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Rainbow! #2
Rainbow! Volume 2
Heartstopper meets Magical Boy in this heartwarming YA graphic novel full of heart, adorable illustrations, and a storyline every teenager can relate to.
Teenager Boo Meadows's story continues in this second volume! With pink hair and a very vivid imagination, Boo has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl. In reality, she has a complicated home life, work stress, school stress, and a wicked crush on the girl of her dreams.
After life became too toxic to endure, Boo has moved out of her alcoholic mother's house. Can Boo and Mimi stick together? And is dealing with Mimi's unapproving mother any better than Boo's mom?
Teenager Boo Meadows's story continues in this second volume! With pink hair and a very vivid imagination, Boo has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl. In reality, she has a complicated home life, work stress, school stress, and a wicked crush on the girl of her dreams.
After life became too toxic to endure, Boo has moved out of her alcoholic mother's house. Can Boo and Mimi stick together? And is dealing with Mimi's unapproving mother any better than Boo's mom?
320 pages, Paperback
Published May 6, 2025
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Sunny
94 books651 followersA family practice physician and Vassar graduate, Sunny was finally pushed into picking up her pen by the success of the rest of her family. Much to her amazement, she found that, by golly, she actually could write a book, and that it was much more fun than being a doctor.
As an author, Sunny has been featured on Geraldo at Large and CNBC, and has won many awards including the prestigious PRISM Award. When she is not busy reading and writing, Sunny is editing her husband’s books, literary novelist Da Chen, and being a happy stage mom for her young actor son.
As an author, Sunny has been featured on Geraldo at Large and CNBC, and has won many awards including the prestigious PRISM Award. When she is not busy reading and writing, Sunny is editing her husband’s books, literary novelist Da Chen, and being a happy stage mom for her young actor son.
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July 28, 2025
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April 12, 2025
Finished this series on WebToon & absolutely adored it!!!
April 24, 2025
AAAHHHH THIS WAS SO CUTE!!
read on webtoon because i couldn't wait to get a copy whoopsie!!
MY BABIES ARE ALL GROWN UP ❤❤
read on webtoon because i couldn't wait to get a copy whoopsie!!
MY BABIES ARE ALL GROWN UP ❤❤
June 8, 2025
OH MY GAWD!!!! THEY ARE SO SWEET!!! Also, Max just adds a cherry on top.
Everything from the colors to the characters to the story is just perfect! 😍
Everything from the colors to the characters to the story is just perfect! 😍
June 14, 2025
this is such a heartbreaking story full of hope. I adore this so so much!
CW: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content
CW: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content
July 21, 2024
Super cute :)
March 2, 2025
Review submitted to School Library Journal for publication in their upcoming SMS Fiction article.
May 18, 2025
This was such a cute continuation of this series. I loved where the story ended up going and how the overall themes were handled. I do think I enjoyed this one a little more than the first volume because it felt more developed. Definitely worth the read.
November 19, 2024
4.5!! I love this comics
June 16, 2025
*slaps book* you can fit so much queer found family into this baby
April 16, 2025
3.5 ⭐
It was cute at times and cringe at others but on an average it's a wholesome book. I liked the way everyone was supportive of everyone else. It dealt with some difficult topics and the healing process which was nice. The art is nice too.
P.S. Won an ARC via Goodreads giveaways
It was cute at times and cringe at others but on an average it's a wholesome book. I liked the way everyone was supportive of everyone else. It dealt with some difficult topics and the healing process which was nice. The art is nice too.
P.S. Won an ARC via Goodreads giveaways
March 17, 2025
This is the second and final (I think?) book in the YA graphic novel series Rainbow. It's a sweet LGBTQ+ romance, but I also find this series pretty stressful. Both teens in the book have abusive, unsupportive mothers, and it makes me really stressed! I'd kinda forgotten about that from the first book when I picked up this second, expecting something cozier. Still, a book many teen readers need.
June 22, 2025
This duology was not for me. The conflicts the characters were dealing with were far too heavy to have been dealt with in such a lighthearted manner and the development seemed to happen too quickly. I really didn’t connect with this at all.
Only saving grace is how pretty the art is. The style, the colors, everything is super appealing. Just didn’t like the storyline.
Only saving grace is how pretty the art is. The style, the colors, everything is super appealing. Just didn’t like the storyline.
