en-US Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:24:05 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 112086680
Since then, I've sworn never to love anyone again. With three exceptions: My friends, Sony, Neo, and Coeur, a little gang of rebellious, dying kids. Sony leads the charge with the air of freedom and only one lung to breathe it. Neo, a bad-tempered and wheel-chaired writer, keeps track of our great deeds from stealing to terrorizing our nurse. Coeur is the beautiful boy, the muscle, the gentle giant with a failing heart.

Before death inevitably knocks down our doors, my thieves and I have one last heist planned. A great escape that will take us far from abusive parents, crippling loss, and the realities of our diseases. So what happens when someone else walks through the door? What happens when a girl joins our party and renders me speechless with her mischievous smile? What happens when she has suns in her eyes, and as terrified as I am to lose again, I start to fall?

Trigger warnings found in foreword

Written By Lancali]]> 415 Lancali �������Ծ��� 5 *wipes tears away*

Ahhhhhh oh my goshhhhhh I was SOBBING at the end of this book]]> 3.55 2022
author: Lancali
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/14
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: favorites, re-reads, books-that-broke-my-heart
review:
Most beautiful and devastating book I’ve ever read. THIS HURT.
*wipes tears away*

Ahhhhhh oh my goshhhhhh I was SOBBING at the end of this book
]]> 53344030
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.]]> 336 Alice Oseman 1444957651 �������Ծ��� 4 re-reads Amazing series!!! 4.47 2023
author: Alice Oseman
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves: re-reads
review:
Amazing series!!!
]]> 56060300 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 fourth volume of HEARTSTOPPER, for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon.

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.

Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

This is the fourth volume of Heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by See-Saw Films.]]> 384 Alice Oseman 1338617567 �������Ծ��� 5 re-reads, favorites Omg]]> 4.57 2021
author: Alice Oseman
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/30
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: re-reads, favorites
review:
ALL THE STARS⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Omg
]]> 43449920
Meanwhile Tao and Elle will face their feelings for each other, Tara and Darcy share more about their relationship origin story, and the teachers supervising the trip seem�� rather close��?]]> 384 Alice Oseman �������Ծ��� 4 re-reads
I loved how the whole gang went!
This was very sweet just like all the others. Nick starts to get the feeling that Charlie isn’t telling him everything. The Paris scenery was cute! I loved this one just like all the others! 4.6/5⭐️ x]]> 4.55 2020
author: Alice Oseman
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/30
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: re-reads
review:
Paris Trip baby!!!

I loved how the whole gang went!
This was very sweet just like all the others. Nick starts to get the feeling that Charlie isn’t telling him everything. The Paris scenery was cute! I loved this one just like all the others! 4.6/5⭐️ x
]]> 43307358
But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself.]]> 320 Alice Oseman 1444951408 �������Ծ��� 5 re-reads
So volume 2 picks right back up after volume 1.
Charlie is confused, mad, sad, pissed at himself, Char is feeling all the feels. Nick comes to apologize to Charlie which leads to Char overthinking it and Nick kisses him AGAIN!!! So its like their dating but not officialy. I loved what a good friend Tao was in this book,trying to look out for Charlie and all. I also loved how Nick and Char made it official that their boyfriend's. I rate this one 4.6/5 ⭐️ x]]> 4.52 2019
author: Alice Oseman
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2024/12/29
shelves: re-reads
review:
Ooooooooo... That cliff hanger on the last one!!

So volume 2 picks right back up after volume 1.
Charlie is confused, mad, sad, pissed at himself, Char is feeling all the feels. Nick comes to apologize to Charlie which leads to Char overthinking it and Nick kisses him AGAIN!!! So its like their dating but not officialy. I loved what a good friend Tao was in this book,trying to look out for Charlie and all. I also loved how Nick and Char made it official that their boyfriend's. I rate this one 4.6/5 ⭐️ x
]]> 40495957
Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's not being bullied anymore. Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He's heard a little about Charlie - the kid who was outed last year and bullied for a few months - but he's never had the opportunity to talk to him.

They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and sometimes good things are waiting just around the corner...]]> 288 Alice Oseman 152722533X �������Ծ��� 4 favorites, re-reads 4.43 2018
author: Alice Oseman
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2024/12/29
shelves: favorites, re-reads
review:
Ahhhhhhhhh!! I love the entire Heartstopper series!!! This is the first book the kicks off the series, so Charlie Spring is the only openly gay student at Truham high and got bullied a lot for it before but it got better. A new year starts and in his new form sits next to “rugby king�� Nick Nelson and Nick starts saying hi and being nice to him. They end up becoming “platonic best bros�� (mwahhahahhahahahah that doesn’t last long) but Charlie develops a crush on Nick and Nick starts questioning his and Charlie’s relationship. Nick and Charlie go to a party and that’s when the magic happens! I love this first book of the series, I would rate this 4.75⭐️ x
]]> 206101578 Red, White & Royal Blue meets The Nightmare Before Christmas in a sexy, quirky romcom where the golden-hearted Prince of Christmas falls for the totally off-limits Prince of Halloween.

