Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari

6 reviews

tess_gee's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Solid read, I didn't read the first book and I was still able to keep up. If you like a mystery with a dash of romantic tension. I coulda done with more botany though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

bellulapatata's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book is full of details of the time period it is set in. You can tell the author did her research and it is immersive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

prairieraven's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Good book for history and mystery fans. Entertaining, light and fun. Not the most shocking who-done-it but a nice easy brain break. Strong female lead characters and supporting characters, passes the #BeschdelTest for sure! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

swalk's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

When Joey Evans, a young farmers boy is found passed out, fitting and grimacing in a Hampshire field, Botanist Saffron Everly and Dr Michael Lee are called in to try and find out what the cause could be. As a researcher in botanical poisoning and a medical practitioner they often find themselves in circumstances like these, trying to solve a botanical puzzle and save a life.



A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality is a cosy period murder mystery, this is definitely the type of book you want to curl up with on a rainy day or relax with in the evening. It is the second in the series, but they refer back to the first and explain some of the backstory where relevant, so you can follow the plot perfectly well if reading it as a stand alone. It was a little slow moving for my taste, but entertaining nonetheless.


I really enjoy this type of easy going murder mystery and I learnt a lot of fascinating botanical facts as a bonus! I will be looking out for more in the series.

The narrator is great, clear eloquent reading and well suited for the characters.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

daniellestarredpages's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

When I requested this ARC, I wasn't aware that this was a sequel. I read it anyway as the book was readable without reading the first book. I found the MCs to be enjoyable to read about, though the side characters could've been fleshed out a bit more. I originally thought Saffron and Lee would play a bigger part in the overall investigation, I enjoyed the things they did do anyway. I hoped there would be a bit more romantic development between Saffron and Lee, as there was a good amount of tension but it ultimately went nowhere (technically). However, the overall reading experience was great

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Sexual harassment

acwhite's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I adored Parties & Poisons so I was very excited when I got the DRC of the sequel from Edelweiss.

A worthy successor to the fun of the first book, though I wasn’t quite as drawn in at the beginning. After the halfway point though I could hardly put it down.

The introduction of Dr. Lee is an interesting development, and the twists and turns of the mystery kept me guessing and engaged.

All in all I thoroughly enjoyed myself and the ending left me very excited for the next installment. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, Abortion, and Death of parent