I would recommend to those who enjoy sweet books about family and falling in love and don’t mind GLBT content. I loved a lot of the elements around baking, family, and love that featured in this book. I enjoyed both the illustration and the story a lot.Overall this was a wonderful, feel good graphic novel about finding your way and falling in love. The illustration was unique, fun to look at, and easy to follow. Hector is another amazing character and the pure joy he brings to the bakery is fun to watch. Ari can be annoying at times but he is also very sincere.

I loved all the baking in here and the way that Ari’s family interacts. Hector absolutely loves baking and having Hector around might be even better for Ari than he knows.This was a very cute, funny, and sweet book about Ari trying to figure out what he wants out of life. This ended up being a sweet, engaging, and heartfelt read that I enjoyed a lot.Ari desperately wants to move to the city with his band, but his dad desperately needs Ari’s help to keep the family bakery going Ari decides to hire a replacement to help his dad, after a bunch of absolutely awful interviews he meets Hector. 'This is the best kind of romantic tale: innocent and unfussy, yet overwhelming. I have wanted to read this graphic novel for some time and was excited to see it at the library. 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.

Bloom by Kevin Panetta