I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I was first drawn to Sarah Beth Durst when I saw her book The Spellshop in a Barns and Noble with those delightful purple sprayed edges. I absolutely despise deckled edges, and have refused to read books because they made the reading experience unbearable, but I really do enjoy the current trend of sprayed edges. I was intrigued by the Spellshop’s description, bought the book for my wife, and ended up reading it before she did! It was light and fun and enjoyable, so when I saw another book in the same world by the same author I immediately requested it from NetGalley as an audio eARC.
This book, The Enchanted Greenhouse, was equally delightful! It really upped the ante on one of my favorite parts of the first book, which was delightful talking plants. This book tells the story of someone referenced in the first book - the woman who magically awakened that novel’s plant sidekick - and it tells what happened to her. Because this is a romatasy, there is a romance between the protagonist and a taciturn man with hidden depths who is an excellent gardener and a pretty good baker. This book would be great to read with a cup of tea with honey on a snowy day in front of a fireplace. I really enjoyed it
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