Super Bloom is the story of Joan, a massage therapist in Vermont who experienced a tragedy in her personal life 2 years ago. When we first meet Joan she is existing in a state of grief, that she feels few in her life can fully understand. On the verge of losing her job, she is given the task of dealing with a notoriously difficult client. After an interesting proposition from this client helps to ignite a fire in Joan, the book really takes off. I enjoyed watching Joan navigate her way through many emotions in this book. I was especially fond of the relationship she has with her Dad. This book is a great reminder that even when we are in our own dark days, there is life on the other side and plenty of people waiting to make new memories with us, we just need to open ourselves back up. Megan Tady does a great job balancing humor with grief and I enjoyed this book very much. Thank you to Zibby Books and Net Galley for this advanced copy, all opinions are my own.

This book was a sheer delight to read. Joan Johnston is a massage therapist at a posh Vermont Spa. She hates her job and has built a wall around herself to keep people away after the death of her boyfriend Samuel. She is hanging on to her job by a thread and is extremely frustrated.

Then she gets the worst client ever and she needs her to say she loved her massage or she will loose her job. . Reading about this massage was hilarious! Carmen Bronze is less that thrilled with the massage but comes up with a plan to save her job. She will pay Joan as a research assistant to help her with her next book and pay her for her work. Joan believes this will be the end of her financial struggles.

Carmen is portrayed as one controlling, heartless bitch. By the end of the book her heart has softened and she becomes friends with Joan. This is beautiful as both of them had suffered such huge losses yet together helped each other through to the other side.

This is a book of second chances, finding your true self, letting your guard down and moving forward that is beautifully written. It has a cast of endearing and quirky characters that warm your heart.