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    Flowerheart
    Flowerheart
    Flowerheart
    Audiobook9 hours

    Flowerheart

    Written by Catherine Bakewell

    Narrated by Morag Sims

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    “Flowerheart is like a garden in full bloom: vibrant and sweet, whimsical and wondrous.” —Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic

    Perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Tamora Pierce, this stand-alone YA debut is a cozy, cottagecore fantasy romance about a girl with powerful and violent magic that she must learn to control—or lose everything she loves. 

    Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poisonous flowers to bloom in her father’s chest.

    The only way to heal him is to cast an extremely difficult spell that requires perfect control. And the only person willing to help is her former best friend, Xavier, who’s grown from a sweet, shy child into someone distant and mysterious. 

    Xavier asks a terrible price in return, knowing Clara will give anything to save her father. As she struggles to reconcile the new Xavier with the boy she once loved, she discovers how many secrets he’s hiding. And as she hunts for the truth, she instead finds the root of a terrible darkness that’s taken hold in the queendom—a darkness only Clara’s magic is powerful enough to stop. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 14, 2023
    ISBN9780063214651
    Flowerheart
    Author

    Catherine Bakewell

    Catherine Bakewell is a writer, artist, and opera enthusiast. She has lived in Spain and in France, where she romped through gardens, ate pastries, and worked on her novels. She is also the author of We Are the Song and the bestselling Flowerheart, and you can find her at catherinebakewell.com.

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    Reviews for Flowerheart

    4/5

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a beautiful debut, perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Allison Saft. Flowerheart is a cottagecore fantasy romance that immerses readers in its pages. The book offers a queernormative world inspired by the Victorian era, with a bisexual main character and discussions of mental health. While some reviewers found the main character whiny and felt there was poor character development, others enjoyed the cute standalone story and the magic setting. Overall, Flowerheart is recommended for those who enjoy flowers, teenage angst, and romance.

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    • 3/5
      I kind of wish there was a readable version of it, is this a graphic novel??? Pleaseeee
    • 2/5
      El concepto está interesante y el establecimiento del mundo tiene mucho potencial, pero la trama no me entretuvo como esperaba
    • 4/5
      It's cute. Little stand alone about a girl who is learning to control her magic
    • 4/5
      A beautiful debut. It's perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Allison Saft.

      Flowerheart is a cottagecore fantasy romance that had me completely immersed in its pages. The vibes in this book are something else. There's magic in the pages of Flowerheart and that is a great point in favor of Catherine's pen. Although it is a world inspired by the Victorian era, we found a world that is queernormative. It makes me very happy to find more and more queer fantasy books set in worlds without any prejudice towards queer people.

      I loved Clara, she is a character that grows a lot throughout the book. Also, this book has bisexual rep and here we love a bi main character.

      If you like flowers, teenage angst, romance, discussions of mental health and a beautiful and magic setting you need to give this book a try.
    • 1/5
      Main character is winey, poor character development. It’s a nice concept but you are thrown into this world with little to no knowledge of the magic in this world. And still at the end don’t really understand how this world came to be.

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