Forget Her Nots by Amy Brecount White

Read: June 21-26, 2012

read in 6 days

pages: 384

14 year old Laurel becomes obsessed with flowers after reading a letter written to her by her mother. The letter had a lily attached to the top with the phrase that catches her attention. She finds a book that informs her that the lily of the valley has a meaning of "return of happiness". The phrase leads her to explore the word of flowers and she stumbles upon a book that covers what all the flowers are and their meaning. After doing her research she presents the Victorian idea that flowers were meant to send secret messages. She begins to find that she is able to use flowers herself to make things happen, namely to help her friends, and enemies, snag that certain someone they have had their eye on. Rumors spread through school and she becomes popular and reclusive at the same time. Antics ensue as she discovers strange things happening that she never planned.

She eventually learns she comes from a long line of women who are capable of flower speak. This means she not only has a knack with putting together just the right flowers, but she has an influence over them as well. The novel ends in such a way that you almost expect there to be more. We are left thinking that Laurel will continue her training in flower speak, but I'm not sure if there is another book to come out or not.

I was intrigued with the idea and while I did get into the middle parts somehow I lost interest by the end. Its not a bad novel, and I would recommend it for anyone who has an interest in flowers. There is even a love interest for Laurel. So that is a nice little addition to the story.

If you are at all interested in the idea that flowers have a particular meaning I found the authors website that has this really neat link. This link contains the list of flowers and their meanings, which just so happens to be part of the back matter of the book. ENJOY!