![]() ![]() Some of the supporting characters seem like they could have been interesting, but we don't spend much time with them, and the main character, Zoe, doesn't seem to be able to hold the stage. However, outside of Dorian, there don't seem to be any attractive characters that make any impact. In other circumstances (like if the rest of the story was better) I would consider buying the physical book in order to access them. ![]() I have found myself searching for some of the recipes online because they sound so delicious. There is quite a bit of discussion about food here, and it's all wonderful as well. ![]() The reader executes him perfectly, so that he is charming and endearing and suave. The only real good part of it is the the gargoyle, Dorian. A lead character who is an alchemist with a specialty in plant alchemy? Newly moved to a charming old fixer upper in Portland, Oregon to start a new life? Exploring her charming and funky neighborhood, putting her house in order, getting going on her alchemy again after many years of neglect? A stow-away gargoyle with a significant health problem and a mysterious old book? The gargoyle is a masterful french chef who spends almost all his time adapting standard recipes into vegan ones, since our heroine is vegan? Sign me up!!! Yet, in execution this story falls far short of it's potential. As others have noted, this novel has a good central idea. ![]()
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