Thursday, October 22, 2026

Review: "Sunflowers and Lavender" by Maisy Valais

Sunflowers and Lavender by Maisy Valais
Sunflowers and Lavender by Maisy Valais
Published April 2026 via Yellow Jacket
★★★


Very cute, very fluffy YA story about two girls who experience a combination of infatuation at first sight and inability to act elegantly upon that infatuation. I picked this up as part of my trawl through my library's graphic novel collection (sometimes one is in a mood, and sometimes that mood is graphic novel), and why yes, since you asked, I did pick this one largely based on the cover.

As established, it's very cute; it's also extraordinarily thin on plot, with little happening other than the girls seeing each other, becoming incoherent, and falling all over themselves to fail to ask the other one out. I enjoyed the read (manga lovers in particular will appreciate the art), but it also felt like something that could be a long-running, high-energy, low-plot comic strip with significant soap-opera vibes...and while that can be great in the right circumstances, I'm not sure it's one I'd keep reading.

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Review: "Sunflowers and Lavender" by Maisy Valais

Sunflowers and Lavender by Maisy Valais Published April 2026 via Yellow Jacket ★★★ Very cute, very fluffy YA story about two girls who exper...