A cute and adorable read about two characters who are torn apart between their own wishes and what their parents want from. One character wants to be a costume designer while the other wants to be an actress but their parents don't approve of either professions. The friendship is this book was absolutely adorable

I got an ARC of this book.

One of my favorite things about this book was the casual queerness. Some of the background and side characters were queer. It was not a plot, it was not a huge deal. It was very easily missed. One used they/them pronouns and one appeared to be a woman with a wife. So I loved that the queer was just there. I was a little disappointed that Azarie was not openly queer though, that would have made this just a bit better for me. I am really glad that Noah was not openly queer, it was nice seeing a straight guy allowed to be interested in fiber arts.

I liked that the ending was not them both becoming the very best in something they had only done once. I liked that it felt more realistic. Them getting help and support from more experienced people was a great touch, not only did it open up a community it made it so it was more realistic. The teacher is my favorite character by far, partially because of her support and partially because of how extra she was.

I liked a lot of details about the book, but the plot felt like I had read it a few hundred times before. There are so many books about wanting to pursue art and the parents wanting something more “stable”. So I needed something more to really make this book feel special and worth reading the same basic plot again. The lack of something all that excitingly different kept this from being a five star read in the end. I have already read a queer version of cosplay love not being supported by a parent in the last six months or so. I did appreciate how the cosplay aspect had more support and felt more grounded though.

I am not the biggest fan of the art style. There were a few panels that just struck me as awkward and needing work, mostly faces. It was

It was a nice afternoon read, not too serious , but not too ridiculous either. Worth a read for sure.

It is a shame that there are so many books out there of parents wanting kids to follow their chosen profession, and the kids fighting back. It really tears at the heart strings. In this case, it is a young man, Noah, who wants to design costumes for movies. He loves making clothes, and gets involved with a cos-play set of friends. His parents want him to go to UCLA, but he wants to go to an art college called Stonewell Academy for the Visual Arts.

On the other side of the social devide of high school is Azarie, who wants to be an actress, but has fallen into being a popular girl, and pushing her desire away, until she realizeds that what Hoah does, designing costumes, is what she wants. So they go back to being friends.

And both sets of parents object, as to her plastic friends.

Is all of high school Mean Girls? It does seem that way. I liked the depiction of going to a convention for the first time. It is an amazing experience, and I agree that you loose all your money by going to the dealer room.

Good story.

<em>Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.</em>

Unable to get the book in order to read it due to it not downloading properly and not showing up in my netgalley shelf app. Would have loved to read this since it sounds adorable.

This is a very cute and beautiful story, and I'm so happy to have the chance of reading it. Noah is the boy with an awesome dream. He wants to sew and make costumes, Azarie is a girl who wants to become an actress. But they have some problems achieving their dreams: their parents don't see a future within these two professions. Noah's parents want him to go to UCLA, and Azarie's parents just want their daughter to be a perfect ''normal'' (I hate this word so much argggg) girl.
The most thing I loved here, that this novel isn't about love, it's about a real friendship. Noah got the chance to meet Azarie as the rel her, and it's awesome : the girl that loves video-game, cosplays and comics. But she can't being herself because of her father. Azi doesn't even have a real good friend. Her friends are the superficial kind of girls, who only cares about fashion, spending money, being popular and parties. Azi met a real friend in Noah, and she finally feels like herself.
That's true this story is full of cliches and these kinds of subjects are a bit annoying to see them another time, explained the same way for thousands of times. But! I think we need to remember these things like letting the children choose their own future and help them pursue their dreams. Plus, the drawings are very simple but I've enjoyed them so much, they're super cute. A huge thank you to Netgalley and Diamond Book Distributors for the copy of this marvelous graphic novel.

This was a really cute read!
I liked the character development, especially Azarie’s. The story was well paced, the only issue I had with it was the - in my opinion - completely unnecessary house fire subplot. It could’ve been left out since it didn’t really matter to the story but might bother some readers.
The illustrations were adorable.
Overall I really recommend this novel!

I recommend this book to high schoolers struggling to figure out who they are or struggling to get their parents to accept who they are. Loved it!

Noah and Azarie are high school seniors about to graduate. Noah wants to be a costume designer, but his parents want him to go to UCLA and go into the medical field. Azarie's father is the mayor running for re-election. Azarie must portray the perfect daughter to help him get re-elected, but she really wants to be an actress and express herself fully. They come together to create a costume for a comic convention: Noah will gain an entry into design school and Azarie will be able to act. Will their parents ever realize that their children are growing up and need to be themselves?

Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of Needle and Thread in exchange for an honest review.

This was really cute! Needle and thread follows two high schoolers: an outcast sewer who's parents refuse to acknowledge his dreams of becoming a fashion designer and the popular 'it' girl who's politician father pressures to keep her comic book & acting inspirations hidden. It was really fun to watch the two come together and use their own talents to bolster the other person and all in all while these kinds of stories aren't unique by any means, this was still a quick, uplifting read.

I.n reality i havent read the book since im having for.at issues, both in android phone and tablet. id love for it to get fixed so i could properly review this