Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings: Book Review
This is a spoiler-free review.
Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
Published April 16th, 2024
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, LGBTQ+
A sapphic opposites-attract romance with Mazey Edding’s signature sparkling voice!
Winning the lottery has ruined Opal Devlin’s life. After quitting her dead-end job where she’d earned minimum wage and even less respect, she’s bombarded by people knocking at her door for a handout the second they found out her bank account was overflowing with cash. And Opal can’t seem to stop saying yes.
With her tender heart thoroughly abused, Opal decides to protect herself by any means necessary, which to her translates to putting almost all her new money to buying a failing flower farm in Asheville, North Carolina to let the flowers live out their plant destiny while she uses the cabin on the property to start her painting business.
But her plans for isolation and self-preservation go hopelessly awry when an angry (albeit gorgeous) Pepper Smith is waiting for her at her new farm. Pepper states she’s the rightful owner of Thistle and Bloom Farms, and isn’t moving out. The unlikely pair strike up an agreement of co-habitation, and butt-heads at every turn. Can these opposites both live out their dreams and plant roots? Or will their combustible arguing (and growing attraction) burn the whole place down?
Thank you to the publisher, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for providing me an e-ARC of this book. All thoughts are my own.
I absolutely adored Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings. I often think a romance is only as good as its leads, and Opal and Pepper were the absolute perfect pairing. The eternally sunshine artist and grumpy flower farmer are thrust together in this novel after Opal wins the lottery and impulsively decides to spend almost all her wins on purchasing a flower farm… The exact flower farm that Pepper believes is her’s after her grandmother’s recent passing.
It’s the middle of my summer break and I am in the midst of a romance reading binge, so Late Bloomers was the perfect book for me to pick up. I was immediately invested from the beginning all the way to the very end. Both Opal and Pepper were so easy to root for. I really enjoyed watching Pepper’s walls slowly start to come down and Opal’s self-confidence grow as they fell in love with each other. I adore when love brings out the best in people, and that was so well displayed here. Their love story was so sweet and tender. My heart melted while reading this feel-good novel. 💕
(Also, can we take a moment for this cover? Because I’m in love. 😍)
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Liza
Liza is a twenty-something book blogger who spends way too much time with her nose in books and feels way too much. She loves cooking, baking, reality tv show watching and, of course, reading. She can be found most often with a cup of tea in one hand and a book in the other. Her blog, Literary Liza, features bookish content like reviews, recommendations, and author interviews.
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