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This was so not what I was expected but in an amazing way. I loved this! Sometimes confusing and there are some things I wish was explained/expanded on, but the writing was so good and sucked me right in. Little more unearthing of harsh realities of the past than battling evil sea monsters, so if that is your type (and even if it isn't!) give this book a shot- you won't regret it!

Doris and Thea are sisters. Now that they are grown up, they don’t get along too well. Doris is married. Thea is homeless except when she stays with Doris and her husband. Thea is a drug addict.
Thea got thrown out the last time at Doris’ home and told not to come back. Thea goes back to ask for money. Does Doris give her money? It starts raining and starts flooding the street, then the house with Thea and Doris climbing on to the roof. As the rain continues to pour Thea convinces a reluctant Doris to get on a floating piece so they don’t drown. As time goes by with the water not going down, Doris ends up slipping off and drowning. Thea tries to save her but can’t. Thea ends up on a defunct tugboat with Rob. There is little drinkable water left when a little boy is discovered by Thea. Thea gets him to talk but discovers it is only in Spanish not English. Thea remembers a little Spanish from her high school days. As time moves on Thea is desperate. Can Rob help her or the little boy? Will they ever run into other people?

In this novel, there is dysfunctional family relationships, drug addiction, and survival guilt. I don’t know if I can say this is a fantasy or science fiction or apocalyptic story. It’s a slow moving read but intense book as I never knew what to expect.

I was pretty bummed out because this is far from what I thought it would be. I thought we would be fighting some water terrors..... And while they kind of were they were not really the magical type.

It's also soooooo heartbreaking to see two sister that just can not stand the other always bickering even when the world is threatened. Yes, they are polar opposites. One a druggie and the other a safe choice gal, but they are sisters. Maybe I feel that way because I have a sister.

The writing was lovely tho. So beautiful and easy to read ....just isn't my type of book

I received a complimentary copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The little blurb of this book sounded cool and the cover is pretty awesome but this book felt sharp and rubbed me the wrong way. The way the sisters, Thea and Doris acted, always at odds at fighting, even while their world is ending with the flood was not enjoyable. I only kept reading because I wanted to know what the Posies were and why they came. (Which was never answered)

It ranges from before the flood, during the flood and after the flood, with bits of past from the points of view of Doris and Thea. I did not enjoy it because the whole family relationship was toxic. And I am not sure how it related to the current flood and Sestra and the finding of the boy while trying to stay alive withe the posies following.

It was a confusing book and I did not like the feeling it left me with from all that hate. It was depressing.

A Flood of Posies follows a pair of sisters – Dorris and Thea (post-apocalyptically known as Sestra) – as a flood swallows the earth and the two must fight for survival. The story jumps from Before the Flood, The Flood and The After covering the sister’s tumultuous relationship and their unending love and hatred for one another.

Thea, a severe addict, and Dorris, the responsible, beautiful sister have ever been at odds. 10 years apart their mother put a stop to any relationship that might have blossomed, frowning upon Dorris’s passion for “monsters” she could visibly see and was ever warning her sister about. Through the years Thea wasted her potential and her life chasing fixes and stealing money from anyone and everyone while Dorris played it safe and married a “good man”. The Flood hits as Thea arrives at her sister’s home, prepared to beg and steal what she needs to get high. The two manage to survive, but barely, and begin the new way of live on an unending sea voyage.

With the Flood brings the Posies – Poseidon’s of the sea – and their ragtag group of lost souls scavenge the sea very aware of their presence. The Posies seem to call to people, and they go willingly to the depths, their bodies never recovered. With Dorris’s passing Thea longs to learn their secrets but she cannot catch more than a glimpse of a tentacle. As the wary group drops to two, Thea wonders how long she can resist the call to join the lost.

The writing is very well done, I was pulled into the sister’s drama, so much love and hate compiled with a shared childhood with a deranged mother. I have to say that I wish the “fantasy” aspect of this novel was left out – the Monsters and the “communications” with the Posies. I felt it unneeded and unnecessary and in fact it took away from the novel’s beauty for me.

I received a free copy of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The world is flooded and monsters called posies lurk in the watery depths, waiting to kill. Meanwhile, two sisters, who can barely stand each other and have their own, terrible difficulties with life, are shoved together again. They not only fight the waters, always fearing the danger below, but also realize the key might lay in their own past.

Or something like that.

The blurb and the cover grabbed me on this one, and I was excited for what appeared to be a different and exciting read. The writing is very lyrical, and the author definitely has a talent for words and bringing scenes to life. The characters have their own, very raw problems. Both are broken in their own way. But this book has little to do with the blurb describing it and the horrible, undersea monsters never come to the surface...if they are truly there to begin with.

