“A part of intimacy is trusting someone enough to let go of that control a little. And that can be very difficult sometimes.” – 4.25/5 stars!

Attention! This book contains: university visits, body image issues, sleepovers, final exams, and a lot of texting.

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the much-loved HEARTSTOPPER series.

Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They’ve finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick’s house … But with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?

By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper encompasses all the small moments of Nick and Charlie’s lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.

Oh, how I love this cute series.
It was so nice to revisit these characters! I love them so much, and it was a joy to see them going through puberty and figuring life out! They are so adorable and I love their love for each other and how they express their feelings. I’m positive this is a common feeling among “Heartstopper” readers!
This volume in particular has a specific focus on them figuring out their sexual relationship together, Nick’s dilemma with picking a university and possibly moving far from Charlie, and also Charlie’s issues with body image. It’s not that it’s a heavy book, but it’s a little more serious than the previous books! With that said, it was still very fun and endearing.
In case you don’t know, there’s still one more book coming! Originally this was going to be the last book in the series, but the author decided to publish one more! It will be the last one so I’m excited to see what it’s all about when it finally comes out.