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Cover of Melanie Sweeney’s Where You’re Planted

“If you think you didn’t save me too, you couldn’t be more wrong.”

Where You're Planted by Melanie Sweeney

August 27, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

This is a sneaky, emotional book about what community is and what it means to people.   I don’t remember exactly what made me put this on my to read list back in April, but one of the reviewers I follow reviewed it as an ARC in March and described its vibe as “echoes of Nora Roberts with a flair of Anita Kelly + Kate Clayborn that really made me smile and tugged at my heart”. Okay, La Nora has had diminishing returns over the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a little romance, anxiety rep, cbr17bingo, Melanie Sweeney, natural disasters, Where You’re Planted, work

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a little romance, anxiety rep, cbr17bingo, Melanie Sweeney, natural disasters, Where You’re Planted, work ·
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Cover of Melanie Sweeney’s Where You’re Planted

A Gorgeous Love Letter to Libraries, Gardens, and the People who Create Community Spaces

Where You’re Planted by Melanie Sweeney

May 29, 2025 by Emmalita 2 Comments

I really enjoyed Melanie Sweeney’s debut, Take Me Home, so I had high expectations for her sophomore book, Where You’re Planted. My expectations were blown out of the water. Where You’re Planted inserted itself right into my chest. It is definitely in the top 5 books I’ve read this year. Melanie Sweeney writes with tremendous emotional intelligence. This book is a love letter to libraries, gardens, and the public employees who create public spaces and build communities. It’s for the people who hate to ask […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Houston, Melanie Sweeney, Where You’re Planted

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Houston, Melanie Sweeney, Where You’re Planted ·
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