This was such an amazing read. I thought it handled several hard discussions in a beautiful way and the relationships and friendships in this were so heartwarming. The say that this book had in how allies can often get things wrong when trying to support was so important and I thought it was handled nicely. This book was also very beautiful artistically, I really loved the art style and the colours that were used to support different scenes. Overall 5 out of 5 stars!

"Cheer Up " is a wonderfully queer coming of age rom-com that tells the story of Bebe and Annie as they navigate their way through their senior year of high school.

I loved everything about this story. It was wonderful to see Annie as a tough, anti-social and incredible smart young lesbian woman who is so sure of herself from the get go. She knows exactly who she is and stands up for herself and her friends. She took no bs throughout the story and I loved seeing that in a character. Bebe is such a kind-hearted young woman who is trans and has such great character growth throughout the story as we get to see her grow stronger throughout the book. The cast of characters that make up the cheer squad are so beautifully diverse in race, body type and personality and it was wonderful that diversity was found so strongly throughout the book not for the sake of having diversity in a graphic novel but because it is an accurate representation of the world we live in.

Fraiser did a phenomenal touching on so many different topics that teenagers are faced with in high school. I feel as though she handled some really heavy topics with tact and grace. I enjoyed seeing the character growth throughout the book, not just the two main characters but also the cheer squad as well as Bebe's parents. The final Homecoming scene was the icing on the cake. I truly hope we're getting more books in this universe!

Cheer Up is an absolutely fabulous and heart-warming graphic novel! The story follows two former friends - Annie and Beatrice - as they start their senior year of high school. Annie is smart but anti-social and needs some extracurriculars to round out her application, so her mother suggests she try out for the cheer leading team. Beatrice is returning to the cheer team for her second year after being personally invited to join the squad after she came out as trans. Beatrice wants to believe that her teammates truly accept her and aren't trying to tokenize her or use her for attention, so she takes a stand when the girls try to block Annie from joining the team. Together, Beatrice and Annie work to bring unity and success to their team. Not only is their old friendship rekindled, but new feelings also begin to grow!

I'm brimming over with the best feels after reading this! There's so many things to love: friendship, team-building, diverse and queer characters, a range of body types, and amazing character growth and development all around. Much of Beatrice's story deals with the transphobia she faces from her classmates and people outside of school, and even from her teammates. Her parents are controlling and go overboard trying to protect her, even threatening to make her dress as a boy if her grades don't improve. Throughout this Beatrice tries to maintain a reputation of being a nice, approachable girl and not cause scenes by speaking up. Annie encourages Beatrice to stand up for herself and sometimes steps in to defend Beatrice, though Beatrice points out that it's not helpful to try to talk for her or make choices on her behalf. Beatrice also helps Annie navigate how to be herself without alienating other people. There's so many great conversations between them and the other characters! And, of course, there's cheering and being a part of a team. I enjoyed watching the team come together and learn how to actually be good allies and friends! Also, it must be said, the artwork is amazing and perfectly captures the tone of the story.

Sweet, fun, and empowering -- a must read!

This was such an uplifting read. Themes of acceptance, body positivity, self love, self acceptance, transitioning and setting boundaries.

Very enjoyable, very eye opening and educational. I would definitely recommend this to young adults and middle graders.

Over all, this was a really quick read about a transgirl and her former friend reconnecting on the Cheerleading team. The art was delightful and the story itself was nice. But, there isn't much of a plot here other than "learn to stick up for yourself" or "live your truth". My only real complaint is that the end felt really sudden. It's not necessarily a romantic HEA, or even a HFN. It's just kind of in your face and then done. I'm not familiar enough to know if this is going to be a series? I hope so, because I could definitely read more of these two!!

AD // gifted. Thank you so much to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free digital review copy. Lovely storyline, and lovely artwork. I breezed through this book in two sittings. The plot was very well-rounded, and I enjoyed the characters. I felt this book was an easy read, and would recommend reading it if you are in a reading slump. Very much so would re-read.

I’m am so into graphic novels at the moment. Perfect recommendation to my secondary school pupils. Queer representation and exploration of true self and real friendships. Deffo! Thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press for allowing me an early access to the arc.

This book was so. Darn. Sweet. It was wholesome and feel-good, and I’d feel comfortable recommend it to my high school students. I absolutely loved the diverse rep (Trans, WLW, ethnically diverse cast) and loved seeing so many different types of people in the book. All in all, a lovely, cute, coming-of-age story.

Such a good story with so many important lessons, it was short but managed to pack a hefty punch!

Frasier managed to bring to light many every day situations that somebody who is transgender might have to deal with - but isn't really thought about by cisgender people. As well, they talked about self confidence, sexual harassment/consent. This novel managed to show these issues, why they were important and see them through - no loose strings!

Our two main characters are Bebe, a transgender woman who is struggling with the concept of standing up for herself so she doesn't come off as the "weird, angry, trans girl". Her story felt very real and her emotions were raw. It was so nice to be able to see her journey. Not only that, but as somebody who is not trans, I loved reading how Bebe felt about the way that the other people in the story treated her because she was. While some characters thought they were acting in Bebe's best interest that wasn't necessarily true, and Bebe had to learn to grow and express those thoughts.

Our other main character is Annie who is one of the most fun characters I've read! She's incredibly smart but doesn't have a way with people ... well she does have a way but it's not very friendly. Annie's story centres around her finding her place with other people. I had gone into this graphic novel expecting the fact that she was plus sized to be a big factor but it played no part at all and I loved that. Annie's self love and belief in herself was unwavering, and I love to see more plus sized characters having stories that don't revolve around their weight because they're worth so much more than the number on a scale!

