This book features a cast with LGBTQIA characters, and some other sensitive topics. If you don't want to read about it, I advise you not to read this blog post or this book. I will say they don't show anything 'graphic' (haha, because it's a graphic novel! ...haha, I'm so funny :D), but they do talk about the sensitive subject matter.
Here's an amazon summary to give you a better idea if you're game for this book, "Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend.
Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further out of her control, Freddy has to wonder if it's really Laura Dean that's the problem. Maybe it's Freddy, who is rapidly losing her friends, including Doodle, who needs her now more than ever.
Fortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnists like Anna Vice to help her through being a teenager in love." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
Freddy loves Laura Dean. They've been going out in an on again, off again, kind of relationship for a bit, and the story opens up with Freddy and Laura being off again. Freddy saw Laura with another girl at their school dance, and kind of stormed off; trying to deal with her feelings for Laura.
Doodle, Freddy's best friend, supports her during these troubled times, and Freddy begins to explore other things about life in the misery of her heartbreak. But when Laura Dean comes back around, Freddy drops Doodle like a hot potato to be with Laura again, despite everything they talked about and what Freddy knows about Laura Dean.
Where does that leave Doodle? Where does that leave Buddy & Eric (her other friends)?
That's enough summary.
I really enjoyed this book. There were a lot of different themes showcased including love, friendship, bullying, sex (again, nothing showed), and even some of the consequences of sex.
What I found the most interesting was the display of figuring out how to respect yourself, and figuring out your own boundaries. I think this would be a great read for anyone in high school trying to navigate their love life in the midst of everything else (like holding a job and such too).
It dabbles in the perils of modern day high school without getting bogged down by social media. Doodle and Freddy share a compassion for a different kind of hobby, which is also neat to see in a book.
I adored it. It was good, and was a really fulfilling read, especially for a graphic novel.
Happy reading!
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