Heartstopper: Volume Four

Alice Oseman's fourth volume of the critically acclaimed graphic novel series "Heartstopper" debuted in the US today. 

["Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Charlie's beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you.

Nick's been feeling the same, but he's got a lot on his mind - not least coming out to his dad, and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder.

As summer turns to autumn and a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick are about to learn a lot about what love means."]

I might have already read this volume... Opps. ;) That's the perks of downloading the Webtoon app (free reads and re-reads of the entire Heartstopper series, as Alice publishes each chapter segment and side stories and special announcement). The actual print edition does have some never-before-scene teacher-romance pictures though (so totally fucking cute, by the way).

I loved this series. It's definitely a hard read. The first volume was difficult because of the bullying and homophobia, but this volume really delves into Charlie's eating disorder (please see the trigger warnings below) and overall mental health. As well as Nick coming out to his father (who's not really in the relationship). But they have each other as support systems (as well as badass Tori with her blunt honesty and forever advocate--fucking love her).

And this volume also calls back to the original book where Nick and Charlie are writing in their journals about each other and their feelings. A good portion of it is actually journaled, which was a really fascinating way to show the transition of time as well as summarize multiple events without it feeling like an info-dump.

READ THIS BOOK. Actually, read all of her books. They're all fucking fabulous.

Trigger Warnings: homophobia, biphobia, bigoted language, eating disorders, anorexia, mental disorders, depression, OCD, self-harming, stigmas surrounding mental health, bullying, etc

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