Reviews

Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione

msrcreation's review

5.0

Not shocked at all that this was super precious. The art is so cute and vibrant. The characters are sweet and the magic/cooking system is really interesting. The food also looked incredible and made me hungry. Adorable graphic novel.

bookrokosmos's review

emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

this was so queer and cute 🥹

sarabc's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I thought that this was a really cute story.  Magical cooking is such a fun idea and I loved the scenes when we get to see the food being prepared.

I wish it had given us more of the world instead of jumping from final to final to final with very little in between. The relationships between the characters being more fleshed out would also have been appreciated.

All in all I liked it and hope to read more from the author.

poppy31's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

bookslucyking's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

soniuz's review

emotional inspiring

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

super cute, wholesome and very well done for art, characters, plot and also worldbuilding, but I can’t give it more than 3.5 stars because of all the gender bullshit present ugh

sweetsouthwest's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

1.5

readbykatherine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

lizzyg21's review

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

becausebrenna's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Art style is cute and the queer rep was great, but the plot and pacing could have benefitted from being even 30 pages longer, so the story fell a bit flat overall.