spousal abuse, mentions of child abuse, conversations/inner dialogues that allude to trauma

Neurodiverse characters, POC characters

Disclaimer: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Renaya Moore for this free copy.

I want to say that this book is for those that are into flowery prose. I say this because unfortunately it wasn’t something that I could get through easily. I have noticed about myself that I like prose that gets to the point with a bit of expounding here and there. I don’t even know how to describe that really. But I would recommend this book to those that do like the type of writing where the setting and the vibes are very descriptive. I may not have gotten far enough in the book to see if that ends up changing, but I got as far as I could.

I think the premise is really interesting, and again since I didn’t get through the book, I can’t speak to all of the representation that the author mentions, so I can’t speak to whether it’s accurate or not. I also don’t know what kind of POC representation is in the book at this time. Hopefully someone can expound on that.

From what I did read though, I think that it could get better the longer the books goes. I would be curious to see what others think about it, because unfortunately I’m not able to say much based on how far I did get. As the synopsis says, there was a broken promise at some point and it is deterioating the relationship between the characters. We see a part of that in the very beginning, and I don’t know if it’s because of the kind of beings they are (Florals), but the way that they speak to each other too is flowery – haha that makes sense though being florals right? It almost seems like it’s a single stream of consciousness trying to have a conversation. So while to me, I found myself struggling to follow what was going on in the minds of the characters I encountered, I believe that it would make more sense as the book goes on.

While I may not have finished the book, I do think that this book does have its readers. I hope that this book finds its way into those that will be able to appreciate it for what it is, and I hope that Moore does continue to work on this series and more books in the future.