A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

A different take on the heavily saturated whodunnit market. The historical elements added to portraying how “unique” the main character was, due to her determination to research Botany rather than marry a man and just attend parties.

I enjoyed the relationship budding between Saffron and Alex, though after reading the entire thing and realising it had all happened in a matter of days, I was a little sceptical.