{"id":4580,"date":"2019-12-27T11:45:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2019-12-27T11:45:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T19:45:19","slug":"review-days-of-sugar-and-spice-clement-loic-and-montel-anne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/12\/27\/review-days-of-sugar-and-spice-clement-loic-and-montel-anne\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Days of Sugar and Spice &#8211; Cl\u00e9ment Lo\u00efc and Montel Anne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/49253754._SX318_.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: Days of Sugar and Spice &#8211; Cl\u00e9ment Lo\u00efc and Montel Anne\" title=\"Review: Days of Sugar and Spice &#8211; Cl\u00e9ment Lo\u00efc and Montel Anne\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>Days of Sugar and Spice<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/clement-loic\/\">Cl\u00e9ment Lo\u00efc<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/montel-anne\/\">Montel Anne<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/europe-comics\/\">Europe Comics<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> November 20, 2019 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/graphic-novel\/\">Graphic Novel<\/a> <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Rose is not a happy young woman; she is closed off and angry and she hates her job. But her life changes drastically when she inherits her father's bakery in a small town in Brittany. Returning to a place that brought her both joy and grief forces her to confront painful memories of her past and find the courage to open her heart to a new, happier life that awaits her if she will just let it. A story about new beginnings, filled with small town charm, delicious pastries and the warmth of home and friends.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07Z9M9PB2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/days-of-sugar-and-spice\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/kobo.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Kobo\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/49253754-days-of-sugar-and-spice\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/3stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0002_3-stars.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"3 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/graphic-novel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"137\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/categories_0000_graphic-novel-copy.png?fit=137%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"graphic-novel\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-12-27T19:45:19+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nFrom the description, I was expecting a French sort of Hallmark-y graphic novel with lots of delicious baked goods. 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That\u2019s not quite what this is, however.<\/p>\n<p>Estranged from her father since she was eight, Rose returns to her home village in Brittany after his death twenty years later. \u00a0She intends to sell the family bakery and go back to her life in Paris, but a series of mishaps lead to her missing her train and reconnecting with her Aunt Marronde and childhood friend Gael. After finding her father\u2019s diary, she starts to wonder how much of what her mother told her about her father was actually true, and she decides to reopen the bakery. But will running a small business in a dying village help her come to terms with her father\u2019s death, or just reopen old wounds?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4589\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-26-at-10.56.58-PM.png?resize=600%2C277\" alt=\"Days of Sugar 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rose, like her namesake, is prickly and defensive, or as she describes herself, &#8220;built on a foundation of cynicism, supported by walls of indifference.\u201d While she\u2019s not a completely awful person, she does tend to lash out at those she\u2019s closest to, like Aunt Marronde and Gael. Aunt Marronde is a humorous character, in the vein of cantankerous old woman everywhere, and Rose convinces her to stay on and continue helping her with the bakery. Gael, on the other hand, is Rose\u2019s exact opposite &#8211; as friendly as a labrador retriever and seemingly not turned off by Rose\u2019s moods and wishy washiness. While I love the \u201cchildhood friends reconnect\u201d trope, the romance between Gael and Rose, while sweet overall, moved too quickly and didn&#8217;t have quite enough substance. Rose is downright cruel to him at times, and I never felt like she sufficiently apologized or explained her actions, and for the most part, Gael just accepts that.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-26-at-7.32.37-PM.png?resize=600%2C562\" alt=\"Days of Sugar 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"562\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The romance also took away from other aspects of the book. I was hoping for more cooking goodness, like the gorgeous page showing Aunt Marronde\u2019s recipe for tomato soup, and while there\u2019s several lovely panels showing Aunt Marronde or Rose baking, there\u2019s a lot more dealing with Gael and Rose\u2019s relationship. I also wanted more exploration of Rose\u2019s relationship with her father, especially since that&#8217;s the reason she even returned to the village in the first place.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4590 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-27-at-11.40.07-AM.png?resize=600%2C426\" alt=\"Days of Sugar 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The watercolor art is sweet and matches the whimsical nature of the comic. The French village and its inhabitants are lovingly detailed, and the depictions of village life are cozy and sweet. The author and illustrator seem to especially love cats. Each chapter starts with a page from the perspective of the town\u2019s cats, for instance, which is mostly hilarious, except for when one of the cats jokes about drowning kittens in the river (?!?!).<\/p>\n<p>My main issue with the book is a particular scene from the middle of the graphic novel. It&#8217;s a very secularist French exchange between one of Rose\u2019s friends and a group of Muslim men. For lack of any other work in the village, two of the men work at the local vineyard picking grapes, which a third protests is against Islam since alcohol is forbidden. But ah, Rose\u2019s friend protests, France\u2019s social programs are funded by taxes on things like the vineyard\u2019s wine, so living in France itself would be forbidden. What? This is the sort of ridiculously pat \u201cAHA! I\u2019ve got you!\u201d argument that I expect from teenagers, and I have absolutely no idea what the purpose was including this in the book. The men are never seen again, and the friend mostly serves as a foil for Rose to talk about the various men in her life (boss, lover, or father, take your pick). I know the French prioritize separation of church and state over free speech (for instance, \u201cconspicuous\u201d religious symbols like large crosses, yarmulkes, turbans\u00a0or hijab are banned in French public schools) but from my American perspective, this crossed the line into badgering.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, while this wasn&#8217;t what I expected from the blurb, I still enjoyed it. The only thing that truly bothered me was the casual Islamophobia. 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