The Fair Botanists: Could one rare plant hold the key to a thousand riches?

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Set in Georgian Edinburgh, the book explores botany, women and the restrictions placed on them by society, plus the empowering effect of female friendship. Elizabeth hasn’t had a particularly happy marriage and this move promises to open up new experiences. Writing this story felt very playful – and I included some real-life figures like William McNab (and his family), Sir Walter Scott, Robert Graham who was a professor at the University as well as Regius Keeper of the Garden….

There is excitement in the city as large trees and plants of various sorts are gradually moved to their new home. I’m aware that this is a ridiculous bone to pick, but it’s my bone, and I’m going to chew on it until I reach the marrow.Now that is highly unfair, so let me say again here, I really like Sara Sheridan's female protagonists and I did enjoy this book very much.

These two very different women find a common bond, forming a friendship that defies society’s expectations . For the first hundred or so pages I was fairly engaged, but as new characters are introduced and the sheer volume of detail begins to mount I began to lose interest, I’m afraid I just found the story quite dull, in fact there wasn’t really a great deal of story. Mind that this review might be much more subjective than usual as I picked up The Fair Botanists during my vacation in Scotland and it echoes how much admiration I have for this country since my recent visit. Aunque es una compañía poco recomendable por su profesión, es querida por sus sirvientes e invitada a numerosos eventos por su intelecto y carácter.I just wished all the characters were a little more developed and we could get a little more of the friendship between Bell and Elizabeth especially.