A01=Eli Snow
Author_Eli Snow
botanical magic
Category=FL
Category=FMJ
Category=FMR
Category=FR
cloning
conspiracy
cottage core
cottagecore
cozy fantasy
cozy sci fi
cyberpunk
enemies to lovers
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false god
fantasy botany
feel good
forthcoming
funny
grief
humor
humorous
lesbian romance
LGBTQ+
magic
opposites attract
queer fantasy
quirky characters
revenge story
rom com
romantic comedy
sapphic
sci fi mystery
secondary world
wlw
workplace romance
Product details
- ISBN 9781250395184
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 155 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 28 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Castle Point Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A joyful science fantasy debut about love, ambition, and toxic work culture, perfect for fans of Tamsyn Muir and Rebecca Thorne. Cyprin grows perfect apples. No other worker tends the orchards like she can. Sick of living in a Jenga-esque megacity where she’s never alone (there’s always a rat), Cyprin dreams of a job in the Divine Gardens, tending to the plants overseen by God. Her only way in is to win an annual flower pageant—one that’s been dominated by the Divine Gardens’ head gardener for five years: an insufferable woman with an undeniable affinity for plants. When Cyprin plays dirty (criminally dirty) and wins, she jumps headfirst into the gardens and her rivalry with the head gardener who she can’t stop thinking about. Pranks, backstabbing, and a lot of heated glaring unite them, until they’re both drawn into a plot to take down God—who’s really just some guy with a great garden. As they spiral through layers of the city’s history and underground rebel group, Cyprin and her rival find they understand each other like no one else, even if there can only be one head gardener in the end. But rise or fall, at least Cyprin will always have the rats.
