Language: G (2 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG (some kissing on page); Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Sofia is in her last year of high school and she doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life post-graduation. What she does know is that her workaholic mother has been emotionally absent since her beloved grandmother’s death. If Sofia can learn to recreate some of her grandmother’s cherished recipes, maybe she can reconnect with her mother, and figure out her life plan. So Sofia enlists the help of her serious & studious classmate, Anna Marie, to teach her how to cook better. As the weeks fly by, Sofia and Anna Marie get closer together, but will the looming life changes tear them apart before they have a chance to even get started?
This is a very sweet, relatable YA graphic novel, perfect for anyone who has ever felt 'left behind' while the rest of the world moves on. I thought Sofia's desire to learn how to cook to recapture fond memories of her deceased grandmother helped give the story some necessary emotional depth. I also liked seeing their relationship develop authentically over the months cooking together in Anna Marie's family restaurant. Most readers are going to love the opposites-attract trope, but overall, this is a darling, slow burn sapphic romance, perfect for high school readers. While ethnicity is never explicitly addressed in the book, Sofia looks biracial in the illustrations.
Reviewer: Kiera Beddes, ELA teacher, #bookswithbeddes
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