*) Solitaire ★★★½
1) Heartstopper: Volume One ★★★★★
2) Heartstopper: Volume Two ★★★★★


content warnings: homophobia, biphobia, eating disorder, mention of self-harm, teenage characters being drunk
representation: main m/m relationship, main gay character with an eating disorder, main bisexual character, main asian character, main lesbian black character, main sapphic character, main interracial f/f relationship main demisexual character, main transgender character, side sapphic indian character, side black gay character, side gay character, side interracial m/m relationship


Alice Oseman just keeps fucking delivering. This may be my favourite volume thusfar, mostly because I'm a sucker for a good romance and this has not one, not two, but FOUR great romances. So let's just run them down.

Nick/Charlie: Obviously the cutest couple to have ever lived. I love that in this volume we have them talking about more serious things, like sex, Charlie's eating disorder and coming out, while still having super adorable moments.
Tara/Darcy: The fact that two Gryffindor's can make it work is so admirable tbh. But seriously, they're so cute together, every time Darcy calls Tara 'Jonesy' I feel my heart melt a little. And she does it a lot so there's currently just a pile of goo in my chest.
Tao/Elle: The MVPs of this volume. There's been some tension there for a while and to be perfectly honest they've been the couple I've been most invested in.

Spoiler

Them kissing for the first time? Chefs kiss. Them cuddling and giggling in bed together? DOUBLE chefs kiss.

Also I'm fully in love with Elle, Tao has great taste.
Mr. Ajayi/Mr. Farouk: The dark horse pairing of this entire series that I am so here for.

Spoiler

I'm gonna be honest, I was expecting it to take way longer for them to get together, so them flirting and then kissing by the end of this volume was wonderful. Can't wait to see them get little cameos in the future.

Also shout-out to Miss Singh and her wife, would love to see her cameo at some point, plus we got a mention of Daniel?? Even more chefs kisses.

There are also cameos of the literal books Radio Silence and I Was Born For This, which kind of break the logic of the universe but I don't care. This is one of my favourite series, I never want it to end. Alice Oseman is a god who we all must worship.