that it shouldn’t be treated less than, but just as important. This was a quick read, and a nice send off to these characters, like they’ve been released to the world and the reader knows they’ll be ok.