Anyone who is looking for a fantasy read will be disappointed. This isn't a book about two sisters fighting underwater monsters, but rather, a book about how their lives ran off course. I'm still not sure the monsters or flood were thought to really exist or belong in a drug-induced world that Thea's drowning in.

Thea is a junkie, thief and heroine addict. Doris is bitter to a fault, in a marriage she seems to hate, and physically incapable of living a normal life. Neither seems to have any redeeming qualities, both are extremely selfish, and neither is likable in any way. The first chapters has them fighting an oncoming flood (where does this flood come from? And why did it suddenly grow so fast, while people ignore it and go to work?), and then, it flips to a flash-back of their difficult childhood. With a jerk, it then swings all the way to a future time, where Thea renames herself and floats around with a man. But then, it swings back to the sisters and the flood before jumping forward again. This made the tale confusing, but also didn't allow the characters to gain any depth that the reader could remotely hold on to.

I assume this is one of those reads, which is suppose to pull the reader into a character's messed up mind and allow the reader to view the world through their eyes. But the deep thought isn't there, although the style and beauty of the writing could have pulled it off. In other words, this one is definitely not for me.

I received a complimentary copy through Netgalley.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

A Flood of Posies follow two sister, Thea and Doris both before and after a flood of biblical proportions covers the world and brings monsters into reality. Poseidons or Posies as they are called for short have been devouring what is left of humanity and are creatures of unsurpassed stealth moving through the waters. Does Thea and Doris have what it takes to survive, and what revelations about their pasts come to light as they try to survive?

This is my first one star read of the year. It had alot of promise and enough to draw me in with the summary given, but alot of the elements fell flat. There were so many elements to the story and so much time jumping that it was almost impossible to know where you were and if heat you were reading was part of reality or a piece of Thea's heroin addiction, or some sort of vision brought on by the Posies. Thea and Doris weren't likable as characters and with how choppy the timelines are it's hard to build any kind of relationship with them or even care to find out why they are the way they are.

The monsters, Posies, were almost non-existent in this book, the most powerful presence they make is on the cover. So much could have been developed about these creatures and questions that should have been answered but we are left unsatisfied. When they did make an appearance, I was too busy reading about the characters running away from them to actually get to experience them.

The flood. Where did it come from? Why did it happen? How did it flood the earth so freaking fast? What happened to all the billions of bodies that drowned? So much of this book is undiscussed and it does a disservice to the reader.

I would not recommend this book, but I know that there is something for everyone. Maybe I'm just not the right audience for this story, but I'd wager that many readers will feel as underwhelmed as I was.

This one had me fuming. I wanted to fall in love with the story but sadly that just wasn't to be. This one took this amazing premise and jumbled it all up into this massive story of almost 300 pages. I feel that this could have been the most amazing title if it would have been told in a different way.

When a storm of biblical proportion devastates the world, those who escape the thunderous waves find themselves hunted by creatures of the deep. Tiffany Meuret's A Flood of Posies keeps readers on their toes as they discover the events leading up to the flood. Follow Meuret's characters as they handle the loss of their loved, evading the threat of the monstrous posies and find the truth behind the apocalyptic events.

A Flood of Posies captivated me from the first page. Meuret created a group of misfits who do not always get along, defying all the odds. While the plot was insanely intriguing and the characters were relatable and likable, the back and forth nature of Meuret's narrative became confusing at times and the narration bordered on showing, rather than telling. While I did enjoy reading, the problems with the narrative kept me from giving this a 5-star rating.

In a post apocalyptic world, sisters Doris and Thea are forced to confront their complicated past while trying to survive in their harsh new world where a flood has destroyed everything. Flashing forward, we find one sister alone with a new companion, fighting off new dangers and new monsters. Monsters, known as Posies, that lurk in the depths and that may not be all that unfamiliar.

This was a strange story, filled with an atmospheric mix of dark and depressing survival and the worst of humanity and the strange connections that form between people. It’s not quite fantasy, but also not quite science fiction or anything in-between. It doesn’t really know what it wants to be, and as such the story suffers and becomes a jumble of ideas and thoughts pulled together into some semblance of a plot. Many times I got confused by what was happening.

The pacing is also rather slow for a book that is so short in length. For large paragraphs I felt like not a lot was happening, and I was desperate for the action to pick up.
I also found the characters largely unlikable, and as such I found I just didn’t care what happened to them. The lack of character development between them also meant that I couldn’t connect with their story, or feel like there was any kind of advancement in their personalities. As such, it just left me thinking – ‘what was the point?’

There are plenty of ideas here that could have created a great story, but I found that this really could have benefitted from being longer to give the plot and characters time to develop and grow – and more importantly, for me to like them.

