This was the perfect queer cute novel. I loved this book a lot, it was adorable and fluffy and soon worthy! The art styles were so beautifully done! Ah this book is honestly the best! Please read this. This was my first graphic novel and I'm sure this book has convinced me to pick more of graphic novels with queer themes.

I thought this was really cute and joyful. The characters were interesting and well developed in such a short space of time. I enjoyed Annie and Beebee's dynamic, kinda opposites attract but they bring out the best in each other.

I found this book to be mostly happy fun read but it also didn't shy away from the harder stuff to do with being transgender in highschool. It was shown to be a part of Beebee's life without it being the focus of the story. It was nice seeing flawed but mostly supportive parents for Beebee.

The artwork was beautiful, I really like the style.

Cheer Up is just an uplifting story about finding yourself. Even if you aren't sure what that is. Maybe you only know what doesn't feel right. And that's okay!

I know that Annie is sort of introduced as the main character, but BeeBee really steals the show. As she has been doing across her school, town, and state for awhile. Simply just being herself. Which is something that's causing a lot of talk, in both good and bad ways.

BeeBee doesn't like being the center of attention. Annie doesn't mind.
Together it's kind of perfect, some of the time.

BeeBee isn't always sure how she wants to deal with things or if she wants to stand up for herself. Whereas Annie is always ready to go. Sometimes they both have to take the other's attitude in order to resolve things.

Cheer Up is a story about love, the love your family should have for you even if they don't always understand, the love your friends should have in supporting you even through their own ideas of what that means, and most of all love for yourself. Because no one else is going to be there every step of the way to figure things out, like yourself... other than you. So love yourself, you deserve it.

Probably one of the best LGBTQ stories I've read in a long time.
I'm okay if this is a stand alone, but I'd be so excited if there was more to come!

**Thank you to OniPress and NetGallery for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. **

Loved it!
A beautiful story about friendship, being your true self, love, acceptance, kindness and standing up for oneself.
I loved Bebe and Annie, they bonded so well and grew so much leaning on each other.
I need to find more stories like this one! My heart will be very happy.

I adored this so much I don’t even have words but I will try. Such a heartwarming and adorable read with important and much needed lbgtqtia rep! I could read a series on these characters forever if I could.

Please pick this up when it’s available in august.

I read this graphic novel in one sitting and loved every page. Very sweet, thought-provoking, and queer affirming. I'm looking forward to giving this book to readers in our library!

Annie is an unsociable lesbian girl, while Bebe is a modest trans girl who overly cares about upsetting people.
I haven't had much experience reading graphic novels, but this one is quick and easy to read!
I adore this story, characters, illustration and messages it contains, and hoped this was longer as it's a bit rushed.
The relationships between Annie and Bebe, their friends, and their family all blossom so beautifully and really sweet. It's a really satisfying read!

I recommend this book to anyone. I'm sure you would enjoy this quick cute lgbtq comic as much as I do.

I marked this book as 4 stars out of 5.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an early copy of this book! I am in love with this graphic novel! I really liked the characters and the role the cheerleading team has. Only two things for me were that the love interest feels a little too insta lovey, but we do get the info that these characters have a background together, so that’s good! Which leads me to the second thing, I wish it were longer! There’s so much potential here and I hope we do get more graphic novels in this world. Overall it’s a super cute, quick read and I highly recommend!

This was one of my most anticipated reads for the year and I am not disappointed. This comic is an adorable, lighthearted but realistic romance between a grumpy goth lesbian and a sunshine-y, pushover trans girl. It's super fast passed (I read it in an hour or so), but there's so much characterization and character development within the small story. Even though it's generally lighthearted, it's also realistic with microaggressions, familial problems, and sexual harassment. It's also super funny (I laughed out loud multiple times) and the art is so cute and fits perfect with the story. There's less actual cheerleading than I hoped and I wished we saw more of Annie's mom because she was an amazing character, which these things could be fixed if this (fingers crossed) becomes a series. This is an amazing comic for someone who wants girls supporting girls, sapphic romance, and a queer women led sports comic. I highly recommend!

This was the perfect mix of heart and humor. The art style was comforting and fun. And I cried like four times while reading this - definitely a book I would recommend to friends. So tender

This was so cute I could die. This is a fun LGBTQ graphic novel about two girls building each other's strength and finding love and acceptance along the way.

