A sweet and engaging follow-up to *The Spellshop* that will find a place in our library collection.

I love the setting—I want tiny pollinator dragons!—and appreciate the troubleshooting and mystery solving elements in this story.

I found the treatment of isolation and loneliness on an extroverted personality well done.

The Enchanted Greenhouse tells a story about a lonely woman who was turned into a wooden statue after she illegally created a sentient spider plant to serve as her companion. Just when she starts to lose hope, she awakens in a mystical greenhouse ran by a grumpy gardener who asks the impossible of her — cast illegal magics to save the greenhouses he calls home. Adventure ensues, full of magical talking plants, lush atmospheres, and honey cakes as sweet as the slow-burn romance.

At its core, this novel is about second chances, the importance of community, and self-discovery. It will wrap you in the warmest blanket until the very end.

The Enchanted Greenhouse follows the story of the disgraced librarian who created the sentient spiderplant in The Spellshop, after she's turned into a statue as a punishment for wrongfully-used magic. After years of being a statue, Terlu Perna wakes up in the snow on an island full of magical greenhouses. One single caretaker of those greenhouses is left--and Terlu was apparently sent to help him fix the failing magic of the greenhouses. The only problem is, Terlu isn't sure she can.

This was cute, as expected! I like Durst's blend of fantasy elements that are cozy and charming and *almost* silly, but not quite. I didn't like it as much as the first one, I think simply because the cast of characters is so small for the first half of the book (although the plants, particularly the rose, are quite fun!). Terlu's character development also isn't quite as exciting. But I think if you liked The Spellshop, you won't be too disappointed in the sequel.

I adored The Spellshop, so I was excited to keep exploring the cozy, sweet fantasy world Sarah creates in this series and I wasn't disappointed!! The writing is the perfect amount of low stakes but there's still an interesting plot to keep my attention. Not only do we get adorable fantasy creatures and silly sentient plants, we get a sweet romance and thorough character growth for both MCs. MY only complaint is that I found that Yarrow wasn't as three dimensional or fleshed out as Terlu was. Overall, I really enjoy what the author is doing with this interconnected series and I hope she continues to add to one of my favorite fantasy worlds!

Thank you to Bramble, NetGalley, and the author for sending me an early copy!

A lawbreaking librarian, a grumpy gardener, with a massive greenhouse full of enchanted plants. What is not to love? This book was captivating for my book loving, plant nerd self. It was everything I enjoy wrapped into one. Both Terlu and Yarrow have their own trauma and flaws. Will they be able to get along in the small isolated space the are trying so hard to save? She was supposed to be his miracle, yet Terlu has no idea what has been going on in the world for the last 6 years.

I loved this book as soon as I found out it was going to give me more insight into the librarian Terlu that made my favorite character from, "The Spellshop" novel. Caz talked so fondly of her that I was excited to know more about her. I didn't know what to expect but it was better than I had imagined. I didn't know what to think of Yarrow at first, but I really grew to understand him, It was nice to see his character growth and personality revealed slowly throughout the story.

I hope there are more books coming from this world. There is massive potential just waiting to be unlocked. I am looking forward to reading more from Sarah in the future. If it includes more about books and plants all the better.

I loved the Spellshop, but to be honest it didn't stick with me, so I went into this expecting a fun time, and got such a heartwarming story! I loved the main characters and how we went back into the history of the world.

The greenhouses ans sentient plants were a magical delight!!!!

This was such a cute read, im not always sold on cozy fantasy/paranormal books but this was a good read. The fmc is a librarian who performs an illegal spell and is sentenced to become a statue. She’s a statue for 6 years before she is awakened by the mmc who is a gardener.

I liked the enchanted world even though for me there wasn’t much worldbuilding i understood the basics of how the world worked. The romance was cute and a slow burn but i think i enjoyed the world, them trying to save the garden house from dying and seeing what spells could help. I don’t think I’ve read a book with sentient plants and animals that talk but that was fun and interesting. The found family and everyone working together to save plants and animals was good and all the food the mmc baked and cooked sounded good. Overall a cute and whimsical read, thanks to Bramble for this arc!

this book was so cute! loved that the world building is stacked onto existing knowledge from The Spellshop! Overall the storyline was better and more interesting in this book, the plants and the main characters were very lovable and i loved that this book was about the statu-fied librarian we learned about in the other book. very slay, and i love the talking plants. I’m also really hoping that means we will eventually get a cross over between the two islands??

