Such a lovely continuation in the same world! I thought the beginning was a little slow at first but as I carried on I could see the depth and complexity of the story Durst had built! I loved the sentient plants and how developed each of the characters were! Such a lovely read, I am excited to recommend to everyone!

Thanks NetGalley for the arc!

You've probably already read the Spellshop by this author, but in case you haven't (which is not really necessary to enjoy this story), here is a quick summary of the setting:
The Crescent city empire brims with magic, yet only trained sorcerers are allowed to access any spells. Terlu, librarian in the Great Library of Alyssium, is not a sorcerer. Therefore, her successful attempt to create a friend for herself by giving sentience to a spider plant earns her a harsh punishment: being turned into a statue and presented in the library she once called her home.
When she finally awakes out of her statuesque slumber, she finds herself in a winter world full of enchanted greenhouses with only one human inhabitant, the quiet gardener Yarrow. Together, they have to find a way to keep the abandoned greenhouses from collapsing altogether whilst coming to accept that their company may not be as bad as it seems.

This book follows the typical cozy fantasy scheme we already got to know in the Spellshop. Unfortunately for me, the first 20% just felt awkward and very very flow. At about the 50% mark I'd say, the story picks up quite a pace and becomes interesting, showing us that there was more at stake than Terlus own worries which we explored extensively in the first quarter. The solution feels quite satisfying and realistic. The characters were quite simple and felt pretty one dimensional, maybe except the late wizard.

Overall, i cannot tell if this book was notably slower and less intriguing than its predecessor, or if I am just at max capacity for cozy fantasy. Still, I would recommend it to you if you've loved the first part or if you've read and enjoyed a lot of cozy fantasy without minding the very low stakes, slow nature of it.

"Maybe that was all anyone ever got, a hope and a belief. Maybe that's enough." - The Enchanted Greenhouse, Sarah Beth Durst

Thank you to Pan Macmillan for providing this free advanced reader copy through NetGalley. The opinions expressed are my own.

Terlu broke the law. In her desperation for companionship, she conjured Caz, now a sentient spider plant. However, her act of creation came with dire consequences, and as punishment, she was turned into a statue. When she finally awakens, it is on a island, where an enchanted greenhouse stands. The lush plants and shimmering flowers breathe life into the air around her. It is here that she meets Yarrow, the gardener of the greenhouse, who also happens to be the one to awaken her from her prison. Together, they face the task of saving the greenhouse. Yet, as they embark on their mission, Terlu finds that she must also embark on a journey of self-discovery, hopes, and dreams.

Sarah Beth Durst wrote an absolutely amazing cozy fantasy. "The Enchanted Greenhouse" is a sequel to "The Spellshop," and I highly recommend reading both books for a full experience.

Sarah masterfully creates the most wholesome characters, again. Terlu is a lovable, gentle soul who, despite her loneliness and a touch of insecurity, radiates warmth and kindness. Yarrow, on the other hand, is a quiet, grumpy man with a heart of gold, whose gruff exterior hides a deeply caring personality that evolves beautifully throughout the story. And then there are all the delightful side characters, each uniquely charming and memorable; I love everyone in this world. We get cats with wings, small dragons, and sentient plants.

If anyone asks in which book universe I want to live, it is undoubtedly here, in Sarah's cozy fantasies.

This is the perfect book to curl up with over a nice cup of tea and just relax. Sure, it’s a cozy read, but don’t be fooled—things aren’t all sunshine and rainbows here. The plot has a mix of emotions, I cried, was angry and laughed a lot. There’s a interesting magic system in play, and the quirky dynamics between the characters definitely makes you giggle and kick your feet.

"The Enchanted Greenhouse" is a whimsically gorgeous book. Sarah's books deserve some hype. For me, they're in the same category as "Legends and Lattes", which I also loved. The writing was perfect - easy enough to not struggle to understand the magic system and she also sets the perfect tone for the genre. This was a standout book for me.

You probably guessed, this was an 10/10 read.

4.5/5

“If you’re hurt, you’re hurt. It doesn’t matter if anyone else thinks you don’t have a good enough reason. Pain doesn’t require approval.”

I believe I read ‘The Spellshop’ for a Goodreads challenge back in April, and I distinctly remember thinking, “But what happens to Terlu?!” Well, now we have the answer!

This enchanting tale features magical plants, forbidden magic, and a delightful touch of adventure. It was such a charming and cozy read, and it perfectly encapsulates my favourite type of romance. Honestly, I would love to read more stories set in this world. I now want to go and play Sims 4; build a little cottage and live off of the land.

Thank you to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for the opportunity to read this title.

The Enchanted Greenhouse is a story about family, finding your purpose and the love for plants. Librarian turned statue turned magic greenhouse saviour Terlu has been through quite the ride. After being turned into a wooden statue as punishment for making a sentient plant without the right qualifications, she suddenly finds herself on a mostly abandoned island where the lonesome gardener is trying to save his greenhouse that’s slowly falling apart from the lack of magic. Together with a talking rose, the pair will search high and low for a magic cure to save the greenhouse before it destroys itself and everything inside.

