I want to preface this review with I don't normally read contemporaries. Well - this isn't exactly true but something has to REALLY drive my attention for me to pick contemporaries up. With Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda it was the sheer amount of people who have loved it. Also, I plan on watching the movie despite having a bit of issues with the casting because I really would have loved an actual gay actor to play his character (for reasons I will discuss later). So all of these things made me pick this book up and I am so glad that I did. It was a fun, fast, and such an adorable tale of a teenage boy trying to navigate high school with one ginormous part of himself being hidden from his friends and family - he's gay. 
 One of the things that made me love Simon was how I loved his humor and how honest he was about situations that he encountered outside of his normal. The book read almost like a constant stream of conscious and it made me really connect with the character. This is one of the reasons I believe that a gay actor could have played him a bit better. I get some gay actors don't want to be labeled as 'the gay actor' but for the audience that might be filled with kids like Simon it could have meant the world to have that representation. I couldn't help but I pictured Noah Galvin from 'The Real O'Neil's' the entire time as Simon. Couldn't help it! 
 The second thing that made me love this book was that it kept me guessing. With mysteries I like to be surprised and as to the identity of Blue it was surprising to the last page! 
 If you love cute love stories that keep you wanting more you'll love this story so much. I know I did!