Nick and Charlie have said they love each other, and Charlie is close to getting permission to sleep over at Nick’s house. Their happiness meets a looming change: Nick is due to leave for university next year, raising the question of what that will mean for their relationship. Love and uncertainty shape the central tension of this fifth instalment.

Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper is an LGBTQ+ graphic novel series built around the small moments of Nick and Charlie’s lives and the larger meaning those moments can gather. This volume includes discussions of mental health and eating disorders, as well as sexual references.