First of all, the magical greenhouse sounds like a truly magical place. There’s almost an endless series of smaller greenhouses with custom made interiors designed to serve a specific kind of habitat. Not to mention that the different plants and creatures that inhabited it were just delightful and sounded like a dream. Like the bee inspired mini dragons that guard a maze. Not to mention the sentient plants that were just too precious. I now want sentient plants as friends. I probably liked them more than the human main characters. While there wasn’t anything wrong with either Terlu or Yarrow, or their relationship, it just couldn’t match my fondness for the creatures. There’s a more serious tone to them than the characters from The Spellshop. As someone who is a big fan of whimsy cozy fantasy, I had hoped that this book had the same light-heartedness as The Spellshop.

With that said, The Enchanted Greenhouse is a book that is brimming with a vivid imagined world and so much heart. If you enjoy your cozy fantasy with some serious stakes, strong character growth and deeper feelings, then this is your cup of tea.

*I received an ARC via Netgalley*
This book made me feel so much more emotional than I was expecting! With the sad backstory of characters in this book I loved that the healing journey carried the plot. The magical elements to this story were just as wonderful as the first book. I loved the main characters, it was easy to become invested in them, and lovers of slow-burn will very much enjoy the romance in this book.
My only complaint is how slow the plot progression was in places. The book has a very strong beginning and ending, but there were times in the middle where I was a little in unsatisfied with the pacing.

So happy to be back in this world! This story opens with the backstory of Terlu the librarian and how she created Caz, the spider plant—a lovely setup that deepens the magic and lore.

From cats with wings and tiny dragons to singing plants and threads of found family, this cozy fantasy has everything I hoped for. Lotti is an absolute favourite. 🌹❤️

There are soft hints at how Caz, Kiela, and the people of Caltrey are doing, making it feel like the perfect companion to The Spellshop. I’m not surprised I loved this one just as much.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

If you thought the spellshop was cozy? Sarah knocked it out of the park with this one...and that cover!! I can't wait to see what she produces next

This sequel to The Spellshop is much better! It does not suffer from an endless parade of insta-solve problems and has more talking/singing plants.

This time we follow Terlu Perna, the librarian who illegally created Kaz, who finds herself alone and de-statued in a snowy forest. She befriends grumpy and lonely gardener Yarrow who tends to an elaborate system of enchanted greenhouses. They team up with the plants to save the crumbling greenhouses. They encounter problems and work together to solve them.

A wonderful story about working together. being brave, and finding purpose. Ree the wax myrtle reminded me of Chauncey (The House in the Cerulean Sea).

She'd been wood-ified. Or should that be 'solidified'? Enstatued? There wasn't a proper verb for it, which bothered Terlu - if you were going to do a thing to a someone, there should be a verb for it, and if there wasn't, you should reconsider doing it at all.

Thank you NetGalley and Pan MacMillan | Tor for the review copy

It was an enjoyable read even though it was not really what I was in the mood for. It was cute and cosy and quite wholesome. The characters and the romance were not developed enough for me but it was still pleasant to read. The plot and the setting were more expanded. If you love a sweet cosy romantasy, this series is for you — yes, I believe you need to read the first book before diving into this one.

Thank you to Netgalley for an e-ARC in exchange for a honest review.

A superbly crafted fantasy adventure full of cosy thrills, romance, intrigue and adventure than you've ever seen - but in the best way possible.

4 ⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for the ARC!

I went into The Enchanted Greenhouse expecting a typical cosy fantasy — and while it was delightfully cosy (yes, there are honey cakes and a winged cat), it ended up being so much more. This is a story about acceptance, belonging, and the quiet strength of found family.

I absolutely adored Yarrow — grumpy, kind, and clearly someone whose love language is making food for others. Every honey cake and warm meal he made for Terlu said what he couldn’t put into words, and I found that incredibly moving. His quiet presence balanced beautifully with Terlu’s journey of self-forgiveness and rediscovery.

This book has all the charm and whimsy you’d expect from Sarah Beth Durst, but it also has real emotional depth. If you love gentle fantasy with heart, healing, and a dash of romance, this one’s for you.

This cosy fantasy brings us back to the world of The Spell Shop, but this time we follow what happened to Caz' creator, the librarian Terlu. It can absolutely be read as a standalone, but those who have read The Spell Shop will enjoy the Easter Eggs!

Librarian Terlu was turned into a statue for illegal use of magic. She awakens on the island of Belde, which is filled with enchanted greenhouses. But their magic is fading and gardener Yarrow is hoping she can help save the magical plants and creatures inside.

This was a lovely, heartwarming read with a message of love, acceptance and inclusion. It is told through the point of view of Terlu, which allows us to discover the island and the greenhouses alongside her, but I would have liked to have Yarrow's point of view too (perhaps this could be a bonus chapter in the future!).

Thank you to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for providing me with a digital and a paperback copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This is a follow up to the really wonderful Spellshop and a companion tale that tells the history of Caz the talking spider plant.

IN the great library Terlu accidentally casts a a-spell that turns a plant sentient, as a result she is sentenced to become a statue and placed on a pedastal in the library as punishment so others are reminded of what they would face if they tried the same. Sad thing is that Terlu is concious and knows everything that is going on.

