hardcover, 384 pages
Published June 29, 2021 by Bloomsbury YA.
Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.
Briseis has a gift: with a single touch she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms.
When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents hope that surrounded by plants and flowers, she will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they never expected-it comes with a mysterious set of instructions, a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world, and generations of secrets. There is more to Bri's sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it.
From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes an enchanting story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.
I mostly really enjoyed this but near the end so much extra stuff was thrown in, it felt rushed and went in a completely different direction. Am assuming there will be a follow up since it was left with a quest for her to complete at the end. Bit disappointing as I loved the idea of the power to grow plants at will (and why was she not connected to Demeter?).
