Review: Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White
Title: Forget-Her-Nots
Author: Amy Brecount White
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Publication Date: March 2, 2010
Book Summary:
When someone leaves three mystery flowers outside her dorm door, Laurel thinks that maybe the Avondale School isn’t so awful after all — until her own body starts to freak out. In the middle of her English presentation on the Victorian Language of Flowers, strange words pop into her head, and her body seems to tingle and hum. Impulsively, Laurel gives the love bouquet she made to demonstrate the language to her spinster English teacher. When that teacher unexpectedly and immediately finds romance, Laurel suspects that something — something magical — is up. With her new friend, Kate, she sets out to discover the origins and breadth of her powers by experimenting on herself and others. But she can’t seem to find any living experts in the field of flower powers to guide her. And her bouquets don’t always do her bidding, especially when it comes to her own crush, Justin. Rumors about Laurel and her flowers fly across campus, and she’s soon besieged by requests from girls — both friends and enemies — who want their lives magically transformed — just in time for prom.
Review:
Forget-Her-Nots has a unique plot, as it deals with the language of flowers. I have yet to read a book that comes close to dealing with this sort of ‘magic,’ so I had a lot of fun hearing the meanings of the flowers and reading about them being used.
Overall I was slightly disappointed, because the novel seemed more middle grade than young adult to me. The plot was very basic, and the characters were not as deep as I normally like. I did not get to read much about the boarding school, which is one of my favorite book topics, so I was sad about that – and I was confused about the friendships our main character had. One of the girls was constantly mean and yet still remained in the circle of friends throughout, and I couldn’t really figure out why.
I really like the cover of this book, and liked the basic set up of the plot – I was just hoping for a little more complexity. A good pick if you’re into flowers and are looking for an easy read.
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I have this book in my TBR pile right now. I don't know if I will like it now, but I will give it a try eventually. Thanks for the review!
Shanyn, you just saved me from adding to my Mt. TBR. YA is great, but middle grade is too young for me. Thanks for the warning!
Thanks for the honest review! Yeah I agree with Miel, I'm not too into middle grade. The only reason I would read would be to try something new.
I completely agree! I read this too, thought it was pretty good, but it was lacking a spark. And I totally did not get the mean girl friend being so tight in the fold. Odd.