Tori's story was actually what kicked off the Heartstopper universe when Alice Oseman released the novel Solitaire. The story follows Tori as she meets Michael for the first time and her world turns upside down as they try to uncover one of the biggest mysteries at school: who is behind the mysterious Solitaire.

Season 3 of Heartstopper finally hit Netflix as part of the 2024 TV Schedule, and despite my aversion to binge-watching, I managed to stream all eight episodes in just two sittings. As an adult fan of the show,

Heartstopper season three is the dark chapter of Nick and Charlie's romance and it's painfully beautiful. In the run-up to the release of season three the Heartstopper cast and crew have been teasing a much more mature tone for the show's third outing, and fans would be wrong to underestimate them.

From the show’s more “grown up” handling of sex and mental illness to its surprisingly blunt handling of transphobia in the British press, Alice Oseman dishes on the new season.