The Ethics Of Infatuation Dynamics

Heartstopper

by Lauren James, Wren James, Alice Oseman (Illustrator)

Nick and Charlie face some confusion and a little jealousy when Charlie has a celebrity crush.

A heartstopper mini comic.

Genres: Romance, Graphic Novels, LGBT, Young Adult, Comics, Queer, Short Stories

12 pages, ebook

First published December 21, 2021

About the author

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Wren James is the Carnegie-longlisted British author of many Young Adult novels as ‘Lauren James’, including Green Rising, The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker and The Loneliest Girl in the Universe. They are a RLF Royal Fellow at Aston University and the story consultant on Netflix’s Heartstopper (Seasons 2 and 3).

Wren is the founder of the Climate Fiction Writers League, editor of the anthology Future Hopes: Hopeful stories in a time of climate change, and a member of the Society of Authors’ Sustainability Committee. They work as a consultant on climate storytelling for museums, production companies, major brands and publishers, with a focus on optimism and hope. They run a Queer Writers group in Coventry.

Their books have sold over two hundred thousand copies worldwide in seven languages. The Quiet at the End of the World was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and STEAM Children’s Book Award.

Their other novels include The Next Together series, the dyslexia-friendly novella series The Watchmaker and the Duke and serialised online novel An Unauthorised Fan Treatise.

Wren’s writing has been described as ‘gripping romantic sci-fi’ by the Wall Street Journal and ‘a strange, witty, compulsively unpredictable read which blows most of its new YA-suspense brethren out of the water’ by Entertainment Weekly.

Wren was born in 1992, and has a Masters degree from the University of Nottingham, where they studied Chemistry and Physics. They have taught creative writing for Coventry University, WriteMentor, and Writing West Midlands. Their next release is Last Seen Online.



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Reviews

[David]

2nd Reading: fun to read the quirky side of Charlie. And Nick likes it too. Don't we all have our quirks? Fun quick read.

As Nick and Charlie spend more time together, Nick now sees that Charlie likes a smart, good-looking, famous academic professor that is coming to town to give a speech. Nick realizes that this speaker is not the rugby-type and feels some anxiety. Great feeling of reality in this short one.

Read online at https://tapas.io/episode/2391361 take you right to this story, embedded within the Heartstopper series.

[Shawna Finnigan]

The Ethics of Infatuation Dynamics is a cute comic set in the Hearstopper world that follows Nick and Charlie as Nick begins to feel jealous over Charlie’s celebrity crush. I loved every second of this comic. It was adorable. I also loved how this comic addressed celebrity crushes in relationships, which is something I wish more books would cover as I’ve always wondered how that impacts relationships.

[Syndi]

I know this is only part of mini comic, but I can not help it loving it. So much. The cuteness. I can not handle it. Nick is such a softie. He is also the cutest teddy bear. Or golden retriever.

5 stars

[Beenish]

5★ | that was SO CUTE! adjdjfjdhdhksss ✨ I love them both so much.

You can read it here

[Nahim]

It's always nice to read these characters, THANK YOU ALICE FOR THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT😭😭😭💖 I'M GOING TO CRY I NEED MORE SJSJSBSBS

[Lauren James]

May 2026 - I wrote this!! And I have a new book out this month! The Victors is a cosy fantasy graphic novel about a hero trying to recover from the trauma of saving the world, and deal with his new housemate - his ex-nemesis. It's a queer platonic friendship story of weird kids finding their tribe. :)



Check my social media for all my behind the scenes content - @wrenjameswriter on Instagram and Tiktok

This is now online to read!
The comic

[sarah]

one jonathan bailey heartstopper teaser and here we are

[ella]

Mini comic, but i absolutely loved it! It was really good and gave a lovely insight to Nick and Charlie’s relationship. This is where I read it: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge...

I’d definitely recommend reading this!

[bella lagatta]

All I gotta say is that I hope that Henry Maddox is in vol 5.

[maya ୨ৎ]

this book was literally this )( AND I STILL LOVE IT
is the power of alice oseman

[lucia♡]

This was just…not it.

I know it’s not written by Alice, and that much is obvious because it’s like bad fan fiction. The characters just don’t seem like themselves and the plot was so ludicrous. If the writer wanted to explore insecurity and jealousy, having Nick be jealous of his boyfriend admiring an older celebrity really wasn’t the right way to go as it was so unrealistic.

[Emily]

Stars: 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cover design: 3.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This took me like 2 minutes to read. Like all the other Heartstopper books, I loved the art. I also liked how Tao kept messing with Nick lol.

Link to ebook: https://m.webtoons.com/en/canvas/hear...

[Michaela Aisling]

Read this in 30 seconds because if the Jonathan Bailey news it’s fine

[Maliha]

this was the cutest comic strip ever???? and so funny!
we love

[mel🕯]

saw the casting, yall know i had to come find this

[isaac]

jonathan bailey.

[emma ꪆৎ]

talk mycenaean to me

[*JEN the booknerd*]

So cute!
Read it here.
https://heartstoppercomic.tumblr.com/...

[Helena13CG (Taylors version)]

ARGH i Love these short mini story’s, they’re so cutie 😋

[Talitha]

Part of the Heartstopper Mini-Comics!!

[Oshin Agarwal]

Jonathan Bailey, the man that you are.

[ally]

YAY this was the perfect way to start the morning. i missed charlie, nick, tao, and nellie so much.

[Gab]

LOS EXTRAÑE TANTO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[silas]

I missed them 🥺

[Anne Oftedahl]

You guys, this is absolute gold!
Like, the bi panic alone is just *chef's kiss*
Only thing that makes it a 4 star read instead of 5 is that I felt like it was waaaayy too short

[Zimmy W]

Demanding Zoey Deschanel make a cameo in season 2 of Heartstopper.

[LecturesdeJenn ☾]

Really cute 🥰

[Abby Salter-Christian]

CUTE

[La Luna de Eli]

Nick celoso wao

[Toriఌ]

Just…okay??