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A review by megan_bbender
Blossom by Helen Hardt
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
For the most part, this series has been super easy to read and it’s remained enjoyable throughout. I really enjoyed the first and second book so I had super high hopes for the third one however I feel like this one fell really flat. Unfortunately, it wasn’t anywhere near as exciting as the other books were.
While I can understand that not everyone reads these books for the plot in between, I personally enjoy the smaller details and plot development. When I was reading, I often found myself saying “when am I gonna get to the good part” and unfortunately, it never really came. I unfortunately found myself getting bored throughout this book versus the other two had my full undivided attention throughout.
Not only did this book seem very similar to the second one in terms of storyline but there’s about 50 pages of the two main characters just eating an eight course meal together and then about another hundred pages of them just touring New Orleans, in my opinion, not really doing anything interesting as if I wanted to know everything about New Orleans history, then I would’ve picked up a different book.
I also feel like there’s not the same chemistry between these two as there was in the previous books I still did like their relationship, but it was different and I think I prefer the other tropes more.
In all honesty, save your money and skip the third book. There’s no continuation of the story from the first two books, so I truly don’t think it’s important to read the third one. With that being said, this was my first Helen Hardt series and I did enjoy it, so I will be looking for her books in the future.
The more that I think about, the more I realize that this third book is just all recycled ideas, it's as if all the ideas in the first two books were combined to create this third one. For example, the two characters are scared to fall in love because of their past, the man gets hurt and ends up in the hospital, the one character has a family member die in a car crash, the falling in love in a short period of time, the very abrupt ending of them getting engaged during a scene, and more. It seems like not a lot of effort or originality was put into this book.
While I can understand that not everyone reads these books for the plot in between, I personally enjoy the smaller details and plot development. When I was reading, I often found myself saying “when am I gonna get to the good part” and unfortunately, it never really came. I unfortunately found myself getting bored throughout this book versus the other two had my full undivided attention throughout.
Not only did this book seem very similar to the second one in terms of storyline but there’s about 50 pages of the two main characters just eating an eight course meal together and then about another hundred pages of them just touring New Orleans, in my opinion, not really doing anything interesting as if I wanted to know everything about New Orleans history, then I would’ve picked up a different book.
I also feel like there’s not the same chemistry between these two as there was in the previous books I still did like their relationship, but it was different and I think I prefer the other tropes more.
In all honesty, save your money and skip the third book. There’s no continuation of the story from the first two books, so I truly don’t think it’s important to read the third one. With that being said, this was my first Helen Hardt series and I did enjoy it, so I will be looking for her books in the future.
Content Warnings
Minor: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent