helenid 's review for:

The Green Kingdom by Cornelia Funke

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I decided to start this over my first coffee of the day before getting to my chores. A few hours later and I've finished it, now all I want to do is plant herbs, cook and drink herbal teas!

Caspia and her parents are spending 11 weeks in Brooklyn over the Summer. On her first evening, she finds a bundle of letters containing clues to plants growing in the countries that the sender is travelling through. 

Caspia spends her days tracking down the plants, growing seedlings and eating food cooked by her mum containing the plant and making wonderful friends along the way. It is absolutely enchanting.

I loved trying to work out the plant from the clues, picturing the spice shop, flower store and Brooklyn Botanical Gardens that featured in the book. I loved that Caspia's mum would try cooking with the various plants.... Some of which blew my mind.

This book is published soon, you should pre-order it now! 

Thanks to DK and Netgalley for an e-arc, all opinions are my own.