by Alice Oseman
Part of Heartstopper
First published 2015
Charlie Spring has dated Nick Nelson for two years. Nick loves rugby, Formula 1, dogs, Marvel movies, and the sound felt-tips make on paper. Together they watch films, text from different rooms, make food, and talk for hours. Everyone sees them as the perfect couple, inseparable and meant to be. But Nick is heading to university while Charlie remains at Sixth Form. Friends keep asking if they'll stay together, which feels like a ridiculous question. They're Nick and Charlie, after all. Yet as departure day approaches, both boys begin to wonder if their relationship can survive the distance. Charlie worries about being left behind. Nick questions whether they're simply postponing an inevitable breakup. The closer they get to saying goodbye, the more they both face an uncomfortable truth about first love.
Genres: fiction, coming-of-age, contemporary, young-adult, young-adult-romance
Vibes: bittersweet, emotional, intimate, introspective, tender
Tropes: forced-proximity, second-chance-romance, slow-burn
120 pages · ebook · HarperCollins Children's Books