Merritt's Reviews > Kirby's Lessons for Falling [in Love]

There are a lot of ways to fall in life, think trick is knowing how to get back up again.

Thank you to #NetGalley and Harper Collins for this copy of #KirbysLessonsForFallingInLove in exchange for my honest review.

If you've gotten your fill of Heartstopper and want a mixed-race, southern American, lesbian take on the slow burn queer high school romance give this book a chance. Kirby's Lessons for Falling does a great job at weaving so many elements of the two main character's stories to create an interesting narrative dealing with religion, queer acceptance, grief, and coming into oneself as a young adult. 

I don't really want to say much else about it, as I think the story will speak for itself. Truly I only had a few small issues with this book - 1. The digital format split pages that are meant to be full spreads so I had to turn the page back and forth (always a nitpick for me), 2. The art style got a little muddy so sometimes things were hard to follow but the story line does a good job of leading you through that, 3. There's an attempted serial assault situation that caught me off guard. It's not graphic, the panels are short, and the friends put a stop to anything before something actually happens but it's there and something to look out for if that's sensitive for you.

Overall though, the messages are clear and important and worth checking out.