One day she wakes up on an Island, and a man called Yarrow believes she is a sorcerer. He wrote to the mainland for help with his dying magical greenhouses and they sent him the statue of Terlu. The problem is that to save the greenhouses Terlu is going to have to decipher the old sorcerers spellbooks and practice the very magic that made her a statue.

Now, i will say i loved the spellshop it was really charming but i didnt like this as much. Too many plants and i cant gel with talking plants, it felt very much like a childrens book to me, and whilst i love childrens literature i just couldnt connect to Terlu or Yarrow her love interest who whilst kind and a baker was surly and moody and miserable.

I read the authors notes where she said she couldnt get Terlu out of her head and i will agree i did wonder wht happened to her, but for me, i would have preferred a reunion with Caz, its hinted at but i would have loved to have read about Terlu landing on the island and Caz running up to her with Meep. Maybe Sarah will write another one and have it be a trilogy?

Its a 3 for me but only because i just cant gel with about 10 different talking plants. I would also say, little illustrations of what they look like may have helped?

I loved The Spellshop, so I was delighted to have been given the opportunity to read The Enchanted Greenhouse. The cover grabbed my attention right away, it's beautiful. I loved the story and the characters, the magical system, the stunningly magical greenhouse and its inhabitants.

Actual rating: 4,5 stars

I think I enjoyed The Enchanted Greenhouse even more than The Spellshop.

The atmosphere was rich, magical, and full of wonder. I loved exploring the different enchanted greenhouses, each one a little world of its own.

The romance was the perfect slow-burn, though I did wish for a bit more emotional depth. Still, its development felt true to the characters and the tone of the book. The character work was also fantastic. It was nuanced, relatable, and evolving throughout the story.

If I had one small critique, it’s that some of Terlu’s inner monologues felt a bit repetitive at times. But overall, it’s a minor flaw in an otherwise delightful read.

You don’t need to have read The Spellshop to enjoy this book, but fans will appreciate the little Easter Eggs and connections between the two books.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Oh...oh, how I loved this book. Sentient plants are rapidly becoming a new favourite sidekick character.

Sarah writes beautifully and in a way that is seriously emotive, she creates characters that you can't help but fall in love with. The Enchanted Greenhouse touches eloquently on themes of grief, loneliness and hope and how differently people cope with those feelings. Terlu and Yarrow are the epitome of the GrumpyxSunshine relationship and are completely adorable for it. I loved the cross over with The Spellshop, I really hope we see more from this world.

I want to live in this world so badly!

After finishing The Spellshop last week and absolutely falling in love with it, I knew I had to pick up the sequel as soon as possible, and I'm very glad that I did. This world is such a cosy, delightful space, and it feels so comforting. This installment centres around an island housing an enormous magical greenhouse, it's singular lonely gardener, and Terlu, the librarian we first (sort of) met in The Spellshop, responsible for creating beloved Caz, and who has been stuck as a statue for the past few years.

The greenhouses are my favourite part of this book - the inhabitants range from tiny magical dragons and their horde, to one containing an ocean, to one containing singing plants, to one containing flowers that give you dreams - I just want to go and explore the greenhouses forever. Of course, this wouldn't be a book about Terlu if it didn't have talking plants, and this has SO MANY talking plants, my favourite being the lovely wax myrtle Ree who wants nothing more than to be a sailor!

A big theme of this book is forgiveness, both of yourself and of others, and I thought the author handled it brilliantly. Particularly for our grumpy gardener Yarrow, he needs to learn to let people in, and I loved seeing him discover how to do that with Terlu. It's a very tender story, and embodies the lovely warmth that we got in The Spellshop.

Admittedly, The Spellshop is still my favourite of the two, but The Enchanted Greenhouse is a wonderful follow-up, and I am here begging the author to write more stories in this world. Take us to all the islands!

A slice of life that was joyful and hopeful. It was lovely to be able to go back and explore Terlu's story, and see her get the happiness and feeling of belonging she craves.

This was a low stakes fantasy story that would be ideal to curl up with on a dreich evening and escape into the pages of for a while. I'd definitely recommend this books and thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Terlu was not a Sorcerer, but she was lonely and created a harmless sentient plant for company. Terlu was punished for this, harshly, to set an example.

After being separated from everyone and encased as a statue for years, she awakes on an island with no clue how she got there.

Upon exploring, she comes across a grumpy gardener, and finds the island is filled with magical greenhouses.

Yarrow, the gardener, has been alone on the island for sometime and he had hoped that Terlu with her magic might be able to save the failing magic holding the greenhouses together.... but after what happened last time she used unauthorised magic, Terlu isn't sure if she should, or even if she can....

Assisted by some sentient plants and animal companions, Terlu and Yarrow decide to do what they can to save the island, and perhaps save themselves along the way....

I loved the Spellshop and had high hopes for this one, and it didn't disappoint. The world is so magical and the characters perfect in their imperfections.

Out in July so lots of time to delve into this world through the Spellshop before this comes out. Would highly recommend both.

Thanks to PanMacmillian/Tor for the review copy, all opinions my own.