When I first heard about this book I was immediately interested in the idea – a graphic story for tweens/ teens that deals with relationships. I thought it sounded interesting but I was also not quite sure what to expect – What questions would they address and How are they going to deal with it? Because a book like this could really go in any direction. But I must say I was actually pleasantly surprised. It dealt with some good questions and topics in what I considered a positive and helpful manner.

The book highlights how valuable true friendship is, that friendship should not be defined by superficial things (like looks and status), it points out how one should not give into peer pressure when it comes to deciding who should be your friend or who you should date and it also shone a really bright light on how listening to stories (gossip) can be very harmful and hurtful. All things which I think tweens and teens should be aware of and should be considering and thinking about.

The story is presented in a graphic novel format (if you are not sure what I mean by that – think comic format). It follows two best friends Lola and Grace who are trying to answer their own question on relationships and why certain people behave in certain ways. But what I liked about this book is it does not just focus on dating, it deals with friendship, how important proper friends are, people that you can trust and be yourself with and it also deals with some family issues. Yes obviously it covers crushes and dating but for me the focus was more on how you should treat people (all people) and how you should not make decisions based on what others think.

I think the way they base the whole story on these two friends trying to figure out what relationships really mean makes it a very easy read. It comes across as natural as a conversation between friends and not like a parents trying to lecture their kid. For me this is a positive feature about this book and one that will help it make an impact. I think tweens/ teens reading it will be able to see for themselves how destructive it can be to base your friendships and relationships on what others think and say.

I have not read a lot of tween/ teen relationship books but I do feel like this one is positive and helpful and I think the tweens/teens will enjoy the format.

For those of you looking here is an amazon link – The Love Report

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