2 stars 
 I had mixed feelings about this book. 
 I love Rainbow Rowell's writing, but this book was just plain boring. I kept hoping for a major plot line but it never came. It's mostly character-driven but there wasn't any substantial growth to them. I also wasn't into the Simon/Baz story--heck, I never even read Harry Potter--so I just wanted to skip over those parts. 
 Cath had the emotional maturity of a 10-year-old. I honestly don't see her appeal, and it was never explained why Levi was attracted to her in the first place. She was socially distant and really only had one girl friend besides her sister, and she gained that friend in college only because she lived with her. Did he simply like her because she was convenient? Or because she read to him? It can't be because of her bubbly personality. It just wasn't believable that a person of the Prince Charming caliber would want to be with her, unless he's got a thing for weird chicks who carries around her fear of intimacy but likes to write gay fanfics. 
 Things in the book never really got resolved. I'd like to know: (view spoiler)[Did she ever make up with her mom? Did she finish Carry On, Simon? What was her story for her Fiction Writing class really about? (hide spoiler)] 
 I wanted so much to like this book, and now I'm having second thoughts about reading Carry On.