A review by arminareads
Foxglove by Adalyn Grace

emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

π‘­π’π’™π’ˆπ’π’π’—π’† picks up right where 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂 ended. Another murder, another mystery π‘Ίπ’Šπ’ˆπ’π’‚ feels that it's her duty to solve, especially if it affects the Hawthorne family, to which she has grown very attached to. 

We are introduced to a new character this time, 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒆, who seems to cause more chaos than actually help. But once you get a bit of his background story, you make sense of his motives as selfish as they were. 

π‘©π’π’šπ’•π’‰π’† is more active in this book, she's feeling much better, and she's determined to uncover the mystery of the murder and find the culprit. I love how she just doesn't care about the whole society norms and how everyone else is fretting about finding a match this season, which is approaching to an end. However, I did wish that she was stronger in the beginning and tried to understand and communicate with π‘Ίπ’Šπ’ˆπ’π’‚ better before she started believing what she chose to. I wish π‘Ίπ’Šπ’ˆπ’π’‚ would have had a different kind of conversation with her. Because I questioned π‘©π’π’šπ’•π’‰π’†'s decisions a lot. But in the end, she proved to us that she's stronger than she seems, and I am assuming it was all part of her character development 😊. 

I love how 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 is always around, always helping and protecting π‘Ίπ’Šπ’ˆπ’π’‚, and I adore how he loves her, no pressure or selfishness. 

Once again, I lost myself in the story that the author created. Her words are so beautifully written, and it was a pleasure to my eyes to read this book. I do think that 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂 was more packed when it came to the plot, and π‘­π’π’™π’ˆπ’π’π’—π’† was a bit more drawn out, but I believe the focus may have been more on the characters this time than the actual plot, since we do get π‘©π’π’šπ’•π’‰π’†'s POV as well. Nonetheless, the story was entertaining, charming, mysterious, enjoyable, with twists and turns I did not expect. (Except maybe one, which I had a hunch about since the beginning, and it was revealed at the end). 

I am looking forward to the next book, π‘Ύπ’Šπ’”π’•π’†π’“π’Šπ’‚. I think it's going to be so much fun!