In The Shadow Garden by Liz Parker | Book Review

November 22, 2022

You ever read a book and sit there thinking, wow this everything I love all at once wrapped up on one book? Friends, that was my experience with In The Shadow Garden by Liz Parker. This book was a DELIGHT. I loved nearly every aspect of it — to the point where I ended up giving it five stars, even though it took me a little longer to get into than I had initially anticipated. However, I love this book and am adding it to my Christmas wishlist because I want a copy for my shelf.

You ever read a book and sit there thinking, wow this everything I love all at once wrapped up on one book? Friends, that was my experience with In The Shadow Garden by Liz Parker

In The Shadow Garden is set in a magical town called Yarrow in Kentucky. There we have the Harwoods and the Bonners. The Harwoods run a tea shop and maintain the shadow garden, where they take the pain of others and ease it into the garden. The Bonners run the bourbon distillery where the bourbon tastes like nostalgia and makes you forget. Addison is in her twenties and can’t seem to get a lock on her magic – having messed up big time in the past. Her mother, Irene, maintains a strong dislike for the Bonners, but she is re-examining that when Kaden Bonner is back in town for his father’s funeral. Oh, and it turns out that everyone in town has forgotten the summer of 1997 for some reason.

This book makes me so excited for whatever Liz Parker writes next. I think that if you vibe with Sarah Addison Allen’s work, you will LOVE this book. The characters were all people that I loved except for one character and that was with good reason. I loved the plant based magic and really am realizing that is a fantasy trope that I favor. There’s diversity that doesn’t feel forced but reflective of the world we live in. 

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April is in her 30s and created Good Books And Good Wine. She works for a non-profit. April always has a book on hand. In her free time she can be found binge watching The Office with her husband and toddler, spending way too much time on Pinterest or exploring her neighborhood.
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April is in her 30s and created Good Books And Good Wine. She works for a non-profit. April always has a book on hand. In her free time she can be found binge watching The Office with her husband and toddler, spending way too much time on Pinterest or exploring her neighborhood.