Today, we’re talking about Heartstopper. While not connected to botany, leaves are used in most scene transitions and plant life seems to grow at emotionally strategic moments, so we’ll take it. Also it’s pride month and this is a queer teen love story.
Star Beasts Review | Graphic Novel (E-ARC) #NetGalley #StarBeasts
Greetings, guys, gals, and non-binary pals! While the main bulk of the blog will remain botany and botany-adjacent, but I’m going to start adding more book reviews to the mix too. We’re going to start here. They’ll show up in Youtube videos eventually too.
Full disclosure, I was given advance access to this graphic novel on NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. The title image to the left is an affiliate link to the book’s Amazon page. Anticipated publication date is August 17, 2021.
Star Beasts is an adorable middle-grade graphic novel by Stephanie Young that takes you through the adventures of the Condor and her crew. The Condor’s inhabitants are from the Earth branch of a vast intergalactic network of beings. There's some intrigue, some touching moments, and some high-impact action.
I was rather reminded of Homeward Bound, meets Star Trek... sort of. It was a great time and really helped me out of the reading slump/weird headspace I was in for the last little bit. I will admit the ending was slightly cliché and slightly annoyed me because it was a bit cliché.
Looking at the cover art again, there’s a lot of references to the rest of the story. Overall, it was genuinely great and I'd definitely recommend it and rated it 4 stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