Review: Evergreen by Devin Greenlee

 

A deliciously dreamy urban fairytale about a dryad who risks immortality for love, from debut author Devin Greenlee

All seventeen-year-old Quill wants is a break from the family business. Flowers, plants, the generations-old garden. What he wouldn’t give for a taste of the outside world. Normalcy. But his mom won’t let him out of the house, telling him he’s just not ready…

All because he’s a dryad. Well, not just any dryad, but a male dryad—the first ever. And unlike everyone else in his family, he hasn’t a lick of magic. Just a shock of green hair, matching green eyes, and a growing frustration that there’s an entire world out there waiting to be discovered. Until the night when the outside world—specifically his new neighbor—discovers him.

Liam Watson lives in a culture filled with electronics, mobile devices, and social media—where there is no magic or even the belief in it. And as much as Quill finds Liam irritating (he’s so cute it’s annoying), he can’t help himself.

Now Quill’s getting a taste of the outside world and of Liam…and he wants more. But all is not well in this magical, urban garden, and someone—or something—is changing the very essence of it.

And wherever Quill goes, the danger grows…

My Review

Evergreen by Devin Greenlee
My rating: 4 of 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This was a sweet book, I normally read at a faster pace but I felt compelled to take my time so I could absorb everything in this world. I really liked Quill, all he craves is normalcy even though he is surrounded by ancient magic.

Seventeen-year-old Quill wants a break from the family business. Flowers, plants, and, an old magical garden. He wants to experience the outside world, even though his mother repeatedly reminds him that he's not ready.

He comes from a long line of dryads, and he's the first-ever male dryad. Only he doesn't seem to possess any magic. What he does have is green hair and matching green eyes and a yearning to discover the world beyond his corner of it. Until the outside world discovers him, in the form of his new neighbor Liam.

Quill finds him annoying at first but is also drawn to him. Liam gives Quill his first taste of the outside and he wants more.

But something is wrong with the magical garden and someone tried to break in on the very night he met Liam. He turns to his sister not wanting to worry their mother.

And as his relationship with Liam grows so does the danger that's affecting the garden.

Thank you so much to the author, and Entangled for this ARC to review.

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