A review by thischarmingreader
Where You're Planted by Melanie Sweeney

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

✨ARC Review✨

🌿 Ahhh! This was just what I needed. I’ve been reading so many good contemporary romances lately and it’s lighting me up. The real world is a mess and I’m craving these happily ever afters. 

🌿 We begin with Tansy rescuing two birds from the library where she works DURING a hurricane. As she’s leaving, a man comes and scolds her, but also helps her get out of the parking lot. She goes home to her daughter and elderly neighbor and hours later, they need to be rescued. And lo and behold, the same scolding man from the library is in his boat rescuing people. She continues to be embarrassed about finding herself in situations where she needs rescuing. 

🌿 Four months later: Tansy’s library is still out of commission, but instead of closing the branch, Tansy convinces the commissioner to find them another temporary location. And boy does he! Only in the botanic gardens where surly, scolding man works. His name is Jack, by the way. 

🌿 Jack and Tansy are argumentative from the jump. Tansy still reeling from everything the hurricane took from her and her daughter and too proud to ask for help. Jack too cutoff from emotions due to his past. But do they simmer? Oh yeah. They simmer. Until their attraction boils over. 

🌿 Tansy’s pride is almost too much to take sometimes. I get it to an extent, but sometimes you have to put that sh1t away for the benefit of your child. And speaking of her Briar: I adore Jack’s bonding with her. It made me a gelatinous gooey mess. 

🌿 Highly recommended for lovers of nature, libraries, lumbersnacks, and found family! 

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