I’m reminiscent of other great queer graphic stories like Check Please and Lumberjanes. This is a wholesome story of friendship, exploration of gender, and two characters reuniting with each other. I love the work on each of our main characters. Beatrice (Bebe) is an insecure teenage girl who feels a lot of pressure from her family and school life. I like how the story shows there is harmful language some people still don’t think about when it comes to a young trans person. Little things like the “real girl” comment or the local newspaper including her dead name (which we see Bebe has ripped off the end) help illustrate how far we still have to work to make the Trans Community feel accepted and welcomed. Annie shows a familiar, but still important look at femininity herself. She is incredibly intelligent, but still feels just as insecure (partially due to her looks and definitions of feminity). She thinks she doesn’t look girly or pretty enough (or acts or has attraction) for a “typical” female. It makes her hostile and defensive, like many of the other girls as we soon learn. This cast of characters makes me happy as they learn to bond and enjoy each other’s time. What are the chances a girl get a volume 2???

5/5 stars.

content warnings: transphobia.

This graphic novel was soooo cute and I loved every bit of it. The art style is beautiful and fun, and I loved all the characters and how they were drawn (such a wonderful variety of body types!) and how distinct they all were. I really loved the way the graphic novel dealt with transphobia, it was handled so well and it was such a moving piece.

I needed some cheering up this weekend - and this one had that command in the title. I can say it succeed, this graphic novel did cheer me up significantly.
Annie is a super anti-social, book smart kid who acts out and winds up in her counselor's office at the start of the novel. Her mom thinks she needs to become more well rounded and social. She finds out that her snarky, tattoo'd, plant loving mom used to be a high school cheerleader. And thus Annie is shoved into the world of cheer.
At cheer tryouts, she finds that her old friend Bebe has become more of the team's adopted charity cause than an actual team member since Bebe is the first transgender cheerleader at their school. The team treats her more like a cause than a person. Annie is instantly triggered. During the graphic, they both grow. Annie's rage simmers from volcanic to a simmer and she becomes more social (she even goes to prom) and Bebe's lack of confidence and apologetic nature grows to be more bold and she starts to start up for herself. Both are good for each other.
This graphic novel gives me hope for love, for acceptance and for a more tolerant society. It was beautiful.
The art style was perfect for the content. It was colorful, peppy and bright .

I normally don't read many graphic novels, but when I saw this one I knew I had to read it. From the start I knew I was going to love Annie, because like her I really like being on my own. My friend also made try out for cheerleading in the 8th grade, and I did not like it at all. I was a choir nerd, and loved every minute of it well most of the time.

BeeBee is definitly someone I would want to protect with every thing in me, mainly from her parents. I understand where they are coming from, but then again they have to let her be her own person. Her and Annie are just so perfect for each other and I love both of them so much. Such a cute and easy read that everyone needs to read it.

5/5 stars highly encourage people to read it.

This was such a fun, light hearted and heartwarming graphic novel!! It's packed with lgbtq+ rep and feels so natural with it. Our main characters are quirky, funny and ADORABLE together! This story was such a quick and totally encapsulating read which j thoroughly enjoyed

I absolutely LOVED THIS graphic novel. Everything about this was amazing: story, art, characters, the friendships and the support this characters have. Plus it was CUTE.

We follow Annie, who joins the cheer team to be more social and Bebe, who is captain of the team and is dealing with the aftermath of coming out as a trans girl. They rekindle their friendship and eventually develop feelings for each other.

The art style was fantastic. It was really expressive and the panels flew nicely.

Everyone should read this story. It's cute, wonderful and sapphic.

I was kindly provided an ARC of this book by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This comic is so sweet and wholesome. And I genuinely loved that the main characters are a lesbian and a transgender, I believe it is the first time I've read a comic like that. It manages to deals with hard and sensitive topics while staying light and breezy.

Couldn't be any more in love with this sheer perfection of a YA graphic novel. Brash outsider, Annie, is forced to join the cheerleading team when her antisocial tendencies start getting in the way of her college prospects. Unexpectedly, the new cheer captain--and her former friend--Bebe sticks up for her at tryouts, despite wanting nothing more than to blend in after coming out as trans last year. The rest of the cheer squad is well meaning but overzealous in their support leaving Bebe feeling like a bit of an outsider herself. But Bebe promises to help Annie find her place on the squad, and soon they're practically inseparable. Annie is making friends and maybe even finding something more with Bebe. And Bebe is learning to speak out and stand up for herself when she needs to.

The sweetest queer rom-com. I couldn't get enough. 10/10 recommend for giving you all the feels.

4/5 stars

Thank you to Oni Press and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Trigger warning: This book mentions transphobia.

This graphic novel follows Annie, who is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her final year of high school and is forced to join the cheerleading squad to help make friends and boost her college applications. Her former friend Beatrice is a trans girl who is constantly people pleasing from her parents to her friends in order to keep their support of her transition. Through the cheerleading squad, Annie and Beatrice rekindle their friendship and maybe discover some new feelings between them.

