Will I ever get enough of Nick and Charlie? I don‘t think so. I mean they are Nick and Charlie so how could I?

This little novella takes place about two years after the events of Heartstopper Vol. 1, and Nick is graduating from High School, and all ready for his new life at university. However, if one is in a relationship with someone who needs to be left behind as Charlie‘s got one more year at school ahead of him, new issues and worries arise. Questions about long distance, the strength of one‘s relationship and letting go vs. holding onto are being posed, and lots of emotions come with the anticipation of a big change.

What I love the most about these two is how real they feel. And how their issues are embedded into the story. While I‘m not the biggest fan of the miscommunication trope, I feel Alice Oseman did everything about it right. These two find themselves in a scary time of their life, determining what this new chapter will mean for both of them, and I loved how Alice once more dealt with the topic. A thing about the Heartstopper stories that I love so much is how much one can take from them as a reader. Not only do I have a blast reading the graphic novels and this novella but I also learn so much from it. Usually love stories can be filled with so much unnecessary drama to keep us on edge, but with Nick and Charlie, it‘s real, it‘s adorable, it‘s sometimes painful and then hopeful.

Honestly, this novella is one everyone should read. Whether you know the Heartstopper comics or not as you can read Nick and Charlie perfectly fine without having read the comics.

I‘m just so happy these stories exist. That Alice Oseman exists. That young readers have these stories to fill their hearts.