Saturday, September 14, 2024

Witch of Wild Things

Witch of Wild Things 
by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland 
Berkley, 2023. 311 pages. Romance

Sage Flores has been running from her family—and their “gifts”—ever since her younger sister Sky died. Eight years later, Sage reluctantly returns to her hometown and takes back her job at Cranberry Rose Company. She uses her ability to communicate with plants to discover unusual heritage specimens in the surrounding lands, accompanied by the man who broke her heart in high school, Tennessee Reyes. 

 After writing several successful young adult novels, Witch of Wild Things is a triumphant first adult novel for Gilliland. Combining second chance romance, sister relationships, and magical realism, Gilliland tells the story of Sage Flores and her journey to reconnect with her family and her past. Sage doesn’t have time for romance, but Tennessee is a male lead that cannot be ignored. I loved this romance that offered a fuller tale of Sage’s life, sisters, and magical gifts. 

If you like Witch of Wild Things, you might also like: 

The Enchanted Hacienda
by J.C. Cervantes 
Park Row Books, 2023. 363 pages. Fiction

Harlow Estrada returns to the enchanted Hacienda Estrada, a family farm in Mexico where her mother, sisters, aunt, and cousins harness the magic of charmed flowers, but when she’s chosen to watch over the farm, she panics since she, herself, is magic-less, until she opens her heart to love and creativity. 

Lost and Found Sisters
by Jill Shalvis 
William Morrow, 2017. 371 pages. Romance 

Feeling empty after the accidental death of her sister, a Los Angeles chef is shattered when a lawyer reveals a devastating family secret that prompts her to relocate to a different town, where she finds solace in simple pleasures and a kindhearted new friend. 



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