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Love can make plants thrive!!!! This was a cute, quick listen that was just perfect to enjoy while working outside. It had lots of cute romance with struggles to make it a bit more interesting. It didn't have any of the embarrassing sexual situations that would have me running to the iPod to skip before little ears heard. The story gave insight into the how the rift is growing, influencing those around it. League is bringing more people to the Bayou while other people are moving to the area as well. You know there is more love and adventure coming. YAY!!!

Oh and can I just say that listening to Amanda Ronconi narrate Molly Harper's books never gets old.

7/1/2019 Listened to this audio again but this time with the husband during a coastal trip. We laughed so hard we missed our turnoff.

04/12/2020 The ebook became available and I had to buy it. There is nothing better than reading the words the author put to paper. It always makes the book more special.

inkfire's review

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4.0

Interesting characters, fascinating worldbuilding, and a fun little romance. I was a little confused about the use of the word "huldr" to describe a tree nymph, but the in-story reasons for the misconception were enough to satisfy me, for sure. :)

I'd recommend a minimum age of 16 for readers, as there is more profanity and discussions of physical intimacy than I'm really comfortable with.

This story reminded me in tone of a combination of Ben Aaronovitch's Peter Grant books if they ran into Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series and picked its pockets.

mellhay's review

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3.0

This is a novella and short audio book. There's a new person arriving to town. She's drawn here by the pull of the rift that she's felt for years and is now ready to settle here. Along with starting her dairy farm to create and open her own creamery. Everyone's excited to have GOOD ice cream in town!

This story is of Ingrid as she moves to town and tries to avoid the League employees as she doesn't trust them. But, there's one man who keeps popping up, Rob Aspern. He seems sincere but he works for the League...

I didn't feel the connection for Ingrid at first as she arrived in Mystic Bayou. I thought it was going to be hard as an outsider who's not big on interaction to have a shop...but the dragons do it. She had such a strong distrust of the League, and made me wonder about how things were going to work out. Then, I couldn't see how any relationships, friend or lover, was going to blossom for her.

Then at the second half of the book, things shifted. Events lead Ingrid to start to open up to people in friendships, and potentially more. They find their way through mishaps and misunderstandings. The people they are shine through true in those moments.

There's no smexy time in this novella. But it's a sweet start.

pinakamataas's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

Not bad, just also not good. If you’ll attempt a super short novella then give it some logical progression. Ingrid/Rob in the beginning made sense. At the end they made sense. But the jump in the middle was just impossible. She was super weary of him still 70% in, it felt like it would be impossible they’d end up together.