A Smile Like Yours by Emily Thomas
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A university freshman with face blindness navigates friendship, anxiety, and first love in this heartfelt queer YA graphic novel. Sweet, emotionally honest, and beautifully illustrated, A Smile Like Yours explores disability, identity, and learning to truly see the people who matter most.
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A Smile Like Yours
by Emily Thomas
Illustrated by Emily Thomas
Paperback | ISBN: 152531145X
Tender, heartfelt, and beautifully observant, A Smile Like Yours is a charming queer YA graphic novel about first love, disability, and learning how to truly recognize the people who matter most.
Starting university is intimidating enough without face blindness.
Rhys Moore has spent years developing careful strategies to navigate life with prosopagnosia, a neurological condition that makes it difficult to recognize and remember faces. In familiar environments, those coping mechanisms mostly work. But entering university means confronting an overwhelming flood of strangers, unfamiliar routines, and social anxiety that threatens to leave Rhys isolated before he has even begun.
Then he meets Malcolm.
Kind, patient, and emotionally intuitive, Malcolm offers Rhys something increasingly rare: comfort without judgment. As their friendship deepens into something more meaningful, Rhys slowly begins opening up about the challenges of living with face blindness and the fear of constantly misunderstanding the people around him.
But university life is messy, emotional, and unpredictable. Between changing friendships, mental health struggles, identity exploration, and the pressure of independence, Rhys must learn that connection is not about perfect certainty. It is about vulnerability, trust, and allowing yourself to be truly seen.
Written and illustrated by Emily Thomas, this debut graphic novel combines warm artwork, emotional honesty, and authentic disability representation into a deeply relatable coming-of-age story. Blending queer romance with thoughtful explorations of neurodivergence, self-acceptance, and young adulthood, A Smile Like Yours captures both the awkwardness and exhilaration of first love with remarkable tenderness.
Perfect for fans of Heartstopper, Bloom, and emotionally grounded LGBTQ+ graphic novels, A Smile Like Yours is a sweet, compassionate story about finding connection in a world that often feels difficult to read.
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