--- title: "Review: On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden" description: Suzanne's short review of a very long graphic novel, Tillie Walden's On A Sunbeam. image: https://www.loveinpanels.com/hubfs/on-a-sunbeam.jpg --- [![LoveinPanelswhite.png](https://www.loveinpanels.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LoveinPanelswhite.png?width=640&height=225&name=LoveinPanelswhite.png "LoveinPanelswhite.png")](http://loveinpanels.com/) Search ![On a Sunbeam Cover](https://www.loveinpanels.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-a-sunbeam.jpg?height=500&name=on-a-sunbeam.jpg) **Title**: On a Sunbeam **Creators**: - [Tillie Walden](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comicsearch?creators=Tillie%20Walden) **Format**: EBook Print **Color**: Color **Romanceiness**: Definitely a Romance **Heat**: PG13 **Tags**: [queer](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comicsearch?tags=queer) [lesbian](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comicsearch?tags=lesbian) [young adult](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comicsearch?tags=young%20adult) [coming of age](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comicsearch?tags=coming%20of%20age) [flashbacks](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comicsearch?tags=flashbacks) [dual timeline](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comicsearch?tags=dual%20timeline) [space opera](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comicsearch?tags=space%20opera) **Where to Buy or Read**: [Amazon](https://amzn.to/2Dhotev) [Apple Books](https://books.apple.com/us/book/on-a-sunbeam/id1435796485?mt=11&app=itunes&at=1010lHNt) [Kobo](https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=2J8ZNsFdbgk&mid=37217&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Febook%2Fon-a-sunbeam) **Synopsis from the Creator**: ***Two timelines. Second chances. One love.*** A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together. Two girls meet in boarding school and fall deeply in love―only to learn the pain of loss. With interwoven timelines and stunning art, award-winning graphic novelist Tillie Walden creates an inventive world, breathtaking romance, and an epic quest for love. **Love In Panels' Review**: Tillie Walden has written a GIANT queer space opera that manages to be quiet and tense at the same time. The story is told in two timelines, past and present, with a corresponding color change. The worldbuilding is fascinating, with the characters traveling through space to rebuilt various historic sites. The character development is also detailed, and though it's a little hard to sink into, with so many characters and two timelines, the payoff is worth it. This book is over 500 pages, so when I say it's big? I mean it. It's sort of YA, sort of not, but it's definitely an f/f romance. # [Review: On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comics/on-a-sunbeam) [fa icon="calendar"] Apr 19, 2019 11:06:00 AM / by [Suzanne](https://www.loveinpanels.com/comics/author/suzanne) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) This is a very short review of a very long book that everyone who likes queer romance or space operas should read. 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