The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, its been more useful in communicating grief, mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system, Victoria has nowhere to go and sleeps in a public park, where she plants a small garden of her own. Soon a local florist discovers her talents, and Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But a mysterious vendor at the flower market has her questioning what's been missing in her life, and when she's forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it's worth risking everything for a second chance of happiness.
My review:
I loved this book. It was beautiful. To learn so much about flowers and what each one means, I really wanted to become a florist and know about flowers. Victorias life has been so sad, moved from foster home to foster home her whole life. She has closed herself off from everyone. But she finally starts to open up, and it was great to see her growing and changing. She goes through some really hard things, confronts really hard things from her past, it makes your heart ache for her. I highly recommend this book, I picked it up on saturday morning, and finished it saturday night. It was interesting, engaging, I loved all the characters in it and the story line. It was great.
4.5 out of 5 rating.
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