This is a graphic novel, but it's 368 pages long.... and I'm just going review like a regular book. Graphic novels deserve love too!!! Especially when they're such a rich and vital part of my reading tapestry.
An amazon summary, "Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band―if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom . . . that is, if Ari doesn’t ruin everything.
Writer Kevin Panetta and artist Savanna Ganucheau concoct a delicious recipe of intricately illustrated baking scenes and blushing young love, in which the choices we make can have terrible consequences, but the people who love us can help us grow." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
Ari is in a band and has big plans to move away from his family bakery to make it big in the city! But, he has to find someone to take his place at this family's bakery first... if his Dad will agree to hiring someone else. His friends in the band are mostly good, but there's one that's kind of... assertive in the joking realm. Anyways. After Ari posted a few flyers around town to look for someone, to replace him, they had a few characters show up who weren't exactly what they were looking for.
Hector comes to town in the wake of his nana's death to stay at her place and slowly clear it out over the summer. He loves to bake and when he hears about the position at Ari's family bakery, he applies. He starts working there with Ari to learn the ropes, and the two become fast friends. Love is lurking in the air, but Ari kind of needs to get his head in the game.
That's enough summary.
This was such a cute, fun, romance, and coming of age story all rolled into one fantastic comic/graphic novel thing. So, I kind of adored it.
However, I did get a little annoyed at Ari because of a particular incident in the bakery and his reaction to Hector (read the book to find out). It's authentic to his character, but I was still very super frowny face at it.
The art is gorgeous, and the family and friends elements felt authentic. The town was characterized so well, and a lot of it had the awkward flairs of youth.
It was pretty delightful.
Happy reading!
Ari is in a band and has big plans to move away from his family bakery to make it big in the city! But, he has to find someone to take his place at this family's bakery first... if his Dad will agree to hiring someone else. His friends in the band are mostly good, but there's one that's kind of... assertive in the joking realm. Anyways. After Ari posted a few flyers around town to look for someone, to replace him, they had a few characters show up who weren't exactly what they were looking for.
Hector comes to town in the wake of his nana's death to stay at her place and slowly clear it out over the summer. He loves to bake and when he hears about the position at Ari's family bakery, he applies. He starts working there with Ari to learn the ropes, and the two become fast friends. Love is lurking in the air, but Ari kind of needs to get his head in the game.
That's enough summary.
This was such a cute, fun, romance, and coming of age story all rolled into one fantastic comic/graphic novel thing. So, I kind of adored it.
However, I did get a little annoyed at Ari because of a particular incident in the bakery and his reaction to Hector (read the book to find out). It's authentic to his character, but I was still very super frowny face at it.
The art is gorgeous, and the family and friends elements felt authentic. The town was characterized so well, and a lot of it had the awkward flairs of youth.
It was pretty delightful.
Happy reading!
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