May 17, 2025
At last! The second and final (?) volume of 'Rainbow!' is here!
It is more dramatic and intense than the first, but it manages to remain hopeful, heartwarming and cathartic throughout. It is realistic and harrowing, yet at the same time unrealistic and too optimistic. This is a webtoon series that has somehow masterfully balanced different tones simultaneously.
No element, no arc, no development, no character is forgotten about, and by the end, it is very satisfying. You will laugh and cry, and feel an adoring sweetness fill up in your heart, fit to bursting.
I don't want to reveal too much - it is best to go in blind and surprised. What I do want to add, however, is that Boo Meadows's imaginative tendencies are used very well here, and sparingly, perhaps more so than in the first volume (progress?). Boo - dear, wonderful, sensitive sweetheart Boo, who needs a hug on every page - has a gift. Her fantastical, active imagination is a gift, and other people recognise her for it, and want to encourage it. Help her express it in a healthy way. Make her a better, happier Boo.
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Okay, sorry, but I'm going to go back on my word already - I have to mention this slightly spoilerific scene:
A domestic argument and abuse is happening in flashback, and it is imagined by Boo as being played out by wooden puppets and manikins. The backgrounds are dark and bare throughout. I mean... wow. You don't get more unsettling and haunting than that.
It is a shame that 'Rainbow!' doesn't have much in the way of positive mother-and-daughter relationships. In fact, they are abusive, in different-yet-similar ways, there is no getting around it. Boo's mother is awful, and so is Mimi's. They are irredeemable. Even the blurb describes Boo's life as "toxic", and it ends with, "[...] is dealing with Mimi's disapproving mother any better than dealing with Boo's mom?"
But at least Clarice, the café owner and Boo's boss, happily takes on the role of a positive mum figure. She would do absolutely anything for Boo (and Mimi), and she doesn't have to be a biological mother, or a wife, to give and receive love - and comfort, support, and shelter - at 100% to those who need it. I love her. We need more people like Clarice in the world.
'Rainbow!' is about helping people in trouble, and making life more bearable for them. It is about, to make it absolutely clear, who the real victims of child abuse and gaslighting are. It is about a found family, in addition to its lovely, well developed, slow burning, realistic, naturalistic LBGTQ+ romance between Boo and Mimi.
There is also a surprise trans character - that is, the fact they've been an out trans person all along - to add to its queer representation, and it is treated as no big deal. Good. And the trans character has two dads. All the wins - all the stars - to this rainbow.
'Rainbow!' is such a good webcomic series. It is precious. It is not perfect, but then what is? Who is? The shortest, most simplified way to describe it is: "Cute yet dark".
Read both volumes, and have an enriching, beautiful, heartaching, breathtaking experience, and believe in love and hope again.
Read my review of 'Rainbow! Volume 1' here.
Similar comics: 'If You'll Have Me', and 'Heartstopper'.
Final Score: 4.5/5
P.S. There is no school content, let alone school stress, in this volume, despite what the blurb's first paragraph says. And Boo still never fights monsters as a magical girl in her daydreams.
It is more dramatic and intense than the first, but it manages to remain hopeful, heartwarming and cathartic throughout. It is realistic and harrowing, yet at the same time unrealistic and too optimistic. This is a webtoon series that has somehow masterfully balanced different tones simultaneously.
No element, no arc, no development, no character is forgotten about, and by the end, it is very satisfying. You will laugh and cry, and feel an adoring sweetness fill up in your heart, fit to bursting.
I don't want to reveal too much - it is best to go in blind and surprised. What I do want to add, however, is that Boo Meadows's imaginative tendencies are used very well here, and sparingly, perhaps more so than in the first volume (progress?). Boo - dear, wonderful, sensitive sweetheart Boo, who needs a hug on every page - has a gift. Her fantastical, active imagination is a gift, and other people recognise her for it, and want to encourage it. Help her express it in a healthy way. Make her a better, happier Boo.
...
Okay, sorry, but I'm going to go back on my word already - I have to mention this slightly spoilerific scene:
A domestic argument and abuse is happening in flashback, and it is imagined by Boo as being played out by wooden puppets and manikins. The backgrounds are dark and bare throughout. I mean... wow. You don't get more unsettling and haunting than that.
