Bold, clean lines and pink highlights characterize rich art by Valero-O’Connell (the Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy series) as panels breathily dense with the personal details of the characters’ lives morph to suit each meaningful scene. A medium tells Freddy to call the relationship quits, but she has no idea how to stop perpetuating her part of the cycle. But Freddy loves Laura Dean, and they’re soon back together-sort of-though Freddy’s relationship myopia renders her isolated and dismissive of her friends, all of whom are struggling with their own issues. Self-absorbed and careless, she breaks up with Frederica, 16, for the fourth time, via text message after being caught cheating at a school dance.
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