Personally liked this beter than the first book, and I’m very very excited for the third!!! I adore the complex characters in it and I guess the art would be easier to read on paper and I did have a bit of trouble with the NetGalley app loading but yea, loved this.

4 stars

Thank you Orbit Books for my advanced reading copy!

In my review of Breaks Volume 1, I wrote:
“They said that before Heartstopper there was Breaks and I can easily believe it!
Breaks is edgier, somber than Heartstopper yet none the less heartbreaking, authentic and wonderful!
Be aware that this book has several triggers though. »

Well this remains absolutely true in this sequel.

Yet it felt softer or maybe a bit more settled, just like Ian and Cortland who are both growing up and discovering who they really are.
We find more answers about Cortland’s past and discover that Ian has secrets of his own! These two are a delight to follow and witness their relationship unfurl.
What you will find in this sequel is:
-romance;
-friendship;
-grief;
-secrets;
-bullying;
And a lot of character growth!

Give me the third book already!

I first read Breaks while it was still being published weekly and I never quite forget about it, so when I saw it pop up on my Netgalley feed I smashed that request button.

Volume two is the sweet volume. In the first the tension and aggression between Ian and Cortland is high, they're drawn to each other yet confrontational, but in this volume, this is where they discover each others soft side, despite all the darkness around them, they lean into each other.

I read this book in one sitting and it was an easy read which was a nice way to end my evening. Unfortunately for me I found the pacing a bit off, it felt as though chapters could jump from being minutes apart to days apart and some big story line reveals felt too slow to come about. I also struggled to get to know the characters and empathise with them until very late on in the novel. however, as it was an easy read and only took 1 evening I don’t regret reading it and am glad I stuck with it, the cliff hanger at the end raised questions that I would find myself wanting to know the answer to in the future volumes!

I really the art style and the comic set up moves fluidly along, but the story evidently is just not for me as I didnt enjoy it that much. I feel like this will be an important story to many people though !!!