It is a shame that 'Rainbow!' doesn't have much in the way of positive mother-and-daughter relationships. In fact, they are abusive, in different-yet-similar ways, there is no getting around it. Boo's mother is awful, and so is Mimi's. They are irredeemable. Even the blurb describes Boo's life as "toxic", and it ends with, "[...] is dealing with Mimi's disapproving mother any better than dealing with Boo's mom?"
But at least Clarice, the café owner and Boo's boss, happily takes on the role of a positive mum figure. She would do absolutely anything for Boo (and Mimi), and she doesn't have to be a biological mother, or a wife, to give and receive love - and comfort, support, and shelter - at 100% to those who need it. I love her. We need more people like Clarice in the world.
'Rainbow!' is about helping people in trouble, and making life more bearable for them. It is about, to make it absolutely clear, who the real victims of child abuse and gaslighting are. It is about a found family, in addition to its lovely, well developed, slow burning, realistic, naturalistic LBGTQ+ romance between Boo and Mimi.
There is also a surprise trans character - that is, the fact they've been an out trans person all along - to add to its queer representation, and it is treated as no big deal. Good. And the trans character has two dads. All the wins - all the stars - to this rainbow.
'Rainbow!' is such a good webcomic series. It is precious. It is not perfect, but then what is? Who is? The shortest, most simplified way to describe it is: "Cute yet dark".
Read both volumes, and have an enriching, beautiful, heartaching, breathtaking experience, and believe in love and hope again.
Read my review of 'Rainbow! Volume 1' here.
Similar comics: 'If You'll Have Me', and 'Heartstopper'.
Final Score: 4.5/5
P.S. There is no school content, let alone school stress, in this volume, despite what the blurb's first paragraph says. And Boo still never fights monsters as a magical girl in her daydreams.
May 23, 2025
Volume 2 dives deeper into the story, and is much longer than volume 1. I think that helps a lot with my engagement in the story as volume 1 is quick to read and is left on a cliffhanger. Volume 2 covers the rest of the story of Rainbow! Boo and Mimi’s relationship deepens as they open up to each other about their family situations. We also learn more about Mimi’s family as well as Boo’s boss - Clarice and coworker - Milo . Both characters I love so much as they are always there for Boo and support her. I love how they become part of Boos' chosen family along with Mimi. I’m really happy with the ending of this story as it’s not the perfect fairytale ending but it’s realistic and still a happy ending for the characters! One small detail I love in this volume is the illustrations showing Boo and her mom with stretch marks! It’s small, but I just adore it! 🥰 Overall I really enjoyed reading this series and am so happy both volumes are now out. ☺️
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🏳️🌈 Rep: Lesbian coded Fat MC, Lesbian LI, Bisexual SC, FTM Trans SC, Gay SCs
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Don’t let the cute cover and illustrations fool you, this series dives into deep topics that can be triggering to some, so please check all the content warnings, if you feel you need to, before reading. 🫶
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‼️CW for Series: child neglect, child abuse, parentification of child, alcoholism, addiction, drugs, maladaptive daydreaming, physical violence, blood, hospital, misogyny, injury, verbal abuse, physical abuse, violence inflicted upon dog (dog is fine in the end!), homophobia, emotional abuse, lesbophobia, brief homelessness
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🏳️🌈 Rep: Lesbian coded Fat MC, Lesbian LI, Bisexual SC, FTM Trans SC, Gay SCs
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Don’t let the cute cover and illustrations fool you, this series dives into deep topics that can be triggering to some, so please check all the content warnings, if you feel you need to, before reading. 🫶
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‼️CW for Series: child neglect, child abuse, parentification of child, alcoholism, addiction, drugs, maladaptive daydreaming, physical violence, blood, hospital, misogyny, injury, verbal abuse, physical abuse, violence inflicted upon dog (dog is fine in the end!), homophobia, emotional abuse, lesbophobia, brief homelessness
July 6, 2025
There was more meat on the bones in this volume than in the first. The main character’s relationship really began to develop. There was some interesting back and forth about how much they can and should be relying on each other and this one relationship in the face of their traumas. Both Mimi’s desire to go all in, running away with Boo, cutting off her father, and Boo’s push back which was born more from insecure attachment and a self-destructive urge to isolate than setting reasonable boundaries, were uncomfortable to watch. I was glad to see them find a better middle ground, though I wish they could have acknowledged these tendencies in each other more. I’m left wondering how much their problems are just pushing against each other enough to happen to land them somewhere that looks stable and how much they are really healing. Regardless, I’m glad it went the route of letting the two girls find larger support systems and not the fantasy of only needing each other.
