Rachael's Reads | June was WILD! It kicked off with Big...

June was WILD!

It kicked off with Big Ohio Book Con where I did very little reading but met some of my favorite authors as well as some new-to-me writers.

Rachael's Reads
Rachael
• Jul 15

🌿🌷The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston🌷🌿

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The Someday Garden was one of my most anticipated reads of the year and it absolutely lived up to my expectations, nay, exceeded them. Ashley Poston's magical realism is one of my favorite things and I'm having a hard time liking any book I've read since this one.

The character setup is exceptional. The reader learns about each character's backstory while they develop throughout the plot, giving the little dopamine hit that comes with uncovering a plot twist in a thriller. @heyashposton does a great job of revealing the events that brought Sophie, Oliver, and Cyrus back to Lilymoor House while keeping the book in a singular timeline.

Emotionally, this book tore right to my core. I only cry at a handful of books each year (I think my 2026 total is 2-3 as of July) and this was one of them. I know this is technically a contemporary romance, and I loved that element of it, but the real impact of this book came from the emotional connections between Sophie and Harrie, her mom, Rus, and several of the incredible side characters.

5 stars is not enough.

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Thank you to @berkleypub and @netgalley for the free eARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

What's your favorite book of the year so far? Any surprising finds?

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