Featuring beautiful ruby sprayed edges!

Nicholas “Coal�� Claus used to love Christmas. Until his father, the reigning Santa, turned the holiday into a PR façade. Coal will do anything to escape the spectacle, including getting tangled in a drunken, supremely hot make- out session with a beautiful man behind a seedy bar one night.

But the heir to Christmas is soon commanded to do his duty: he will marry his best friend, Iris, the Easter Princess and his brother’s not-so-secret crush. A situation that has disaster written all over it.

Things go from bad to worse when a rival arrives to challenge Coal for the princess’s hand…and Coal comes face-to-face with his mysterious behind-the-bar hottie: Hex, the Prince of Halloween.

It’s a fake competition between two holiday princes who can’t keep their hands off each other over a marriage of convenience that no one wants. And it all leads to one of the sweetest, sexiest, messiest, most delightfully unforgettable love stories of the year.]]> 357 Sara Raasch 1250333199 �������Ծ��� 5 favorites, re-reads Its 10,000 times better than Red White & Royal Blue!! The banter alone in this book]]> 3.94 2024
author: Sara Raasch
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/12
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: favorites, re-reads
review:
Oh my god!!!!! This book!
Its 10,000 times better than Red White & Royal Blue!! The banter alone in this book
]]> 34325090
Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark too. He’s their frontman �� and playing in a band is all he’s ever dreamed of doing. It’s just a shame that recently everything in his life seems to have turned into a bit of a nightmare.

Because that’s the problem with dreaming �� eventually, inevitably, real life arrives with a wake-up call. And when Angel and Jimmy are unexpectedly thrust together, they will discover just how strange and surprising facing up to reality can be.]]> 396 Alice Oseman 0008244103 �������Ծ��� 4 re-reads 4.4�� 4.02 2018
author: Alice Oseman
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/10
date added: 2024/11/10
shelves: re-reads
review:
4.4��
]]> 25322449
What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?

Frances has been a study machine with one goal. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret �� not even the person she is on the inside. Then Frances meets Aled, and for the first time she's unafraid to be herself.

So when the fragile trust between them is broken, Frances is caught between who she was and who she longs to be. Now Frances knows that she has to confront her past. To confess why Carys disappeared��

Frances is going to need every bit of courage she has.

Engaging with themes of identity, diversity and the freedom to choose, Radio Silence is a tour de force by the most exciting writer of her generation.]]> 496 Alice Oseman �������Ծ��� 4 re-reads I will read every book Alice ever writes]]> 4.18 2016
author: Alice Oseman
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/04
date added: 2024/11/04
shelves: re-reads
review:
4.75⭐️
I will read every book Alice ever writes
]]> 20618110 Alternate cover of ISBN 9780007559220

In case you’re wondering, this is not a love story.

My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year �� before all that stuff with Charlie and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and university applications and the fact that one day I really will have to start talking to people �� I had friends. Things were very different, I guess, but that’s all over now.

Now there’s Solitaire. And Michael Holden.

I don’t know what Solitaire are trying to do, and I don’t care about Michael Holden.
I really don’t.

This incredible debut novel by outstanding young author Alice Oseman is perfect for fans of John Green, Rainbow Rowell and all unflinchingly honest writers.]]> 392 Alice Oseman �������Ծ��� 4 re-reads, favorites
It’s funny because it’s true.]]> 3.97 2014
author: Alice Oseman
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/15
date added: 2024/10/31
shelves: re-reads, favorites
review:
4.75⭐️ easily 5⭐️

It’s funny because it’s true.
]]> 25793458
NICK: “Things me and Charlie Spring do together include: Watch films. Sit in the same room on different laptops. Text each other from different rooms. Make out. Make food. Make drinks. Get drunk. Talk. Argue. Laugh. Maybe we're kind of boring. But that’s fine with us.��

Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple �� that they’re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone’s asking if they’re staying together, which is a stupid question �� they’re ‘Nick and Charlie��, for God’s sake!

But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever…]]> 120 Alice Oseman 0008147876 �������Ծ��� 4 re-reads I literally started sobbing so much]]> 4.15 2015
author: Alice Oseman
name: �������Ծ���
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/30
date added: 2024/10/30
shelves: re-reads
review:
Omggg I didn’t think this book was going to take a turn! But Nick and Charlie breaking up?????!!! Even if it was just for two weeks I was like “nooooooo no no no!!��
I literally started sobbing so much
]]>