I don’t feel as if all the elements introduced were used to their fullest or resolved.
I don’t feel as if all the elements introduced were used to their fullest or resolved.
November 28, 2024
So I read this whole thing on WEBTOONs because I haven’t managed to get my hands on a copy yet. But when I do I’ll be happy to add it to my Graphic Sapphic Shelf.
The daydreaming in the beginning is a lot but I think that the point. Boo copes with life via the day dreams until she can’t anymore. That’s something I enjoyed about this - shit got real. And dark. Just like life can actually get and I enjoy seeing that reflected in stories.
There’s probably a chunk of people who won’t like this ending - and that’s okay. Fair warning if you like your endings cozy and tied up with a nice bow on it - you might not like the ending. I think it’s still worth the read. Solid 9/10 for me.
The other thing I liked about this story is that one persons struggle doesn’t make someone else’s less valid or painful. We all deal with shit. Just because someone has it worse doesn’t make yours less damaging. I loved that that truth was expressed here as well. Well done.
The daydreaming in the beginning is a lot but I think that the point. Boo copes with life via the day dreams until she can’t anymore. That’s something I enjoyed about this - shit got real. And dark. Just like life can actually get and I enjoy seeing that reflected in stories.
There’s probably a chunk of people who won’t like this ending - and that’s okay. Fair warning if you like your endings cozy and tied up with a nice bow on it - you might not like the ending. I think it’s still worth the read. Solid 9/10 for me.
The other thing I liked about this story is that one persons struggle doesn’t make someone else’s less valid or painful. We all deal with shit. Just because someone has it worse doesn’t make yours less damaging. I loved that that truth was expressed here as well. Well done.
November 15, 2025
If you liked the first volume, you’ll like this one too. I think I’m just not the target demographic.
This series deals with important, heavy topics, but I find that it does so in the most obvious, surface level ways. Everyone says either the exact wrong thing or the exact right thing. The stereotypicalness of the conflicts doesn’t make them interesting, and the constant heaviness makes the book kind of a drag to read. I liked the ending, though.
And once again, the gimmick of Boo being a character who daydreams is not all that prevalent or important. The second volume does a better job incorporating this concept than the first, but Boo still doesn’t feel like a character who daydreams noticeably more than the rest of us. Her imagination doesn’t really affect her life at all. I kind of just… don’t get it.
Still very cute art, though.
This series deals with important, heavy topics, but I find that it does so in the most obvious, surface level ways. Everyone says either the exact wrong thing or the exact right thing. The stereotypicalness of the conflicts doesn’t make them interesting, and the constant heaviness makes the book kind of a drag to read. I liked the ending, though.
And once again, the gimmick of Boo being a character who daydreams is not all that prevalent or important. The second volume does a better job incorporating this concept than the first, but Boo still doesn’t feel like a character who daydreams noticeably more than the rest of us. Her imagination doesn’t really affect her life at all. I kind of just… don’t get it.
Still very cute art, though.
June 27, 2025
Boo is an anxious teenager that has to juggle the stress of school, a job, and caring for her alcoholic mother. She uses her daydreams as an escape from her reality. When she meets Mimi, her world turns upside down and she realizes that it’s okay to live for herself. I saw myself in Boo, though our life experiences are different, it’s hard not to let the weight of the world fall on you when you’re just trying your best to make everyone happy. But, with the support of the right people, life can be so much easier and fulfilling. Such a cute story and the artwork was just wonderful. Gave me all the feels and reminded me of my teenage years and finding my self.
May 29, 2025
😍✨Awwwwww!!!!✨😍
After reading and LOVING volume 1, I couldn't wait for my library system to acquire volume 2, so I went ahead and binged it online. And I gotta say... That was a little high-stakes for a bit there. Lots and lots of triggers here: Homophobia, domestic abuse, animal cruelty, drug & alcohol abuse,, and just a few absolutely horrible people... And I will admit I wasn't sure how things could work out. But everything came together beautifully at the end, and this made me very happy. This reader is 100% satisfied!
