Finished reading Harley Quinn: Joker Loves Harley, continuing the DC Rebirth series as writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti makes Harley's love life the centre of the book as she has to deal with her current and former relationships. The book opens with Harley taking Poison Ivy to the Bahamas, where they meet up with Sy Borgman after being recommended to have a holiday from a local fast food restaurant owner who is acting as a therapist to Harley. The next story sees Harley dealing with the revaluation of Ivy's view on moving in with her leads to Harley to try and cheer herself up by going to the roller derby where she finds herself against Bertha, the skater Harley was against in one of her earlier adventures. The main story of the book sees the Joker reappearing in Harley's life once again in hope to win Harley back which causes multiple problems as Harley had already told the Joker that she was done with his, Red Tool becomes jealous and fears for Harley's safety while the Joker might not be how he saids he is. The final story is set at Christmas as Harley and Red Tool head to the nearest department store to see Santa only for him not to turn up and causing hysteria with the children and Harley who finds herself getting knocked out and having a dream like adventure to find and save Santa. Overall this was a great book as it brings a lot of focus on continuing to develop Harley as a character as her relationships take centre stage from her heart being broken by what Poison Ivy said and the sudden appearance of the Joker back into her life also make for great stories. The book also does a great job in how it references previous stories for this series and the one that preceded it as it catches up readers who haven't read the previous series while also rewarding for long time readers. Additionally the comedy that is woven into the book is great with the interactions between characters and also helps to bring some levity into some more serious moments. The art throughout the book works hand in hand with each other with the art changing as the stories change. 8/10.
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