Book Review: Petal Plucker by Iris Morland
- Kristen Lewendon
- Apr 7, 2019
- 2 min read
The Flower Shop Sisters Book 1
The man I hate might be the first one to pluck my petals…
Confession: I, Dandelion “Dani” Wright, am twenty-six years old and have yet to be deflowered. No man has hosed my hyacinth. Fondled my freesia. Diddled my daffodil.
You get the point.
My excuse? I was too busy running my family’s flower shop and winning floral design competitions.
Suddenly that whole pesky virginity thing becomes a big deal when Jacob West walks back into my life. The boy I once loved. The same boy who humiliated me when he stood me up for prom.
This Jacob is no boy, though: he’s all man now—confident, charming, and so sexy my metaphorical blossoms are getting scorched. I can almost forget I’m supposed to hate him forever. Almost.
To make things worse, he’s my main competition now, since he took over his parents’ flower shop. If I give into this sizzling attraction between us, it could jeopardize everything I’ve worked so hard to achieve.
But if I’m not careful, he might not just be the first man to pluck my petals—he might also be the only man to capture my heart.
My Review:
I’ve read the Thorntons and the Youngers, and even though this book is a romantic comedy, it still has a lot of the same emotional impact of those series. Also like those, this book has such a deep sense of family connection about it. The sisters and parents, heck even Kevin the cat, have so much personality that I can’t wait to read more about them all. I didn’t see a lot of middle ground with either of our romantic leads. We usually see Jacob either behaving like a jerk or a swoon-worthy romantic hero. I guess that makes sense. Jerk behavior requires some big grovelling to make up for it. Dani is usually just a neurotic mess. She has flashes of feisty independence, but like the rest of us, the mean-girl dialog in her head gets the best of her. Their encounter scenes manage to be both sweet and hot. And the sarcasm in this book is on point. That snappy, sassy banter was one of the things I liked best about this book. The set-up for Mari’s story that this closes out on, leaves me a little desperate to get my hands on it already. I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through Hidden Gems Books.
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