Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli

Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli
Release Date - June 30, 2020

Publisher Website - Harper Collins Canada
Publisher Social Media - Twitter/Facebook/SavvyReader/Frenzy

Pages - 128 pages
My Rating - 5/5
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Here is the Goodreads synopsis

Fall in love all over again with the characters from the bestselling Simonverse novels in this highly anticipated epilogue novella. Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli, the movie Love, Simon, and the new Hulu series spin-off, Love, Victor!

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.

Love, Creekwood is a book I never expected to get. It wasn't something that Becky Albertalli thought she would write and we had already been given the gift of Leah On The Offbeat which left our beloved characters on the cusp of college. It felt right and like the natural ending to their story. I didn't think we needed one last check in with these characters and I am so glad to be wrong.

Love, Creekwood is a novella written as emails between the Simonverse characters. It is a short, quick, but emotion packed read that gives fans of these books exactly what they are hoping for.

Becky Albertalli nails the different voices that are used here. They all sound really unique and recognizable as the characters. It felt like the author effortlessly slipped back into Simon's perspective because his voice felt so natural. These may be emails but a sense of who these characters are and what they are dealing with come through this narration style.

The emails in question range from humourous, to beautifully romantic, and everything in between. They are often all of those things at once. It is the achingly romantic parts that will thrill readers most of all. These are some good emails. They are so swoony that I predict many readers will want their own love letters after reading this. It is hard to not be completely enamored with this gift to the fans because ever single word is written for them.

A story that feels like it offers the perfect final chapter on the story of Simon and his friends. It leaves the group in a place that is filled with hope, and maybe some nervous excitement. It doesn't answer every question but that is how it should be. They are still growing, learning, and finding themselves and that is what rings the most true in this story.

Fans will absolutely love this novella that feels like it was written specifically for them. It is filled with everything you love in a Becky Albertalli book and more. If you missed Simon and the gang as much as I did I highly encourage you to pick this up immediately.