Eve1972
Written on Aug 15, 2010
At a Charlottesville, Virginia, boarding school, fourteen-year-old Laurel begins to realize that she shares her deceased mother's connection with flowers, but as she begins to learn their ancient language and share it with other students, she discovers powers that are beyond her control.
- ISBN10 006167298X
- ISBN13 9780061672989
- Publish Date 2 March 2010
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Collins
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384
- Language English
Reviews
ladygrey
Written on Jun 17, 2010
I am not twelve so I found the story pretty simple and the main character pretty frustrating. Though, I think fourteen year-old girls probably are that sort of frustrating so it's realistic.
I didn't particularly like the characters so I wasn't especially engaged, didn't adore her crush nearly enough for it to be romantic, wasn't enthralled by the whole flower thing (it wasn't quite magical enough or developed enough to be powerful).
But I think my twelve year old self would have liked it and easily given it 3 stars. I don't think she'd be bothered by how simple the story is and would probably like the crush and take the idea of the flower language and just run with it, because the idea of it is pretty interesting.
I liked the author's intentions a lot and think I would enjoy the result more if I were the appropriate age for the book :)