

I picked up the first volume of Heartstopper in the week leading up to the release of the Netflix show. I had always heard people talking about how good Alice Oseman’s writing was and had seen the buzz surrounding Heartstopper in the lead up to its TV adaptation. The show is already one of the most-watched shows on the platform, and sales of the graphic novels are rocketing it is easy to see why. The four-volume series, with the fifth to be released next year has recently been adapted for TV by Netflix. The graphic novel will tug at your heartstrings in the best way possible and is certain to leave you full of joy. Within this is a beautiful depiction of coming of age and the navigation of identity, sexuality and mental health alongside this. Heartstopper follows Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson as they meet and fall in love.

Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper is a heart-warming romance graphic novel that everyone needs to read at some point.
