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A Forest Full of Roses Kindle Edition

by Jennifer Russon (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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Money strapped Teresa Rose and her three-year-old twins are starting over…in enchanted Blue Jordan Forest, home to country hicks, magic and immortal beings. Drawn back to Florida after her husband dies, Teresa seeks help as a single, working Mom. She turns to her odd parents for childcare, only to find that her mother, "Queen Claudia", is more interested in selling real estate and cheating on her husband than being the grandma, Crystal and Ruby Rose deserve. It's a lonely recluse in the woods who offers to be the nanny – a woman named Sirene, who practices voodoo, talks to ghosts, and thinks she's the mythical figure, Mami Wata. Half woman, half something else, Mami Wata falls hard for Teresa, and spends her time concocting ways to get Teresa's lover, John Runningwolf, out of this bizarre love triangle. A FOREST FULL OF ROSES spoofs on some of the world's most cherished fairytales in ways that are both poignant and funny – telling a suspenseful love story that haunts its characters' happily ever after.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B074XP8J9D
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 18, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1413 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 239 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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Jennifer Russon

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Greetings, fellow bookworms! I've been writing my whole life, and only recently discovered self-publication, so I have a lot of catching up to do as I upload all the dusty manuscripts lurking in my closet. If you love fairy tales as much as I do, I think you'll enjoy A FOREST FULL OF ROSES - a mixture of Grimm's stories that work as both a love story and psychological thriller. If you didn't think a mermaid could be scary, you haven't met Mami Wata yet...

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Eva Lazar
4.0 out of 5 stars My second book by this author. Not disappointed!
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2020
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Having read the second book in this series prior to this first one, I was eager to see how it would answer my unanswered questions. Verdict: it did to a large extent, very satisfactorily! While there was some questionable character building and some smaller plot jumps could be noticed, the book as a whole presents the reader with an enjoyable story with enough depth to keep one engaged throughout.

The combination of real life strife and magical moments made this book a pleasure to read and the balance was meticulously kept through the entire story. It was also disconnected from the second book in the series enough so that one did not feel as though one was just reading a few extra chapters of an existing book - rather, the story stood on its own but there is a clear red thread connecting the books. That is something I have found few authors get right, so I was very pleased! I do not regret reading the second book first, as it let me enjoy this work more, but of course I do believe that books should be read in the order that the author intended. With that said: get reading!
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Alana C.
4.0 out of 5 stars A Wild and Fanciful Ride
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2017
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It only took a few pages to become completely absorbed by this story and its characters. The imagery was rich, visually evocative, and the plot quickly evolved - never a dull moment. It's been a long time since I've read a book that I didn't want to put down. I'm looking forward to more from Ms. Russon.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Too convoluted for my taste
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2018
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Teresa Rose is newly widowed and moving to the sunshine state with her 3-year old twin daughters. The new family would now reside in Blue Jordan Forest, which, evidently, is an actual forest. We come to learn that Teresa is actually an empath, and I just love stories with mediums, psychics, fortune-tellers, and all other similar kinds.

The air of supernatural mystery was what allured me to this story, but I felt like I was guessing a lot of the time. Story had a lovely prose albeit a tad cryptic. The author clearly has a poetic and mystical style in her writing, but I'm not sure if it all made sense to me. For instance, "Sister Cecile cleaned her Windsor eyeglasses; they were so big, all seeing." I get that her eyes were big, but what was "all seeing?" Yes, the purpose of eyes was to see. Unless there was an insinuation to "psychicness" perhaps? Then we meet Sirene, who’s a voodoo priestess and a schizophrenic believing she's Mami Wata. Apparently, she also falls in love with Teresa. The story was mostly narrated by Teresa and Sirene. There were actually several POV's in the story, which I'm not sure if that served any function. Was it necessary to hear from John, Claudia, and the twins? Was this story more fantasy or drama? Was this just a bizarre love triangle?

Teresa and Sirene evidently had some connection veiled behind troubled woes, mystical senses, and complex history; but I'm not sure if I understood it. Perhaps it was too convoluted for my taste; I would've preferred a simpler story.
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eleanor schnell
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2017
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Awesome book
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triskaidekaphilia
4.0 out of 5 stars but it was fun nonetheless. Lots of interesting plot twists and intriguing ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2018
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This is a different genre than I’m accustomed to reading, but it was fun nonetheless. Lots of interesting plot twists and intriguing characters. I think this could easily have been a two or three novel series. I’ll be on the lookout for more from Ms. Russon!
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Judith Gulko
4.0 out of 5 stars I was quickly engaged in this lovely book with evocative ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017
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I was quickly engaged in this lovely book with evocative imagery, and a compelling story. I didn't want to put it down and was sorry when it ended!
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Niki McAlister
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit too hard to follow for me
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2020
I received this book free as part of a review program.

I read Persephone Underground by this author and had a hard time following the story so I picked this one up hoping that maybe it would be different, but it wasn't. The thing that struck me the most was the details. In some scenes, there was a welcome overabundance of detail and in others, I was left wanting more--unable to grasp what was going on entirely. I was constantly having to reread entire pages because I could not picture what was happening in the story at all.
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s.c.smith
4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting entry in the twisted fairy tale genre
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019
Sirene seems to be the eccentric old woman who lives in the woods with her freakishly long-lived dog, and the answer to a young widow’s prayers when she needs a nanny for her twin daughters. But readers soon learn Sirene is more than a woman who thinks she might also be a voodoo priestess known as Mami Wata.
There’s a lot to follow in this complex story, and the author does a good job with vivid descriptions and convincing dialogue. While the pacing can feel slow, there’s a steady building of suspense and the eerie sense of something wrong with Sirene. Dangerously wrong. When she gets into salt water—well, suffice it to say this isn’t the Disney version of mermaids.
Readers interested in this genre will find a twisted story of love, revenge, and strangeness. That said, the overall feel of the book takes you back to childhood when stories took on a fantasy life of their own in a rich blend that is part love story, part horror, with the author’s lyrical prose pulling you along. I look forward to reading more from this author.
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