A review by libreroaming
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable

4.0

A story set in 2004 about a girl named Mads and the various revelations she has about gender and sexuality when she discovers she might like her best friend romantically. The artwork was expressive and character faces were distinct, carrying a lot of the story's weight because the writing seemed to juggle more plot points and characters than it could handle in 300 pages. But handles them well for the most part, giving most characters room to behave as nuanced and complicated individuals (with two or three exceptions).

A somewhat overly complicated coming of age LGBTQ graphic novel, but its messiness seems to illustrate the lack of neat resolutions that life presents.