'Blossoms in Autumn' by Zidrou with art by Aimée de Jongh is a graphic novel about love at any age.

The two main characters are Ulysses, 59, who has been a widower for a while. He's just been laid off from his longtime job as a mover. He's trying to figure out what to do with his life now. He meets Mediterranea, 62, who has just lost her mother. The two hit it off and the two find out things about each other, like that Mediterranea was a nude model when she was younger, or Ulysses not liking to read because of all the heavy books he's had to read along the way.

I really liked this story of love at an older age. There are a couple weird plot turns, but I'm willing to go with that because the characters are so charming and human. The art is good. There is nudity and adult themes in this one, plus the subect of old people in love may turn away younger readers.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Thank you to the author and Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this in exchange for my open and honest review.

I am very taken by this story. Distilled down, this is a story of boy meets girl. However, it is so much more than that. The premise follows two characters who are in the autumn of their lives. The first is Ulysses. He is in his sixties and has just recently been forcibly retired. The once very active Ulysses is now at a loss about how to move on with his life. Mediterranea recently lost her mother after being her sole caretaker for the last nine months. Mediterranea runs a cheese store inherited from her father, again she is at a bit of a loss in knowing what to do at this point in her life. At a chance encounter at Ulysses sons OB/GYN office, the two of them spark a romance. The writing about romance is so on point. It isn’t forced and hackneyed. It is sweet with heat. Chemistry bubbles between them. It feels like a fresh and real love affair. Love that can blossom in the Autumn of their lives.

Graphically this is fantastic. The panels have a misty quality to them, and the characters are drawn well. The art is enough to make me want to read more of this authors work.

It is a life-affirming and wonderful love story that has a great twist of an ending and should be read. You don’t come by comics like this often.

I got an e-copy of this from Netgalley with no expectations at all. Finished it in one sitting and now I’m out of emotions, it’s a rollercoaster ride of emotions. The illustrations and colours are so on point with the characters’ moods. Especially love the panels with nothing said at all.

I don't get how this book has so many positive reviews. The first 80% was beautifully illustrated and I loved it! It was a very wholesome story about 2 people finding love at a later age. But the ending was simply digusting, I was appaled with the whole pregnancy trope. How can you even romanticise something like that? It ruined the whole book for me.

Your never to old to find someone that makes you happy or just feel alive again. That's what I mainly got from this graphic novel: new beginnings, happiness, and love.

"The body gives up faster than the soul. Time wrinkles it, wounds it, debases it...varicose veins, menopause. Time makes it a caricature. The body plays along, a good sport.

The soul though is a sore loser. It needs more time to blow the candles. It only concedes in fits and starts...through painful revelations, through a series of frights."

This is a wholesome love story of two people when they are supposed to be in the "autumn" of their lives. Blossoms in Autumn touched on our innate fear of old age and I particularly love how it was presented in the prose! This graphic novel reminds us that we can always find that silver lining to birth new meaning in our lives. This was so beautiful and I love the transition of sepia tones and the hazy quality of the art when it reached the scene when they were making love. It was just so beautiful and touching!