I love how our main characters connected over film, especially horror! I am a big movie buff so it was a great read. Deff check the triggers for this one. Lots of homophobia, religious bigotry, and racism.

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 4 stars
Art: 4 stars

I was initially drawn to this graphic novel because of the Latine representation. I'm always looking to read more Latine and Hispanic rep. I think it was good, what I love about graphic novels is how easy they're to read, there's no room to think about DNFing because of how short they are.

One of the things I liked the most about this book was Henry and Henri's characters. They're so alike in many ways, but the struggles they face are vastly different. I really liked their sibling bond and how they care for and protected each other.

The scenes where Henry and Cade got together were really cute. Also I loved how even though Henry had a hard time managing his anger and explosive feelings, he still tried to ressure Cade of their relationship. Yes, Henry kept a lot of secrets, but he was trying his best with what he was allowed to do.

However I do have to say the story fell short for me. Like I said before, since it was short I never felt the need to DNF it, but I wasn't invested in the characters and I'll probably forget about them in a few weeks. I liked the art style at first, but then I realized it looked a lot like Bloom. I think one of graphic novel's strongest points is obviously the art. Having a unique color palette and style will set your graphic novel apart from the rest. Even though I really liked the choice of color palette and thought it went great with the plot, in my opinion Northranger didn't do enough to acomplish this.

Also something else that bothered me but in a smaller amount is how I couldn't figure out the year this story was set in. I don't know if it's because I have no idea how Texas and rural Texas looks nowadays, but I thought at first it was set in the 60s or 70s, especially when Cade went to the movies. But then they mentioned something I don't remember but that made me think, "oh, this is recent. this only happened a few years ago wtf?" so yeah, I was confused. I don't know if the author did this intentionally or not.

Some spanish phrases felt worded weird for me. Like when Cade's grandma said Somos bendecidos, instead of Estamos bendecidos. But in general the spanish bits were okay and I didn't have a big problem about it.

I want to finish off this review with something good. I really appreciate this book for teaching me how important horror stories are for the queer community. It's something I've read before somewhere, but this book made me understand it better and Rey Terciero did a good job at implementing it in Cade's character and how he relates horror movie characters and tropes with being in the closet in Texas.

A true showcase of conversations taken out of context!

I really liked how at the end we were made to believe that the story was turning into a horror movie! 

I had figured out that they were all gathered

to celebrate his birthday a little bit before it was revealed, so I was DREADING it. But I think they did a great job of not making the conflict horrific and unrealistically over the top.

I like how this graphic novel shows how much the world is open to new ideas, while simultaneously rejecting those same ideas. Media rarely shows country and rural areas being welcoming to people of different sexualities and races. So I'm glad this book showed that is a possibility while also having the same area be filled with homophobic and racist individuals. 
There are people who accept or hate anywhere, the amount in one area changes by location. 
Overall, a very fun read! :)

This book is mean to me specifically.