Their relationship was adorable as well, childhood friends who find their way back to each other and end up learning a lot from one another. They leaned on each other and grew together, it was beautiful to read!

All I can say is please pick this up whenever you can get the chance! Not only was it a quick read but it was adorable, well written, and brought up so many important topics that we don't see discussed enough.

My only issue is that it wasn't longer!

THIS WAS SO CUTE!!

I just love me some sports gays. And this was honestly the most adorable story of finding who you are, learning to stick up for yourself and the sweetest romance between two girls.

Bebe is trying to navigate high school and cheer squad after coming out as trans, and Annie is there for her in the sweetest way. And the humour was so perfect! And I loved the art style!

I would absolutely adore getting more backstory for these two - it's implied they were friends in the past, but it's never really explored. Honestly this could have been twice as long and I'm sure I would have loved every minute.

I'm IN LOVE with this book. The art style is absolutely adorable, and I love the characters. And the fashion, the artist of this book is so good at designing and drawing outfits! AND> WLW TRANS GIRL. I'm an mlm transman and am so happy to see more non-straight trans rep, it makes me so happy.

So much of the content matter I related too as a trans person: The fake ally-ship, casual transphobia, treating transition like a privilege. Feeling like your existence is a burden. Having to chose between comfort and safety. The fear romantic interests don't like you for you. It all hit. Hebe was such a relatable character and I just wanted to hug her.

This book is the perfect balance of fluff and emotion. It handles real issues without sugar coating, but is still filled with friendships and sapphic love.
I am 100% preordering this and am ready to recommend it to everyone. Please please go preorder this book NOW!

Representation: trans girl, wlw, lesbian, Latina, POC, nonbinary, body positive
Own Voices
CW: transphobia, Fatphobic Lanugage, Microagressions, Sexual Harassement

I ABSOLUTELY ADORED THIS BOOK. It's so cute and fluffy and wholesome. A definite recommendation for everyone who's also looking for trans and WLW rep. This definitely will be put up in the bookshop I work at.

Cheer up was such a short but sweet graphic novel, I flew through it and would recommend to everyone!

It was a warm, feel good read with some great illustrations throughout that made it all the nicer to read.

Watching the friendship and relationship unfold between Annie and Bebe was lovely, and there was so much really great representation throughout.

Thank you to Oni Press and NetGalley for the ARC of this book!

Cheer Up is an adorable graphic novel about Annie, an anti-social grump who is convinced to join the cheerleading team to round out her lacking college applications, and Bebe, a transgirl and captain of the cheerleading team. Bebe agrees to help Annie with her cheering if Annie agrees to help her study, and the once friends now friends again duo learn a lot more about themselves and each other than they bargained for.

This really is such a light, sweet sapphic story! It touches on expectations other people have for us, and how we feed into those. It touches on how even allies can sometimes be hurtful with their overzealous support. It touches on how we don't really have to have everything figured out, but we have to still stand up for ourselves and what we want and need to feel safe. All of this and a cute romance tucked into the pages of this graphic novel make it a quick but super satisfying read.

In this book, we follow Annie who in order to impress colleges on her applications joins the cheerleading squad even though she maybe is not the most cheerful person. Her former friend BeeBee a transgirl is also on the Cheer team and through the trial and error of cheer, they rekindle their friendship.

I really enjoyed this book but I thought it could have used just a little more backstory to the characters. I really loved reading a graphic novel about a transgender girl as this is something I haven't read before. Overall I think this was a well-rounded graphic novel, the illustrations were beautiful and the story itself was great.

Okay so few things, the fatphobia and transphobia, not good. Mean parents.. kind of cliché.. transphobic dad.. well that hit a bit close to home. Though it might be transphobia disguised as just a parent being scared for their kid?? Thank god there's one obviously supportive parent.

I thought some of the scenes were a bit rushed, liket he kissing scene. But the supportive cheerleading scenes made up for it and the ending where Bebe finally stood up for herself was really cute, and then the homecoming queen reveal, I mean we all knew what was going to happen.

All in all, really cute and I like they basically resolved everything in the end.

Well… this comic really did cheer me up!

Annie has to learn to be less antisocial if she wants to get a scholarship and get into college, so she decides to try and enter the cheerleader team.
Along the way, she’ll meet her former best friend, Beatrice, a transgirl who is trying to make the world understand that being trans is not something she wants to be looked at for.

A cute romance will eventually spark, and Annie and Beatrice will grow together and finally be able to accept themselves and others.

A very emotional and lighthearted comic that offers a good and well-treated representation of lesbianism and transidentity.

I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

This graphic novel was pure joy!

Main characters Annie, an antisocial, plus-size lesbian and BeeBee, a biracial, trans girl, are strong leads in an equally diverse cast of characters. This story has it all sports, sapphics, and sisterhood! It handles themes of transphobia, prejudice, and being true to yourself with sensitivity and nuance. The beautiful illustrations highlighted the variety of body types and ethnicities represented in the story.

Cheer Up is a sweet, lighthearted, and quick read. The characters are lovable, and the message is important. Once you pick it up, you won't want to put it down.

I love it! I really like how the autor talk about the lgbtq+ community and how they talk about the sexually harrasment on Trans people, specially comming from the Cis Hetero men. I think that the autor could talk more about the reason about why Bebe and Annie stop being friends and about their romantic relationship but it was great in my opinion.

Cheer Up is a beautiful graphic novel with stunning art and a wholesome story about friendship, love and acceptance. Bebe came out as a trans girl last year and found a home on the cheerleading team. Now, old friend Annie needs some extracurriculars for her college application and despite not looking like the cheerleading type, Bebe persuades the rest of the team to let her join. The pair rekindle their friendship (and more) while teaching each other how to be kinder when necessary and stand up for yourself when needed.