Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours for allowing me to take part in this tour for Upstaged.I legit wanted to read this book from the very first time I learned about it!!! A shy nonbinary kid trying to confess their crush! I was pulled in. I wanted it. Plus it was a graphic novel?!?!? Icing on the cake!!! If you check out my Instagram, you can even catch me dressing up like Ash on the cover!
About The Book:
Author:
Robin Easter
Pub.Date:
May 28, 2024
In a summer of goodbyes and new beginnings, shy Ashton Price hopes to confess to their theater camp crush in this heartfelt middle-grade graphic novel. Perfect for fans of The Tryout and The Girl from the Sea.
This is the last hurrah, the final curtain call.
Ever since sixth grade, Ashton Price and their best friend and enduring crush, Ivy Santos, have spent their summers together at theater camp. Now it’s their last year before they part ways for high school, and Ash is determined to end it on a high note!
With Ash as stage manager and Ivy the lead in this year’s musical, this summer’s shaping up to be everything the two could have hoped for. Maybe Ash will even work up the courage to ask Ivy out! But between Ivy rehearsing long hours with her colead and Ash throwing themself into an ambitious stage production, will they end up drifting apart instead?
As summer wanes and September looms, Ash and Ivy’s friendship will change forever, one way or another.
Review:
I adored this book! I blew through it in one sitting partly because I love graphic novels, but mainly because I just loved this book!!!
Ash was such a sweet and anxious character to follow and I felt like I saw a lot of myself in them. They made bad choices at times, but it's because they are a kid that is being overwhelmed by their feelings. I can't fault them for that.
I thought the story in this book was wonderful. It's admittedly a simple little story about camp and camp crushes, but it was done well. There were multiple scenes in this book that made me awww at the characters and the sweet ways they interacted with each other.
The art in this book was easily my favorite part though! I loved the drawings. They were vibrant and colorful, but they also did a good job at showing the character's emotions. Plus every character was unique enough that I wasn't getting them mixed up!
About:
Robin Easter is a cartoonist and illustrator who graduated from SCAD with a degree in
sequential art. They are also a grown-up theater kid, former camp counselor, and walking
encyclopedia of random facts. Robin currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with several plants
and their dreams of having a dog. You can find them on Instagram and Goodreads.
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