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kayleighroyston 's review for:
The Alchemy of Flowers: A Novel
by Laura Resau
To be published July 29, 2025- Thanks to Netgalley for the early ARC.
Eloise takes a chance, she's in desperate need of a change when she comes across a work advertisement in a magazine to tend to a secretive French Garden. It's magnificent, quiet, and while the rules seem a bit strange- Eloise is relieved to be there.
Eloise is enchanted, by the flowers and the company and is healing from the life she left behind. The groundskeeper is cute and they keep sneaking moments, the master of the house is strange and keeps repeating the no children rule, which Eloise can follow-until she thinks she starts seeing a small child running through the woods. Things start to shift into a magical realism kind of vibe at this point and Eloise starts looking for clarity.
It quickly becomes a found family, cozy book for awhile with some excitement at the end. Slight violence but nothing too gory.
The narration was magnificent and kept up well with the flowery writing style.
This would be a great pickup for anyone who loved the Secret Garden as a child.
Eloise takes a chance, she's in desperate need of a change when she comes across a work advertisement in a magazine to tend to a secretive French Garden. It's magnificent, quiet, and while the rules seem a bit strange- Eloise is relieved to be there.
Eloise is enchanted, by the flowers and the company and is healing from the life she left behind. The groundskeeper is cute and they keep sneaking moments, the master of the house is strange and keeps repeating the no children rule, which Eloise can follow-until she thinks she starts seeing a small child running through the woods. Things start to shift into a magical realism kind of vibe at this point and Eloise starts looking for clarity.
It quickly becomes a found family, cozy book for awhile with some excitement at the end. Slight violence but nothing too gory.
The narration was magnificent and kept up well with the flowery writing style.
This would be a great pickup for anyone who loved the Secret Garden as a child.