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A review by sophs_mood_reading
Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Cottage core, witchy, YA novel. Clara is failing at becoming a witch because her powers are crazy, wild, down right dangerous & yet could also result in Clara opening a florist if need be.
When she accidentally curses her father (more flowers, poisonous ones) she finds the only person who will help is her estranged best friend/childhood love the ever angsty Xavier.
Xavier had changed from the boy she knew, he’s distant, grumpy and clearly hiding something and in return for his help demands a high price.
The story not so subtly focuses on the issue of depression in society, how sufferers seek any cure they can find and how little aid their may be. It was a strange theme to run through a cottage core fantasy and at sometimes seemed forced. Such as our main FMC having “melancholy” for one whole day and therefore can suddenly commiserate and understand the blight of other sufferers.
I did enjoy the LGBTQI inclusion throughout the book which is a welcome inclusion in these types of novels.
When she accidentally curses her father (more flowers, poisonous ones) she finds the only person who will help is her estranged best friend/childhood love the ever angsty Xavier.
Xavier had changed from the boy she knew, he’s distant, grumpy and clearly hiding something and in return for his help demands a high price.
The story not so subtly focuses on the issue of depression in society, how sufferers seek any cure they can find and how little aid their may be. It was a strange theme to run through a cottage core fantasy and at sometimes seemed forced. Such as our main FMC having “melancholy” for one whole day and therefore can suddenly commiserate and understand the blight of other sufferers.
I did enjoy the LGBTQI inclusion throughout the book which is a welcome inclusion in these types of novels.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Drug use
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Abandonment