Soulmates - by David Wilson

About the Book

For fans of Lunar New Year Love Story and Pumpkinheads, David Wilson's author-illustrator graphic novel debut explores themes of life and death, the bittersweetness of first love, and the notion that perhaps your perfect soulmate is the one who helps you discover your true self.

Book Synopsis

"We may not all have premonitions of death, but Wilson's exploration of the pressures teens face is universal. A sweet, honest book with a healthy dose of creepy to round it out." --Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author of Squad and The Worst Ronin

For fans of Lunar New Year Love Story and Pumpkinheads, David Wilson's author-illustrator graphic novel debut explores themes of life and death, the bittersweetness of first love, and the notion that perhaps your perfect soulmate is the one who helps you discover your true self.

Kit is the golden boy of his small town. Captain of the football team, perfect grades, perfect relationship, perfect everything. But when his childhood best friend, Emma, mysteriously returns to town, Kit's life is thrown into turmoil.

She's the only one who knows what happened that day he fell at the cliffs--and why he woke up alone on the shore. She's also the only one who may know the truth about the strange visions he's been having--and why the people he sees in them are turning up dead.

As Kit and Emma reconnect and rekindle the past, Kit's forced to admit that things aren't as perfect as they seem. And Emma. . . well, she isn't what she seems either. Her family's been hiding a secret for generations and with Death looming over all of them, the truth can't stay buried forever.

Review Quotes

Praise for Soulmates:

"The perfect romance for readers who know that love is its own kind of magic." --Laura Ruby, two-time National Book Award Finalist and author of Bone Gap

"A sweet, honest book with a healthy dose of creepy to round it out." --Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author of Squad and The Worst Ronin

"With stunning artwork and inventive storytelling, Soulmates grabs your heart from page one and never lets go." --David Arnold, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

"Both romantic and deadly, Soulmates takes rural high schoolers on a journey of self-sacrifice and love with a twist on spectral magic." --Vanessa Montalban, author of A Tall Dark Trouble and These Vengeful Wishes

"Terrifying and indelible. It's been a while since I've read a book that made me wish it had existed when I was a teen, and Soulmates is definitely it." --Camille DeAngelis, author of Bones and All

"Sincere, moving and universal . . . Excited to see what David does next." --Matthew Erman, author of Loving, Ohio

"A poignant modern-day fable . . . Beautiful artwork, grounded characters, and a dash of magic, what's not to love?!" --Sam Prentice-Jones, author of the Arcana duology

About the Author

David Wilson is an illustrator, writer, designer, and filmmaker with an MFA from Kent State University in Visual Communication Design. He illustrated the middle-grade graphic novel Play Like A Girl, which was a 2023 Buckeye Book Award winner. When he's not working, you can find him exploring nature, skateboarding, or playing drums. He lives in Ohio with his wife and two daughters. Soulmates is his debut graphic novel as author-illustrator.