4.5 stars

While this can be a pretty good teaching tool to teach middle and high school students about consent, I feel like it should be the only thing that teachers should used. The reason why I give it a 4. 5 instead of a five cause it felt like skimmed telling guys that they should consent to things as well. The majority of the book spend telling girls they should consent to things which is nothing wrong with that all but it's a two way street. Some guys can be uncomfortable with doing things with their girls ( or guys) would could be pressuring them to things as well. It just needed to be shone in more " it can happen both ways" light. All in all It was pretty good.

This graphic novel will be a great resource to help youth understand the intricacies of consent that individuals need to grasp more, but future editions should be less cisheteronormative.

A great introduction to an important topic. #Consent #GraphicNovel

I really liked the message of "What does consent really mean?" and how diverse all the characters were. The writing and storyline is appropriate for a younger audience that is trying to learn about consent and sex. The dialogue was rather stilted at times but apart from that it was a pleasant read.

I requested this book from the publisher as I am thinking about resources for my boys as they approach their teen years. I found the graphic novel concise (important as teens are more willing to read it), diverse, and engaging. I really appreciated the content at the end which has discussion questions and gives additional resources. It uses British terms, and that might be confusing to American teenagers who do not know British slang. Overall, not enough of a negative to have me lower my rating. I would say this is a must read for tween and teen boys and girls.

This is a useful and much needed resource for teens and young people. It is an illustrated conversation between a group of school friends about consent, sex, porn, body image, relationships and other related topics. It is very accessible and easy to read, with a list of further reading and other resources, as well as discussion topics at the end of the graphic novel. At times the dialogue can be slightly clunky, but as it is written to be educational, perhaps that would have been hard to avoid. It still gets its points across well and provides a good starting point for conversations about consent. I wish I had had access to something like this when I was at school!

When four teenage girls learn that one of their classmates was raped, they start discussing the meaning of consent and other important topics.

This was a short graphic novel (around 50-60 pages) that speak of important subjects, like consent, porn or the effect of media on our body image... I didn’t actually learn anything reading this but I think younger people would.

I truly think this book should be read by every young teenagers who are starting to be in sexually active relationships or anyone older who still hasn’t grasped the concept of consent which is perfectly put in this book : “Consent is not the absence of 'NO', it is an enthusiastic YES!!”

This should pretty much be read and talked about in middle school.

This graphic novel was adorable, diverse, and presented an amazing point in such an understandable way! I honestly just want this book to be present in every school library across the world and for every middle-schooler and high-schooler to be required to read it and discuss it, because it brings up so many important topics regarding consent that kids need to be thinking about as they enter their sexually active times in their life - or even if they don't want to be sexually active, it can still teach them how to relate better to their peers who are, as well as empathizing with abuse survivors.

Thank you to NetGalley and Singing Dragon for the ARC of this book! All opinions expressed here are my own.

This graphic novel is a great introduction to a vitally important topic. I wish something similar had been available when I was growing up. I'd love to see it provided to students during sex ed classes in schools. The graphic novel format is much more inviting than the photocopied notes that were painfully plentiful last century when I was at school.

The discussion questions and resources at the end would be useful as a jumping off point to aid teachers in facilitating classroom discussions. I could see this book being used by parents to help them bring up this topic with their children and also to inform parents about the issues that affect kids today that they may not have had to deal with when they were growing up due to changes in technology. Even school leavers may find this book useful as issues surrounding consent don't magically disappear once you reach adulthood.

This book dispels many myths surrounding what is and isn't consent in a clear, conversational way. There are some parts that read more like adults talking than teenagers but I'm not sure this can be completely avoided. By touching on various scenarios relevant to consent, including perspectives of males and females, and making the point that the need for consent is the same regardless of a person's sexuality, this book gives the reader enough of an overview to be able to apply what they've read to scenarios they may face in their own lives (or bring clarity to what they may have already experienced).

One of the resources listed at the end of the book is a YouTube video that explains consent so well that I think it complements this book perfectly. The video, with close to 4 million views at the time of this review, is titled Tea Consent (Clean) and was uploaded by Blue Seat Studios. I'd encourage anyone reading this review to watch it.

I received an ARC from NetGalley (thank you very much to NetGalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers) in exchange for an honest review.

This is a good graphic novel as a conversation starter.
But some of the dialogue was obviously written by out of touch adults.