A delightful companion to The Spellshop! The Enchanted Greenhouse is a cozy fantasy set in the same world but with different characters. It follows librarian Terlu Purna, the creator of Kaz (the sentient spider plant from book 1) who was punished for using illegal magic by being turned into a wood statue. Years later, she awakens in a magical greenhouse on a distant island where the lone remaining gardener (a gruff and introverted man who is handsome and an excellent baker) is struggling to maintain things after the death of the death of the island wizard and the degradation of the spells maintaining the greenhouses.

We get a grumpy/sunshine slowburn romance with a plus-size heroine, more sentient plant companions, and a lovely story about letting people in, finding healing, and embodying your purpose. If you liked The Spellshop you should definitely pick this up. The audio narration is great, the perfect cozy vibes with wonderful characters! I received an audio review copy via NetGalley, all opinions are my own.

This is my second book by the author. I loved the spellshop, this felt very similar in vibes to that one. If you like everything cozy, like talking plants and enchanted greenhouses, flying cats and all the humane characteristics of some plants. It was such a cozy, magical treat.
And the romance was good too. Teh talkative FMC, Terlu, who was previously a librarian who had to suffer years of punishment for a simple mistake and Yarrow, the gardener of the dying greenhouses were the main characters in this book. They start to work on the mission of saving the enchanted greenhouses from dying and their relationship was inevitable.
All in all, it was such a cozy and funny book to curl up with a hot coffee and blanket.
This is set in the same world as the spellshop, and there are connections too, but could be read as a standalone. If you have read The spellshop and loved it, this will work for you too.

Grumpy x sunshine
Cozy fantasy
Talking plants
Magical and enchanting greenhouses
One cottage
healthy relationships
Closed door
Funny

Existing in the same world as the "The Spellshop" this book answers the queston of what happened to Caz's creator. Terlu was sentenced to life life as a statue for illegally using magic to create a plant companion, Caz. Some six years later she is un-statue-ified on a strange island full of hundreds of magical greenhouses by a strange man who is their sole gardener. As Terlu is figuring out the next stage of her life, she is swept up in the mystery of the failing magic in the greenhouses which causes the glass walls to shatter and the temperature to go haywire with lethal affect. Soon she is helping Yarrow, the quiet hermit of a gardener, using her librarian skills to decode spells and save the greenhouses.

I loved the island of Belde and spending time with these characters. Durst's comedic dialogue accompanies human emotional truths like what its means to be lonely and how to hope while set in a bonkers fantastical setting with talking plants and tiny dragons who love honey. The subgenre of cozy fantasy is booming and this is an excellent addition sure to offer a chuckle and warm your heart.

Terlu was sentenced to be petrified as a statue indefinitely for her crimes of creating Caz the spider plant illegally. However, that sentence quickly becomes overturned amidst political turmoil, where she is sent to a nearly deserted island under false pretenses to help save a series of greenhouses from dying. While attempting to complete her goal, she clearly falls in love with the island and everything it has to offer, and is torn in multiple directions throughout the course of the novel.

I loved being able to enter the world Durst has created once more, as it's cozy, intriguing, and an easily accessible fantasy for those who are intimidated by the genre. Everything readers loved from The Spellshop continues to be expanded upon and flushed out, while creating a world that doesn't feel so far from our own.

The Enchanted Greenhouse
By Sarah Beth Durst
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book: 41
Favorite quote:
“How could anything be more important than bread, especially with honey butter?”

Thank you Tor publishing, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for allowing me to read The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst.
The first half of this book was a bit hard for me to get into. I remember loving a SpellShop, I was very excited about this book. However, I started with the audiobook and I think that’s it was more of a focus thing. I treated it as a background soundtrack for my work day. However, once I started physically reading on my kindle, I could not put it down. Around 10:30 last night, I told myself one more chapter and then bed but then they were figuring out why the greenhouses were failing and I couldn’t just leave them waiting. I love the world that Sarah has created and man I hope that in the next book, Terlu and Caz are reunited.

