A review by git_r_read
The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle by Susan Wittig Albert

5.0

One of the reasons I really like this series, besides it being written by a favorite author Susan Wittig Albert, is learning as I read. It's life in the South during the Depression. It's a history lesson as much as it is a story told. There isn't one main character, it's the whole town full of characters. The Dahlias are the center but the group is made up of several ladies, so the story is told via them and each interacts with each other. There's a jigsaw puzzle competition, a new bakery endeavor, a suspicious death, moonshine, romance.
It gently moves along, everyone has a voice, the reader learns about poinsettias and how to care for them. Some recipes in the back make me glad the book is on my Nook so I can go back and try them.
I can definitely recommend this book, series and author.