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Sweet Dandelion
by Micalea Smeltzer
Oh, my heart. I jumped on the Micalea Smeltzer train with no return ticket. The only place I am going is right through her backlist.
When I started the Wildflower duet I did not anticipate loving Micalea’s writing so much. It’s the taboo age gap trope that pulled me in. She has a way of writing these topics and making you feel the connections between the characters in a real and raw way. I immediately started Sweet Dandelion after finishing the Wildflower duet.
The age gap, forbidden love trope was a little more taboo in Sweet Dandelion given that Dandelion (Dani) Meadows developed feelings for her school guidance counselor, Lachlan (Mr.) Taylor. This was upping the ante and I was intrigued by how she would convince me of this relationship. She didn’t convince me, she sold me!
Dani became a victim of a school shooting where she was injured and also lost her mom. Now she is living with her brother in a new place, enrolled in a new school, and assigned to see the school guidance counselor everyday for her senior year. While it started as a little crush it grew into so much more. I will say that Lachlan in no way pursued Dani even though he did have feelings for her. I felt like it was the other way around. It was a beautiful, slow burn, risky, heartfelt, and raw story.
✨ I was immediately drawn into this book and had goosebumps from the start. For me, it wasn’t just about the love story. It was about the trauma Dani went through. I related in some ways and remember thinking, oh I know exactly how that feels. To live with a family member other than your parents, to not have your parents be apart of key milestones in your life, to not want people to ask where your parents are for fear of actually having to tell them what happened. It all felt too real. The way Micalea captured those feelings and thoughts resonated with me.
When I started the Wildflower duet I did not anticipate loving Micalea’s writing so much. It’s the taboo age gap trope that pulled me in. She has a way of writing these topics and making you feel the connections between the characters in a real and raw way. I immediately started Sweet Dandelion after finishing the Wildflower duet.
The age gap, forbidden love trope was a little more taboo in Sweet Dandelion given that Dandelion (Dani) Meadows developed feelings for her school guidance counselor, Lachlan (Mr.) Taylor. This was upping the ante and I was intrigued by how she would convince me of this relationship. She didn’t convince me, she sold me!
Dani became a victim of a school shooting where she was injured and also lost her mom. Now she is living with her brother in a new place, enrolled in a new school, and assigned to see the school guidance counselor everyday for her senior year. While it started as a little crush it grew into so much more. I will say that Lachlan in no way pursued Dani even though he did have feelings for her. I felt like it was the other way around. It was a beautiful, slow burn, risky, heartfelt, and raw story.
✨ I was immediately drawn into this book and had goosebumps from the start. For me, it wasn’t just about the love story. It was about the trauma Dani went through. I related in some ways and remember thinking, oh I know exactly how that feels. To live with a family member other than your parents, to not have your parents be apart of key milestones in your life, to not want people to ask where your parents are for fear of actually having to tell them what happened. It all felt too real. The way Micalea captured those feelings and thoughts resonated with me.