Enchanted Greenhouse – Durst Sarah Beth (2025)

Return to the cosy and heartwarming world of The Spellshop in Sarah Beth Durst’s The Enchanted Greenhouse, a place filled with singing flowers, honey cakes and honeyed love. Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely, casting a spell that created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she is turned into a wooden statue and placed in an alcove in the Great Library of Alyssium. Years later, Terlu awakens on a nearly deserted island filled with hundreds of magical greenhouses. The only other human there is a grumpy but surprisingly sweet gardener, who offers her somewhere to sleep, clean clothes and freshly baked honey cakes until she is ready to sail home. But Terlu cannot return, and does not want to. When she discovers that the magic sustaining the greenhouses is failing and everything inside them is dying, she decides to stay and help, even if it means breaking the law again. With the gardener, a sentient rose and a winged cat at her side, Terlu must uncover the spell that can save the island, while perhaps finding a new chance at love and happiness. Funny, kind and forgiving, this cosy fantasy is a story about giving second chances to others and to yourself.