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After breaking up with her fiancé, losing her job, and moving back in with her parents in the Dublin suburbs, Shell Pine feels like a failure. When she sees a “Help Needed” sign at a flower shop in the run-down Woodbine Crown Mall, Shell takes the job, grasping for anything to change her life. Not only are the flowers a pick-me-up, but her new boss, Neve, is just as lovely. Neve has a secret, however: deep in the center of the mall is Baby, an orchid with an appetite, and Neve belongs to him. He hungers for her, and no matter what—or who—she feeds to him, all he wants is to consume her. He won’t let anyone get in the way of his love. The ultimate complex relationship story, this horrific tale is infused with humor and wit via Griffin’s prose.
VERDICT YA author Griffin (Other Words for Smoke) makes her adult debut with a queer take on Little Shop of Horrors that offers a unique narrator, a celebration of dying malls, and all the facets of love and desire. Fans of John Wiswell’s Someone You Can Build a Nest In should pick this up.
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