Garden Spells

I wanted to read this book after finishing her other novel (The Sugar Queen) and because it was on sale at Barnes and Noble. It was a quick and easy mindless read but not a book I would read again.

Her story is intriguing - the main family in the novel has a garden that grows herbs and such that have the ability to affect moods and evoke certain feelings in people. Only one person in that family understands how to utilize this garden and the other two Waverlys each have their own gifts - one older woman randomly feels an unavoidable urge to give people random items that will inevitably come in handy for the receiver at one time or another.

The romance element is slightly predictable and formulaic, and I was not comfortable with how graphic the author was at times with the intimacy between one of the couples in the novel.

Overall, a great summer read and easy to pick up and put down if you have free time and just want something to distract you for a while.