I absolutely LOVED this new book! I really love how it tied into the world of 'The Spellshop' in a way that felt like it brought the whole story together for that world. I actually have found myself missing the characters now that I'm done reading! The story was beautifully immersive, and it felt like you really got to know each character. Every character felt really intentional and well-rounded. I love that Terlu got her happy ending!

Ugh! I loved this book. I interviewed Sarah Beth for The Spellshop last year, and was so excited for more cozy fantasy in this universe in the form of a greenhouse. I also appreciated that there was no third-act breakup, and instead the conflict took form in interpersonal communications between family members, which can be just as painful as with a romantic partner.

This is a standalone fantasy set in The Spellshop world. Terlu cast an illegal spell and created a sentient plant earning her a punishment of being turned into a wooden statue. But Terlu wakes up on an island of hundreds of magical greenhouses, having been awoken by the lone human inhabitant – a gardener, Yarrow. He’s brought her here to help her stop the enchanted greenhouses from failing. As she works to save the various plants, she begins to fall in love with Yarrow despite his grumpy exterior.

Why Kirsten loves it
Like her previous novel, this story is like a warm hug of a book. I read it in spring when my own garden began to bloom and it brought the magic of the season to life in a fun way. I adored the talking plants and the slow, sweet romance between the main characters. You don’t have to have read the previous book by any stretch, but there is a sweet check in on those characters at the end of this story.

This book was so special! Probably the best cozy fantasy that exists. I want to be friends with all of the characters and live in their world forever. Even if you're not a cozy fantasy reader you should give this author a chance. What an amazing read!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

This was everything I wanted and MORE. It was cozy, funny, sweet, unexpected, and really fun. It was extremely well written with amazing characters, a beautiful setting, and an interesting plot. It walked the line perfectly between keeping me interested but not raising my blood pressure and leaving me feeling lighter.

This has easily risen to the upper echelons of cozy fantasy for me. It had charm and wit and heartwarming relationships, and of course the awkward, imperfect MCs I've come to expect and adore from Sarah Beth Durst. My heart and face smile when I think about this cast of characters and I can think of nothing better to feel after finishing a book.

The ensemble case is AMAZING - I want to live there and meet them all, eating the amazing foods Yarrow makes and learning fascinating things with Terlu; exploring the greenhouses and learn songs with the plants.....I could go on and on about how much I loved it, seriously.

If you love cozy fantasy (or even if you don't), you do NOT want to miss this one. It's beautiful and is a warm hug with a cup of rose tea, a slice of perfectly honey-buttered bread, and a stunning array of flowers to look at and enjoy.

As a big fan of Sarah Beth Durst's "The Spellshop," I was very excited for this adventure in the same universe of the first novel. In this story, we learn more about the librarian of the Great Library of Alyssium, Terlu Perna, who created Cas, the sentient spider plant with illegal magic, breaking the law and dooming her to life as a statue. After years spent in the library, suspended in time, Terlu suddenly awakens in a snowy woods on a barely inhabited island, unsure of how or when she got there, but knowing only that is alive again! When Terlu meets her savior, a reserved gardener whose job it is to care for the hundreds of plants and rooms of the Enchanted Greenhouses now that their creator, a sorcerer who became more reclusive the closer to his death, has passed on.

Terlu is grateful when the handsome but quiet gardener, Yarrow, takes her in and cares for her, but he is reluctant to open up about how the greenhouses' magic is failing now the Laiken, the sorcerer is gone. As Terlu begins to study the late sorcerer's work in hopes of saving the greenhouses and inadvertently awakens the sentient plants he created, she must overcome her fear of imperial retribution in order to help Yarrow and save the great Greenhouses of Belde before it's too late!

While this book moved a little slower than The Spellshop, and some of the initial romance between Terlu and Yarrow felt a little forced, I really appreciated how their relationship blossomed (excuse the pun) over time through mutual care and understanding of what is most important to them. I liked seeing Terlu come into her own and how she worked to build community on this tiny island, overcoming her fear of being punished again for using magic in order to do what was right. There was a strong mixture of humor, regret and grief in this book that made the ending that much more impactful. I will continue to be excited to inhabit this world as long as Durst keeps writing stories in it!

A sweet follow-up to The Spellshop, The Enchanted Greenhouse follows Caz's creator as she gets a second chance at life in a fantastical greenhouse. Focuses on themes of loneliness and learning to ask for help.