Season of Roses

(…) around female football, “Season of Roses” is the book about girls that all boys should read.
Henrique Raposo, Expresso newspaper, 5/12/2022

By putting at centre stage a group of teenage girls confronting a sexist environment, the author speaks about female emancipation, solidarity, and transition to adulthood.
Norine Raja, Vanity Fair

Chloé Wary, with an eagle eye, captures not only the differences and inequality between the sexes, but also the tumultuous nature of adolescence, with Barbara’s room containing it all: hormonal rage, the discovery and explosion of one’s body, and the cold, stormy relationship between Barbara and her mother.
Pedro Miguel Silva, Deus Me Livro, 23/09/2020

An engaging and colourful book about youth and the suburbs.
Vincent Brunner, Les Inrockuptibles

A book which manages to pluck at the many affective and emotional chords that accompany our path through life.
Sara Figueiredo Costa, Expresso newspaper, 7/09/2020

Allusions to an absent father (…), to a difficult mother-daughter relationship, to a romance with a player on the male team, to frustrations and to fears. The author weaves together all these moments within a landscape which, although fictitious (…), is recognisably that of Parisian suburbs (…). Season of Roses is a homage to that space and to the people who give it life, to their hopes and disappointments.
José Marmeleira, Público newspaper, 27/07/2020

Finding out the result of the match and its consequences will depend on whether one takes up the challenge of reading this book, aware that the time for fairytales has long since passed, though the ability to dream remains, even when one lives in the suburbs and one’s reality is full of crises and populism.
F. Cleto e Pina, Jornal de Notícias newspaper, 31/08/2020

It is editorial endeavours such as this one which guarantee that a real contribution is made to bringing diverse voices and broadened access to comics in Portugal. (…)
A frank, direct book which is genuine in its receptivity, with the verve of adolescence – its natural home.
Pedro Moura, Ler BD blog, 20/07/2020