"He shakes his head, and he's saying something, and I think I might kiss him. Because I've never kissed anyone before. (I was afraid I might bite.) And I've never wanted to kiss anyone but him. (I won't bite. I won't hurt him.) I just want to kiss him, then go. 
 I don't think I can adequately express the wonderful deliciousness that is this book! 
 I have not shipped anyone so hard in ages and it was so delightful!! I shall rave about this at the end though, because I don't want people to think it's the only great thing going on here. 
 "I am going to die kissing Simon Snow. Aleister Crowley, I'm living a charmed life." 
 There are in fact many reasons why I just really loved this book. 
 Simon and Penelope's friendship was rock solid, and I loved the fact there wasn't an attempt at lost feelings for them there. They had so much love for each other and it was fully and beautifully platonic. 
 The shifting points of view and the narration from Lucy just gave it a poignant tone with an excellent back story, one that was far more intricate than I expected considering how this book started - as a somewhat jokey Harry Potter rip-off in a previous novel Fangirl. 
 It is important to realise that it wasn't intended as a rip-off, but that she just wanted her own world for Cath to go nuts for. It wasn't intended as a novel. She doesn't try to make a crazy good magical world because she is Rainbow Rowell, and she was in it for the story. 
 I loved Rowell's take on the life of a Chosen One. So refreshingly unexpected. And something I didn't know I would love. 
 "What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn't be a bigger mess." 
 He tries to kiss me, but I pull back- "And you like that?" 
 "I love it." He says 
 "Why?" 
 "Because we match." 
 Now, for the ship.... 
 This was my first MM romance. ( I'm an introvert, I'm terrified of change.) And I just so completely adored it. I was grinning way more than Simon, an at one point I had to drop my Kindle to clap my hands in pure glee! 
 I have reread the moments after the first kiss a few times and I completely understand why Cath was downright obsessed! 
 I liked that Simon and Baz both had great depth to them, and that they were so very different and it just didn't matter. 
 (view spoiler)[I also really liked that Simon was never like "Oh, I'm not gay." but completely just jumped in with both feet. And how insecure Baz was. SO adorable (hide spoiler)]. 
 "I wind my fingers in his hair. It's thicker than mine, and curlier, and it shines golden in the firelight. There's a mole on his cheek that I've wanted to kiss since I was 12. I do."