Representation tags: Trans, nonbinary, wlw, people of color, plus size.

Babe goes through some trying times, and finds it harder with overprotective but well meaning parents trying to shield her from everything. It might bring up some tough memories for people who resonate with her story, but rest assured there is a happy ending.

Oh My God Yes girl yes. I have to say this and it might seem early to say but this is by far my favorite book for the month of June. This book is about Annie who is a geek and wanting to get into a great college once she graduates. But she needs to do some extracurricular activities like like sports and clubs. she learned her mother was on a cheerleading team when she was in high school. so she promised her mom that she would give it her best shot. well she made the team. and it only goes up hill from there. be on the look out for my monthly wrap up at the end of the month to hear me gush all about my favorite book of the month Cheer Up love and pompoms.

I loved this so much! ‘Cheer up’ is a graphic novel about a sapphic, biracial trans girl as she falls in love with a plus-size lesbian when they become close through their cheer team. So there is quite a lot of representation and it was handled with such care and accuracy. It dealt with many of the transphobic micro aggressions that exist within society, which most people don’t even realise are bad, and highlights exactly why they are offensive. This allows for trans readers to feel seen and like they don’t have to put up with discrimination whilst simultaneously educating cis people on how to be more inclusive.

And despite this touching upon some hard topics, there was a constant lighthearted and fluffy feel which I really enjoyed.

Another thing I think was done well was fitting so much into such a small book. Nothing felt under developed and I couldn’t spot any plot holes. It was fast paced but never too much so where the plot became confusing; I found it very easy to follow.

I think it’s now one of my favourite sapphic stories I’ve ever read and really hope that a sequel is written! I loved it so much.

I finished this in one sitting and I loved it! It's a short but impactful comic about standing up for yourself, friendship, and being sapphic. The romance aspect does feel a little rushed but I still enjoyed how it turned out. I'd love for this to be a series and see where BeeBee's story takes her.

I love the book so much. Bebe is so inspiring. She learns to be herself and to be truly accepted by people. The characters are growing up together and are sticking up. They learn from their mistakes and truly try to do better. Bebe's friends and family learn to listen to her, how she wants to deal with aggression.
It's not centered on the transphobia, more on hope, love and acceptance.
You need to have this book in your bookshelf for the youngsters!

representation: latina trans girl mc, plus size mc, non binary sc and other POC sc! (we love to see)

It’s a very short and quick graphic novel, although it did feel rushed at times. it was very cute and sweet, the art work was bright and perfect, great short read. i loved how the author was able to talk about hard hitting topics but also maintaining a lighthearted feel to the novel.

i don’t rate graphic novels but if i did this would probably be a 3.5⭐️.

** Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with this ARC in return for an honest review **

Artwork: 5/5
Story: 3.5/5

This short comic is about friendship, team work and how the words can hurt and heal someone.
Annie doesn't have friends and in order to get into a good university, she must apply for an extracurricular activity. Beatrice is the captain leader of the cheerleading club, she came out as trans not so long and her team, who is very supportive, wants the best for her. Soon, Annie and Beatrice will became friends and some feelings will show up, but Beatrice has a lot going on at home, at school and inside her.

It's a beautiful comic which has a strong message.

Representation: trans, bisexual, lesbian and non binary.

This was such a cute book! I haven't read a graphic novel in a while and I forgot how much I enjoy reading them. I loved the drawing style and the speech was easy to follow. The story was short and sweet but handled some sensitive topics. I loved the representation in this book with one of the main characters being transgender, a main character and side character being plus-sized, and a side character being nonbinary. I loved how they handled transphobia and how even those who support you can hurt you unintentionally. I also loved how the main characters grew throughout the story and learned from each other. Plus the sapphic romance was really cute! I can't wait to read more from this author in the future!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

What a cute and inclusive graphic novel centred on two teenagers and their experiences at school and the cheerleader team.

I really enjoyed the main character who is a transgender girl who is trying to fit in at school and trying to differentiate between their real allies and the people who are just being inclusive for their own benefit.

Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced copy .

This was such a cute little book! The two girls in the story were so cute together and it dealt with transphobia and homophobia beautifully. I adored this GN and definitely would check out more by this author!