Flowerheart

Flowerheart is like a garden in full bloom: vibrant and sweet, whimsical and wondrous. Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder MagicPerfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Tamora Pierce, this standalone YA debut is a stunning cottagecore fantasy romance about a girl with powerful and violent magic which she must learn to controlor lose everything she loves.Claras magic has always been wild. But its never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poisonous flowers to bloom in her fathers chest.The only way to heal him is to cast an extremely difficult spell that requires perfect control. And the only person willing to help is her former best friend, Xavier, whos grown from a sweet, shy child into someone distant and mysterious.Xavier asks a terrible price in return, knowing Clara will give anything to save her father. As she struggles to reconcile the new Xavier with the boy she once loved, she discovers how many secrets hes hiding. And as she hunts for the truth, she instead finds the root of a terrible darkness thats taken hold in the queendoma darkness only Claras magic is powerful enough to stop.