A review by bescobar30
Sweet Dandelion by Micalea Smeltzer

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.75


While I loved the theme and the thrill, I don’t think that the ending fit Dani. The author doesn’t go into detail why she was feeling pulled to go start a farm and we never really see her interest in marketing or organic foods. Like she can’t even cook, why would she be interested in organic food vs regular produce? I think that she should’ve ended up in Paris with Ansel doing something that she’d discovered that she loved. I understand that characters sometimes travel down paths that the author had no intention of allowing them to travel but 🤷🏻‍♀️ It’s not my story and they’re not my characters but I still wish they had chosen differently. Part of growth is discovering your likes and dislikes and the “marketing” seemed like a cop-out. 

Overall it was still an enjoyable story and I was happy that Dani and Lachlan were happy in the end. I’ll probably still be thinking about this book for a while, though it will be about my disappointment with the ending.
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