A review by unchainedreader
Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

2.0

A bizarre black plant has started growing and Anaya's community has become very apprehensive. Anaya's strange allergies along with Petra's water allergy seem to be dissipating with the appearance of this plant. Anaya's and Petra's connection to these strange plants strengthens as the novel continues. They soon learn that they are immune to the dangers of these plants. They are then recruited to help save the planet from being overtaken by these plants.

I was pretty excited to read this book because I have really enjoyed Oppel's work in the past so this was a disappointment to say the least. The characters were poorly developed and hard for anyone to get attached to, and parts of the plot line were pretty far-fetched. This is a generous two stars.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.