Five stars for Jill De Haan's gorgeous floral illustrations, the only redeeming feature of this book.

Author Rebecca Fishbein's writing does not in any way live up to the quality of De Haan's illustrations. Fishbein gives only the barest of information on each flower and her attempts at humor would not be out of place in the kind of sitcom that gets axed mid-season. I was also greatly disappointed that almost all of her sources are blogs and none are from before the twenty-first century.

Received via NetGalley.

I loved every single thing about this book. If there’s one thing I’m beyond obsessed with, it’s the Victorian era. I have a few books already on the Victorian practice of using flowers to reveal feelings and messages, but this one might just be my favorite. It’s both beautiful and hilarious.

Beautifully illustrated, the history of the language of flowers is updated to 21st century snark and is very enjoyable to look through.



Thank you to Chronicle Books and NetGalley for the PDF