A review by valpyre
The Deepest Roots by Miranda Asebedo

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this book got me in my feels to the point i cried a little at the overwhelming emotions and desperation that the characters felt around the climax of the story. there was so much love in the details of this book, in the way that the relationship between the various women and girls of cottonwood hollow related and relied on each other. the friendship between the main trio felt so natural and lived in. 

there were moments throughout the book where i felt frustrated at some miscommunications between characters, but it made it all the better when it was something they worked through. the struggles of the main character and her friends were real -- even though this was single pov, asebedo had a way of writing the other two friends in a way where i still saw them and felt so strongly for them. 

the mystery of the
missing diary was a little silly to me, especially since they didn't figure out that garret had taken it for the majority of the book. i clocked that shit the moment he walked out of rome's bedroom with his hands in his jacket.
i was able to suspend my disbelief though, considering the stress of the situation and just imagining that that probably wasn't a detail that took priority in rome's mind at the time. 

there were also a couple times where rome and her mother's eyes are referred to as "rusty", and i couldn't really picture what was meant by that (particularly in comparison to another character's brown eyes).

overall, i really enjoyed reading this -- the setting and characters felt so grounded, and the magic was wonderfully weaved in throughout.
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