Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC.

This book is an interesting combination of a novel and a comic; it was fantastic. The story follows our protagonist, Sarah Huxley, as she navigates her relatively new life in Paris while meeting a faithful friend named Ping along the way. It is a realistic and beautiful portrait of love, the hardships of life, and acceptance.

One of my favorite things about this book was the beautiful watercolor art style. As an artist myself, I found this book to be really inspiring, the expressive art style and bold strokes spoke to me. the visual storytelling is really interesting too. an example could be the translation text bubbles blended into the actual text bubbles towards the end, indicating the language is not foreign to them anymore.

overall I loved this book!

This was very cute! It was definitely a slow burn but I liked these characters and the art style a lot, especially the way the languages are depicted. Very much a casual read

Oh how I adored this book! Sarah and Ping had such a journey that felt so real, emotional, and lovely to read. I was happy to see their story end the way it did and wow, I look forward to so much more from this author. I expect this to be on my favorite end of the year list.

Such rich and unique visuals give supplementary texture to a story of two people determined to connect even when separated by language barriers. Truly loved the search for an authentic connection at a time in your life when you should feel like you have it all, but are left feeling empty and lonely. Absolutely devoured these two main characters and the innate thoughtfulness that they have for each other. The self deprecating humor evolving into earnest conversations and internal thoughts was divine and true to the journey of self discovery.

What a sweet, slow-burn love story! An Englishwoman and a woman from Hong Kong start as awkward acquaintances, both living out of their elements in Paris. As Sarah starts learning Cantonese, she and Ping form a friendship through a mix of English, French, and Cantonese, and eventually realize they feel more than friendship for each other. The shift from friends to lovers could have been expanded on more - both women talk about not having boyfriends, but internal or external explorations of queer identity are missing. Obviously not a necessity for a queer story, but it would have been nice to know if this was a new revelation of identity or not.

The overlapping words and translations makes the dialogue reading take a bit more effort, but the art style is loose and expressive, capturing the emotional world of living in foreign places.

A cute and loving story about finding love and being yourself
In Love Languages we follow Sarah in Paris. She moved here for her new job. You get sucked into the feelings of Sarah through images and colors used in the book. Than one day she meets Ping. You walk through their journey together. This graphic novel shows that even though there might be a languages barrier, love and friendship is a languages on it's own. It's a beautiful messages and it gave me all the right feels. The art is lovely and just fit with this story. There is brilliant use of color to show emotions and circumstances. It definitely is a must read for all.

Omg this is SUCH a lovely queer graphic novel romance!! The author did such a good job of capturing this budding romance and how the characters start to speak each others languages. I love how the illustrations give everyone such LIFE as well. Highly recommend!!

I loved the book.
From the characters as individuals, to the slow way they get to know each other, the spectacular way the speech bubbles were written and demonstrated and the story. I loved these details, they made the book and demonstrated the grow understanding between the to characters very well.
I liked that each character had their own things to deal with, but they still managed to not put it over the relationship they were creating. The development of the story was fantastic!!
Furthermore, the drawings with the line and the watercolors adapt perfectly to the story, create and give the story its own tone. And they highlight the characters and their feelings about the things they are dealing with.
I loved it and recommend it. Super fantastic!!

I loved this! The watercolor artwork was different and original. The story was good, and as someone who utterly failed to learn other languages it was relatable and interesting. I particularly liked some of the creative ways they used the speech bubbles to demonstrate how the characters were understanding the languages; at first you saw the original words and the translations beside it (indicating how the character was thinking) and over time they blended together until you could tell the character was simply speaking the language without the extra steps. I liked it a lot to be honest; graphic novels are at their best when the visual element is used to aid in the storytelling and this one was a perfect example of how to do that.

I always have a hard time giving graphic novels a rating. The story wasn’t the deepest or most compelling thing I have read, but that’s often the case with graphic novels. The artwork however was brilliant.

My Rating: “B”
Converted Rating: 4-Stars

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a free ARC. This honest review was left voluntarily.

A beautiful cosy love story, with stunningly simple art work which stands outs.

The most simplest but beautiful love story between two character who find each other when they needed each other and it went from friendship to love.

The books I needed to help kick off my reading this year!

Special thanks to NetGalley and IDW publishing for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. It was incredibly sweet, the characters were relatable, and the romance was compelling (but a bit underdeveloped in my opinion). The story starts of with a layout that is hard to read, but I think the layout does a great job showing the difficulty the mc has with the multitude of languages around her.

This was an entertaining read! The characters were interesting, I enjoyed the art style and the ending was well done. My favourite part of the novel were the little speech bubbles that changed with the relationship that formed between the main characters.

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for this Arc!

This graphic novel is very sweet and explores the relationship between two of the main characters. I’m a beginner in French and as I read I came to the realization I understood some of what was being said, which I felt as if I related to protagonists of this graphic novel.

I do wish it was longer and we could see how Ping felt as the story went, however it’s still such a beautiful piece.

Now the graphics were so pretty, you can definitely notice the shift in colors and it ties it very well with the story.

*very cute queer lesbian love story about Sarah in paris meeting ping
*loved the art style. A lot of colors when shes with ping and blue when at the office. Also the language when shes at the office is SO boring with technical words. Which is very purposeful and reflective of the job
*made me want to dive back into my spanish practice

This was so cute! I love the mix of languages through out but still in English for us to follow. I think my favorite though was when it became one language and you could tell it was the characters truly understanding each other, not just in language either. The art work was beautiful. I absolutely love this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and IDW Publishing for the e-arc!

Love Languages follows Sarah Huxley as she moves from London to Paris. Unexpectedly, she encounters Ping Loh, and these two form a connection through shared experiences. The artwork of this book was vibrant compared to the story's tone, which is interesting. The story was done well and the use of language was a great touch. I would recommend checking this out when it is published.

A very sweet romance between two foreigners living in Paris.
A fun and light art style, sweet characters. Loved the multi-lingual patchwork Sarah and Ping spoke to each other with.

Wish it was longer, really explored more of the relationship between them, but it was still a very soft and lovely read.

This was a cute and wholesome story that explored themes of love and friendship overcoming language barriers.

This was such a sweet quick read! This graphic novel follows two women who have moved to France for work, both learning French who dive in to a fast friendship. Ping was such a lovely character, she was so full of joy and smiles. I found Sarah, who is our main character, a bit dry at points but I felt that the struggles of moving to a country where you don't know much of the language came across well through her. I really related to the struggle to understand fluently - I often feel this with my Polish in-laws, picking up the odd few words but not understanding enough to engage!
The illustrations throughout were vibrant and full of life. I particularly liked how Albon managed to depict multiple languages in the same sentence while still making the text legible and engaging.
*Spoiler*
I felt that the romance sort of came from nowhere. I knew going in to the book that there was an element of sapphic romance but it took me by surprise and I think I would have rated this higher if it was easier to anticipate? It just didn't feel like it flowed with the narrative as easily as Ping & Sarah's friendship.

I enjoyed the book. I especially enjoyed the scenic pictures of Paris. Which reminds me fondly of my trips there.. I did find all the languages both intriguing and confusing and overwhelming.

Thank you, NetGalley for the digital arc of this book.