The writing is heartbreakingly beautiful and will stay with you for a long time.Īnd of course, we’ve gotta talk about the art: Holy crap. But it is a beautiful, poignant look at adolescent (and queer!) love and the power of friendship, among other things. She struggles to navigate this relationship and her friendships throughout, and as the cover suggests, it’s not exactly a happy love story. True to the title, the graphic novel centers on Frederica, known as Freddy, who has an on-and-off relationship with the popular, too-cool-for-school Laura Dean. But when I saw the cover, well, it was love at first sight. 10/10, would recommend.) So I was all-in from the jump. (This One Summer and Saving Montgomery Sole, also by Mariko Tamaki, are amazing. Review: I will begin this with the caveat that I will read anything Mariko Tamaki has a hand in. 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.

Maybe it’s Freddy, who is rapidly losing her friends, including Doodle, who needs her now more than ever. 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. 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. There’s just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Summary: Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley’s dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. Title: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with MeĪuthor: Mariko Tamaki (author), Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (illustrator)

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