Jane and Julio

by Alice Oseman

Genres: Romance, Young Adult, Short Stories, Ebooks, Fiction, Novella, Contemporary

34 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2018

About the author

Alice Oseman is an award-winning author, illustrator, and screenwriter, and was born in 1994 in Kent, England. She has written four YA contemporary novels about teenage disasters: SOLITAIRE, RADIO SILENCE, I WAS BORN FOR THIS, and LOVELESS. She is the creator of LGBTQ+ YA romance webcomic HEARTSTOPPER, which is now published in physical form by Hachette Children's Books, and she is the writer, creator, and executive producer for the television adaptation of HEARTSTOPPER, which is set to be released on Netflix.

Alice’s first novel SOLITAIRE was published when she was nineteen. Her YA novels have been nominated for the YA Book Prize, the Inky Awards, the Carnegie Medal, and the Goodreads Choice Awards.

Alongside writing and drawing, Alice enjoys playing the piano semi-proficiently, Pokémon games, and purchasing too many Converse.

Find Alice on Twitter and Instagram @AliceOseman.

Reviews

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

RELEASE THIS IN FULL EBOOK FORM!

[Ri ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

— 3 Stars ★

“You’ve met me at my worst,” she tells him at some point in their idle nighttime conversation.
And he says, “Then you can only get more wonderful.”

SUPER CUTE! SUPER WHOLESOME! SUPER HEARTWARMING!
I need this as a graphic novel now 🥺

[jessica ☾ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a super cute idea, I definitely need it in proper ebook form!

[~Rajeswari~ Roy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you Richafor the link of this short story💕
‘It wasn’t just a summer fling, was it?’ he asks.
‘No,’ says Jane. ‘I don’t do those.’
We all love our star couple “Charlie and Nick”.Now we get to know about Charlie’s parents.
Jane and Julio’s Spanish Summer was beautiful.Oseman is a Word Magician.She can turn a simple word into an emotion.The illustrations were very heartwarming.

[pauline · Rating 5 out of 5]

"you've met me at my worst"
"then you can only get more wonderful."
this is a big theme in my fave books apparently............ lets not get into what this says about me as a person

[Eva B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shoutout to Alice Oseman for making me weak over the love story of two characters I had no prior connection to in a short story; her words truly are magic.

[ilse · Rating 5 out of 5]

idk if this counts as a book but omfg
alice just take all my money already

[richa ⋆.˚★]

Here's the link for the story.

[Noa · Rating 5 out of 5]

"You’ve met me at my worst," she tells him at some point in their idle nighttime conversation.
And he says, "Then you can only get more wonderful."

i wanna hug Julio so badly!

[Sara Jovanovic · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short story about how Tori and Charlie's parents met, and I just loved it so much. What started as a series of tumblr Q&As quickly turned into enjoyable read, and I applaud Alice Oseman for knowing how to make readers truly care about her wonderful characters.

[eden ⊹ · Rating 3 out of 5]

alice oseman continuously proves how good of an author they are. in a mere thirty-four pages, i was able to be emotionally attached to a pair of characters that i had no previous knowledge of. the writing style was immaculate, although the piece was short you could still get a feel of jane and julio's personalities.

i adored this piece, genuinely. it was short, sweet, and summery. the imagery of the hot spanish afternoons, the vivacious restaurant atmosphere, and even down to the aspect of the summer love perfectly encapsulated an image. the reader could envision something in their mind and it could be built-on piece by piece.

jane and julio were so charming, at first i was worried about that "insta-love" quality to the story but as they got to know each other it blossomed into something more.

here's to another piece of alice oseman's work that i have enjoyed, through and through. she is indefinitely climbing onto the top of my list of favourite authors.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was the perfect way to end this boring thursday. chefs kiss to jane and julio

as i've said many times before alice oseman's writing is the best thing in the universe but this is very interesting cause
it's written in third person and describes both jane's and julio's feelings and thoughts

just read this pls

[Yuè · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well now I am feeling a lot.

[ariana⋆｡‧˚ʚ♡ɞ˚‧｡⋆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

utterly adorable. i loved reading their backstory and this was just such a cute, summery read. 10/10

[Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This short story is available on Alice Oseman's website, and I'd love for it to get published, it's so good! It's about Tori and Charlie's parents, and how they met, and I teared up at the end because it was just so sweet. I really loved it!

[Amy Lou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Petition to make this an actual ebook so I can reread it and cry properly

[Mica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute lil story about the meet cute of the Spring siblings parents

[Phia · Rating 4 out of 5]

"You met me at my worst."
"Then you can only get more wonderful."

[Amelia (Taylors Version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is so cute. I need a physical copy of thisssss

[Ramona · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did not know I needed their backstory, but I definitely did. SO CUTE.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute

[liv !! · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars ⭐️
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"as reluctant as he is to admit it, he's intrigued by her, and he thinks, maybe, she's intrigued by him too."

how does alice manage to continue to write some of the most captivating stories and romances i've ever read??

"'you've met me at my worst.'
'then you can only get more wonderful.'"
i'm not crying i swear 🥹 consider me an official janio stan 🫡

i definitely would've preferred this in a more traditional form, like a dual-pov type situation, but hey i'll take anything i can get because i've already read every osemanverse book and i always want more content.

it's very cool to read about young jane and julio, because we can kinda tell where tori and charlie get some of their traits from.

also... "who is this girl and why, exactly, is she like this?"
is this a reference to nick and charlie's iconic "why are we like this?" 👀

overall - a very pleasant read and i can't believe it took me so long to get to it. my heart is warmed and i will be thinking about this story for the next 24-48 business hours.

[Zimmy W · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was DELIGHTFUL and I feel so blessed to have read it.

[Alexa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story is super cute.

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

so cute!!

[WallofText · Rating 4 out of 5]

Julio is spending the summer at his parent’s house in Spain, reading books. Jane is on the run and ends up in the same town as Julio even though she doesn’t speak Spanish. Cue the summer romance! For such a short story it’s remarkablely good at creating an atmosphere that really makes you want to wander. The characters are simple and the exposition a bit overly direct, but man. The emotions! Very sweet and charming read!

[Hi (Taylor’s Version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this so much. It was so cute and I think if you’ve read Heartstopper you should definitely read this.

[Lu✨]

uff this was so sweet

[Oshin Agarwal · Rating 4 out of 5]

“You’ve met me at my worst,” she tells him at some point in their idle nighttime conversation.

And he says, “Then you can only get more wonderful.”

🤌🏼💜🍂🌻

[Mo_loves_books · Rating 4 out of 5]

How does this short story have more character growth than most 300 page books god damn you Alice