Adorable story. Just adorable!
After reading and LOVING volume 1, I couldn't wait for my library system to acquire volume 2, so I went ahead and binged it online. And I gotta say... That was a little high-stakes for a bit there. Lots and lots of triggers here: Homophobia, domestic abuse, animal cruelty, drug & alcohol abuse,, and just a few absolutely horrible people... And I will admit I wasn't sure how things could work out. But everything came together beautifully at the end, and this made me very happy. This reader is 100% satisfied!
Adorable story. Just adorable!
October 8, 2024
I have been reading this since the first day it came out on webtoon. And it's so sad to see my sweet, adorable babies all grown up and at the end of the book. It was a wild ride with a lot of ups and downs, but Boo can make anything fun and magical!
I'm so glad they found their happy ending and that even though they went through all the bad, they not only for each other but people they can truly call family.
I'm so glad they found their happy ending and that even though they went through all the bad, they not only for each other but people they can truly call family.
June 13, 2025
This was cute, and a good follow-up to vol. 1. I do wish the imagination elements were used more in this book, though when they were there, they were nice. I also wish that the author did more with background paneling at times, as I feel like sometimes it lost me a bit. The character design as always, was nice, especially the outfits Boo gives out in her imagination. I did like where everyone ended up at the end of the story.
June 17, 2025
This book made me tear up. It was beautiful, all of the dialogue flowed so easily, I could hear as though they weren’t just characters in a book, but actual people having an actual conversation. It’s a gorgeous story with amazing art, and parts that will tug at your heartstrings in both a sad and a happy way. An amazing volume 2 to the first one, the pacing is phenomenal, and I will highly recommend this to everyone I know.
July 8, 2025
I just love the art style of this. It's so colorful and fun. The story? Heartbreaking. Boo and Mimi are both dealing with so much. I appreciate that they had each other for support, but their relationship did feel a bit rushed (though when you're dealing with that much and finally find a safe person, I understand not wanting to give that up). I think the resolution is good- happy, but also kind of bittersweet. Overall, I liked this series, but not as much as I expected.
September 4, 2025
I definitely appreciated that there's more to volume 2 than there was to volume 1 and I also appreciated the found family element to this story as well. Overall, it has heart and is very wholesome. I'm glad Boo is able to start to come into herself. She doesn't come across as quite as young by the end of this, but at least the authors didn't have to repeatedly remind me of her age this time around. I am glad that I stuck around for the finale of the duology.
September 21, 2025
Heartwarming, and heart breaking.
The relationship between the leads is a treasure. And the relation between boo and her mom is so real, raw, and heartbreaking that it hurts to read at points. But I love and appreciate the authors showed the good and the ugly. Sometimes those whom are meant to be our family choose not to be. And sometimes those who come into our lives become the family we need.
The relationship between the leads is a treasure. And the relation between boo and her mom is so real, raw, and heartbreaking that it hurts to read at points. But I love and appreciate the authors showed the good and the ugly. Sometimes those whom are meant to be our family choose not to be. And sometimes those who come into our lives become the family we need.
April 13, 2025
this is the cutest lgbtq graphic novel ever. I love the diverse characters and all of the support and love in the background from characters! except for the "bad guys" which we met in the first book it is filled with so much support and I love it and can get behind it.
April 16, 2025
3.5 ⭐
It was cute at times and cringe at others but on an average it's a wholesome book. I liked the way everyone was supportive of everyone else. It dealt with some difficult topics and the healing process which was nice. The art is nice too.
P.S. Won an ARC via Goodreads giveaways
It was cute at times and cringe at others but on an average it's a wholesome book. I liked the way everyone was supportive of everyone else. It dealt with some difficult topics and the healing process which was nice. The art is nice too.
P.S. Won an ARC via Goodreads giveaways
May 24, 2025
4.5⭐️ I enjoyed this volume much more than the first. This seems like it will be the final volume and the ending was great. This one focused on the friendships, relationships, what is healthy vs not, and coming to love someone as well as loving yourself. Very good very cute.
September 6, 2025
Amazing amazing amazing sequel!!! I loved it so much Boo was such an amazing character in this book and I loved every single outfit she wore the character development was amazing in this one and please write another!!!!
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