A Flood of Posies was a strange mishmash of dysfunctional family relationships, a flooded world, and sea monsters. Told through a variety of flashbacks and intertwining timelines, Meuret tells us of Doris and Thea, sisters with a pernicious relationship. Thea is an addict, constantly seeking for her next hit. She doesn't care about anything else really than where her next fix will come from. She's on her way to Doris' house to ask her for money when the world changes. A flood suddenly rises out of nowhere and drowns the world. Those who survive are left clinging to anything that floats, hoping to find a way in this watery new world.

"Those sea monsters invaded the last refuge of the survivor—their minds, their hope, their willpower. They took those last few things people assumed to be their biological and philosophical rights and left them barren."

Doris is cast as the proper sister, doing what is anticipated of her, marrying well, and creating the life that her mother thinks a respectable woman should have. All because "it made sense". Of course, this is a huge bone of contention between the two. So much that they each struggle to overcome their pasts, even as the world overflows. The characters are remarkably one-sided. I wanted them to be more than they were. Doris remained the stodgy, disapproving sister and Thea was, even after a year in this new water world, focused on the heroin she couldn't have.

One answer that I'm not fully convinced of the answer is this: Is the flood real? Either the world is fully engulfed and there truly are Leviathan-like creatures (or Posies, short for Poseidons) luring those left above into the watery depths OR it's all a heroin-induced nightmare contained in Thea's drug-addled brain. Even the ending, while borderline sappy, didn't help me decide.

A Flood of Posies, besides that hauntingly beautiful cover, was mesmerizing in the cadence of the writing. There were some beautifully written descriptions and passages that spoke to me. Her prose is absolutely lovely and was a joy to experience. Tiffany Mueret completely drew me in with this story of sisterly adversary, affection, and the illusions of addiction.

10-year-old girls. End of the world and sea monsters. Wow, just enough for me. I’m sure this genre will appeal to someone else. Thank you for providing this book for me

This was definitely a weird one for me. It’s a mixture of sea monsters, dysfunctional siblings, and the end of the world. I honestly could not get behind any of the characters or find them likable. The prose was nice however the storyline itself just was not working for me. Sadly I just could not really like this book.

This dystopian SFF novel mixes supernatural floods, addicts, betrayals, strange new aquatic life, extreme and terrible metaphors and similes, and hackneyed conventions into a nearly unreadable narrative without any compelling characters or real plot lines.

Author: Tiffany Meuret
Publisher: Black Spot Books
Published: September 8th 2020
Rating: 2 stars

Synopsis: The monsters of your past are coming…and they've brought the deep with them.

IN A FLOODED WORLD, TWO SISTERS FIGHT TO SURIVE THEMSELVES, EACH OTHER, AND THAT WHICH LURKS BENEATH THE WATER

In debut-author Tiffany Meuret's, A FLOOD OF POSIES [Black Spot Books, September 8, 2020], estranged sisters find themselves thrust together as they battle both a world-ending flood and the monsters of their pasts.

It's 2025. Sisters Doris and Thea are ten years, and seemingly worlds, apart. Doris is trying to cope with her recent physical impairment from a car accident, while Thea roams the streets in search of more heroin. When a storm of biblical proportions strikes, the wayward sisters are begrudgingly forced together. As the rain continues and the waters rise, each attempt to survive both the flood and each other while also resisting the strange pull of the monstrous, Leviathan-like creatures that have appeared to haunt the depths of the water beneath them.

One year later, Thea floats throughout a ravaged, flood-soaked world. Her former life drowned beneath metric tons of water, she and her only companion, a sour man called Robert, battle starvation, heat stroke, and the monstrous, Leviathan-like creatures that appeared beneath the water alongside the flood. When they come across what they assume to be an abandoned tugboat, Thea's journey takes a new turn, and the truth about the flood and the monsters seems more intricately linked to her past then she may realize.

Thoughts: hmm. Where to begin with this one? Firstly, what the glooming heck?! And secondly, WHAT the glooming heck?! This book was a severe disappointment. This book has literally left me speechless and not in a good way. “Leviathan like creatures”, sisterly disfunction, odd storytelling and so many themes all jumbled together to make what is possibly the most WTF tales I’ve ever read. It’s different, I’ll give it that. The idea behind it is a good one and it could have been a great story perhaps, had it been told differently. As it is, I found myself drifting in and out of concentration and repetitively thinking “what the heck?!”

