Book Review – Cheer Up by Crystal Frasier
Cheer Up by Crystal Frasier
Contemporary | Young Adult | 128 pages
Published on 10 August 2021 by Oni Press
Synopsis
A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check, Please!
Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who’s under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend BeeBee is a people-pleaser—a trans girl who must keep her parents happy with her grades and social life to keep their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped up social pressures (not to mention micro aggressions and other queer youth problems), the two girls rekindle a friendship they thought they’d lost and discover there may be other, sweeter feelings springing up between them.
My rating:
Review
I received this book from the publisher via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
I loved every panel of this totally adorable graphic novel! Annie is so caustic and I love her for it. And Bebe is honestly the actual cutest. She’s so sweet and shy.
The story is a lovely mix of hope and standing up for yourself in whatever guise, and honestly just so positive. There is a little amount of people supporting for their own reason’s and not actually supporting trans people so be warned about that. It’s not exactly challenged but a general vibe of challenging opinions is 🙂
I definitely need more, I hope this will be a series, as I think there’s potential for one!
5 glorious stars.
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