I loved this book so much and thought it was such a cute and accessible read! I found all the characters so relatable, especially Annie as it can be so difficult to make friends regardless of what stage you are at in life. I also loved how the friendship between Annie and Beatrice grew into something more and that there was so much trust and respect of boundaries in their relationship. The cheerleading squad was a fun concept — it allowed me to see a whole range of characters of different background and interests. I liked how they banded together as a team to address their own micro aggressions as well as transphobic comments from others. If you’re looking for a fun read, be sure to add this to your TBR!

This was a very fun and cute YA graphic novel. The comparison between Fence and Check Please! is an apt one as they all share a sense of joy and appreciation for friends against the backdrop of a sport, although less time is given to Cheerleading in this comic as opposed to the others. Annie is smart but antisocial, needing to learn how to work well with others, and the story does a good job of showing how this happens whilst still retaining her essential Annie-ness. Bebe is a trans girl dealing with overprotective parents and a reluctance to make herself heard. I really like that Bebe's story isn't about acceptance or parents not understanding her transition, but about expressing her opinion whilst remaining safe. Overal it's a great queer story that hits a lot of satisfying beats, my only quibble is that not a lot of time is spent within the story. It covers a whole year, but events happen quickly and there's a lot that's glossed over. It would have been nice to spend more time with the squad, and see the progression a little more. But definitely an enjoyable read, and the artstyle worked perfectly with the story, being both visually interesting, but clear and uncluttered on the page.

I've got to admit, I only requested this on whim, but I am so glad I did. This is so cute, the story of an academically strong outcast, and the trans head cheerleader who used to be her best friend, and how they find their friendship again, whilst fighting against creepy guys, "allies" that don't know how to actually be an ally (but they learn) and families struggling to come to terms with how to support their new daughter. I loved this so so much, it felt like a mixture of Heartstopper and Check! Please, and I cannot wait for more! If you need a graphic novel that shows you that things do get better when we rally together, this is it.

*Disclaimer: I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an adorable contemporary graphic novel full of queer characters, high school drama and social commentary.

The commentary was my favourite part of this graphic novel. Beatrice, or Bebe, is a trans woman who has just come out at school. Her journey to standing up for herself was amazing to see and the commentary on allyship and the importance of communication within friendship groups.

Val Wise’s illustration style was perfect for this story. My only complaint is that there were a few panels where I confused the characters.

Overall this was a delightful read that I’m happy to have had a chance to read early. I would highly recommend it and hope that it becomes a series (which is unlike me!).

4 out of 5 stars!

This comic was overall very wholesome and the topics they touched were brief but very insightful and they hit the mark straight on. Bebe and Annie are such good characters with developments brought out throughout the story. I highly recommend reading this. The happy tears it brought were very much worth it.

this was just a very sweet and wholesome story! i love the characters so much. bebe and annie were great and i enjoyed their friendship and relationship so much. i also liked the cheer team and how it was just a supportive group of friends who accepted and learned from their mistakes. for such a short read, i couldn't help but become attached to bebe and annie. i love bebe and how she grew through the novel and annie's love for history was really personal for me, you know? another plus is that i really loved the art! if i really nitpicked, the only thing i could see as a flaw was that it felt like some parts were too rushed, but overall i think this is one of my new favorite graphic novels

This comic is so cute! I couldn't let go until it was over. A quick read, but one that made me smile many times! Throughout history, we can see the difficulties that a transgender has before society, but we also see strong bonds of friendship. Friends always ready to defend themselves and help each other. In addition to the important themes that we see represented, I can also add that the art is incredible and very sweet.
I was very happy with the end of this book and I would like to see more history with these characters one day!

This was a really cute story with great drawings and a deeper message inside, I really loved the female friendships and Bebe and Annie relationship. The best part was also the representation and that most of them had curves and realistic bodies.

Such an adorable read! The art is beautiful and the story is so sweet, with growth and development for all of the cast considering its a short story.

Bebe and Annie were lovely together, their friendship to romance and how they compliment each other. They are supportive and bring out the best in each other, i just really enjoyed their interactions. Learning history, dress shopping and all of the cheerleading it was so much fun.

The side cast of the parents along with the cheerleading group were awesome, the characters are flawed and learn throughout too.

All of the realisations and acceptance is wonderful to see, i loved it so much! They have their fears and worrys, but they're learning and it was great.

Overall a quick, enjoyable read with amazing representation and sweet romance! 💕

This story was so cute and the artwork is so pretty!!!


The story was a heartstopper about a Trans main character who is dealing with coming out publicly and dealing with so much stuff over protective parents, a guy who won't leave her alone and some feelings for a friend who started talking to her again when she joined the cheer squad.

I love Bebe and Annie they are so cute together ❤😍 I do hope we get another comic of these two.

This was extremely adorable! The art style is beautiful and the characters were very charming. At times it felt a bit fast paced and I found myself wishing there was space to explore more of the story, but overall it was a very cute and fun read. I recommend it to anyone looking for a short and sweet sapphic romance with trans rep!

Great illustrations and plot. Perfect for showing that everyone can be accepted and sometimes being the first one can help pave the way for others!