
Characters, some queer, are portrayed with varying skin tones and body types. Employing delicate linework and soft, pastel coloring, Stirling’s understated art reveals a world brimming with memorable fantastical touches-such as techno-magical phone assistants Stella and Wobble, and Laurie’s woes over earning his broom flying license-adding charm and playfulness to this joyful volume. Summary: In a very special town, there’s an even more unusual bakery with a selection of baked treats hand-crafted to help your dreams come true. In a very special town, there’s an even more unusual bakery with a selection of baked treats. Ray, a young seer struggling with her powers, discovers first love and friendship in her town’s magic bakery. Together, they discover more about who they are and what they want, and grow as a couple, learning to balance each other’s personal and professional dreams. Falling in love just got sweeter in this charming, romantic YA graphic novel from WEBTOON, the 1 digital comic platform. Ray, who has always avoided pursuing relationships because her power often reveals more than her partners are willing to share about themselves, tentatively accepts hopeless romantic Laurie’s advances, but their respective insecurities and divergent goals challenge the relationship. There, she meets barista and aspiring musician Laurie, who invites Ray on a date. Brown-skinned, teenage Ray, a Seer gifted with the ability to reveal hidden truths, frequents Marigold’s Bakery-whose magic-infused pastries help consumers manifest things such as confidence-to indulge in their signature pastry, Romance. Stirling’s romantic debut, based on the creator’s webcomic, adeptly blends love and magic on the precipice of change. Danie Stirling is the creator of the webcomic Crumbs (Etch/Clarion Summer 2022).