A Flood of Posies follows a pair of sisters – Dorris and Thea (post-apocalyptically known as Sestra) – as a flood swallows the earth and the two must fight for survival. The story jumps from Before the Flood, The Flood and The After covering the sister’s tumultuous relationship and their unending love and hatred for one another.
Thea, a severe addict, and Dorris, the responsible, beautiful sister have ever been at odds. 10 years apart their mother put a stop to any relationship that might have blossomed, frowning upon Dorris’s passion for “monsters” she could visibly see and was ever warning her sister about. Through the years Thea wasted her potential and her life chasing fixes and stealing money from anyone and everyone while Dorris played it safe and married a “good man”. The Flood hits as Thea arrives at her sister’s home, prepared to beg and steal what she needs to get high. The two manage to survive, but barely, and begin the new way of live on an unending sea voyage.
With the Flood brings the Posies – Poseidon’s of the sea – and their ragtag group of lost souls scavenge the sea very aware of their presence. The Posies seem to call to people, and they go willingly to the depths, their bodies never recovered. With Dorris’s passing Thea longs to learn their secrets but she cannot catch more than a glimpse of a tentacle. As the wary group drops to two, Thea wonders how long she can resist the call to join the lost.
The writing is very well done, I was pulled into the sister’s drama, so much love and hate compiled with a shared childhood with a deranged mother. I have to say that I wish the “fantasy” aspect of this novel was left out – the Monsters and the “communications” with the Posies. I felt it unneeded and unnecessary and in fact it took away from the novel’s beauty for me.

I was attracted to A Flood of Posies by the awesome cover art and intriguing blurb. It sounded like an exciting and different read. Unfortunately, the book didn't quite live up to my expectations. I couldn't find it in me to care about any of the characters, and the action taking place failed to grip me. I felt no anxiety over the posies or the fate of anyone who'd survived the flood. There was nothing wrong with Meuret's writing as far as the prose (in and of itself) was concerned; it's simply that the story didn't work for me. Perhaps because it couldn't quite decide whether it was a fantasy-based family drama or a horror story. As such, I am giving this 2.5 stars.

When a giant flood ravages the Earth, two sisters are forced to reconcile and work together in order to survive. With sympathetic characters and lyrical prose, A Flood of Posies is equal parts a horror novel as well as a family drama. Told through an interlocking future and past, the threat of the leviathan-like creatures under the flood water is likened to the main character's drug habit in her previous life, and perhaps a metaphor for the estrangement from her sister. Heartbreaking in scope, I could not put this novel down!

Thank you to Netgalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

A Flood of Posies is a fantasy novel and something else far different at the same time. The prose is brilliant as is the incredible artwork on the cover. Welcome back to Waterworld, but this time without Kevin Costner. A giant flood has swallowed up the entire world (perhaps) and Sestra and Robert are floating around on what boat wrecks they can find, paddling with makeshift oars, hoping it doesn't come to the awful choice other survivors have made, hoping that a storm will shift everything to the surface because there is little left living in the waters that have covered the world. Little that is except for the Posies, the giant leviathan creatures that have suddenly appeared and taken over the depths of the world. And they often seem to communicate with Sestra- after a fashion.

The survival stories of this watery world are contrasted with the time before the flood when Sestra was someone else, also barely surviving from fix to fix, circling around the sister she grew up to hate and despise. And the story of how the two of them struggled when the flood erupted and washed over everything Katrina-style.

It is a beautifully-told tale, although frankly I expected things to go in a different direction fantasy-wise.

Many thanks to the publisher for providing a copy for review.

A Flood of Posies is a apocalyptic sci-fi about two estranged sisters, Dorris and Thea (Sestra), trying to survive an Earth-devastating flood, as well as the creatures lurking in the waters depths.

The first chapter showed a lot of promise. Aside from a few areas of redundancy and the overuse of cursing, the prose is actually quite good! However, from the second chapter and the introduction of active characters and plot, things crumbled fast.

While reading this book, I couldn’t help but be reminded of those cheesy B-list movies one would find on Netflix–the ones that seemed to take themselves really seriously despite the ridiculous plot. And I think that’s the main problem here. There’s just no way I can think of to write a story like this with a novel’s length that wouldn’t come across incredibly cheesy. A ten-to-twenty page short story probably would have worked a lot better.

Another issue I had were the characters, which were probably the least likable people I have ever read about in my life. I understand what Meuret was going for with Dorris and Thea–I really do–but they were just not fleshed out enough for me to care about their estrangement or even them as individuals. Thea was nothing more than a drug-addict that cursed way too much and Dorris just came across as an idiotic snob that decided to pick petty arguments at horrible times.

The other characters were fairly unimportant and aside from Dorris and Thea’s mother (and possibly Dorris’ husband) could have easily been written out without changing a thing about the story.

In short: I think Meuret has really good potential as a writer, but this novel was not it. If it weren’t for its rather small page count, I surly would have DNFed it.