A closeted gay teen juggles blackmail, friendship tensions, and a secret email romance while navigating his identity.
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A closeted gay teen juggles blackmail, friendship tensions, and a secret email romance while navigating his identity.
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.
With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-kn...
will contain mild spoilers
Flirtatious emails and light kissing; no explicit sex scenes.
No violence depicted.
Moderate profanity including occasional strong language.
Brief, non-glamorized mentions of alcohol at parties.
Central gay protagonist and same-sex romance drive the story.
No religious themes present.
No magic or witchcraft present.
No occult content present.
Themes of coming out, acceptance, and identity.
No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Blackmail involving threat of forced outing.
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