Late Bloomer, Mazey Eddings
Late Bloomer, Mazey Eddings
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Late Bloomer
A Novel

Author: Mazey Eddings

Narrator: Ellie Gossage

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2024


Synopsis

A sexy, sapphic, opposites-attract romance with Mazey Eddings' signature sparkling voice!

Winning the lottery has ruined Opal Devlin's life. After quitting her dead-end job where she’d earned minimum wage and even less respect, she’s bombarded by people knocking at her door for a handout the second they found out her bank account was overflowing with cash. And Opal can’t seem to stop saying yes.

With her tender heart thoroughly abused, Opal decides to protect herself by any means necessary, which to her translates to putting almost all her new money to buying a failing flower farm in Asheville, North Carolina to let the flowers live out their plant destiny while she uses the cabin on the property to start her painting business.

But her plans for isolation and self-preservation go hopelessly awry when an angry (albeit gorgeous) Pepper Boden is waiting for her at her new farm. Pepper states she’s the rightful owner of Thistle and Bloom Farms, and isn’t moving out. The unlikely pair strike up an agreement of co-habitation, and butt heads at every turn. Can these opposites both live out their dreams and plant roots? Or will their combustible arguing (and growing attraction) burn the whole place down?

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

About Mazey Eddings

MAZEY EDDINGS is a neurodiverse author, dentist, and (most importantly) stage mom to her cats, Yaya and Zadie. She can most often be found reading romance novels under her weighted blanket and asking her fiancé to bring her snacks. She’s made it her personal mission in life to destigmatize mental health issues and write love stories for every brain. With roots in Ohio and Philadelphia, she now calls Asheville, North Carolina home. She is the author of A Brush with Love and Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake.


Reviews

Goodreads review by chan ☆ on May 24, 2024

i haven't had the best luck with this author's writing but wanted to give it a shot because 1. gorgeous cover and 2. gay but i'm once again let down. i liked the characters individually but felt zero chemistry between the two of them. i also think your enjoyment of this will depend on if you like quiet......more

Goodreads review by Eleanor on April 11, 2024

Late Bloomer is a fun and breezy sapphic romance following, Opal, an artist hellbent on following her dreams after winning the lottery and buying a flower farm, and Pepper, the farm's former owner who had no idea of its sale. When the two meet and learn of their predicament, both are forced to stick......more

Goodreads review by mimi (taylor’s version) on April 19, 2024

Happy publication day to Mazey Eddings’ Late Bloomer!! If books could speak, this one would scream “Girls are just superior!” the moment you touch it. Mazey Eddings outdid herself with Opal and Pepper’s story. The pace, the characters’ arc, the delicate writing about sexuality and intimacy, being......more

Goodreads review by aeryn on August 05, 2024

4⭐️ This book was beyond cute and adorable! This book was light and fluffy for the most part with just a hint of trauma that we actually get a slight deep dive into. Right from the very start, I really loved Opal. I was very scared that she was going to end up being a character that acted as a human......more

Goodreads review by daniella on April 03, 2024

3 stars★ Opal's luck strikes when she wins the lottery and impulsively purchases a flower farm in Asheville. Little does she know, Pepper is already residing there! To make amends, Opal proposes a plan for Pepper to stay and work together on the farm as repayment. This book had me going through a whir......more


Quotes

"Sapphic, neurodivergent women working on a flower farm and falling in love? Be still my cottagecore lesbian heart! Eddings always knows how to check all my boxes with her affirming romance novels, but Late Bloomer has my whole heart. This book bursts with Eddings' trademark compassion, humor, and beautifully flawed characters, all within a magnificent story about queer joy, queer love, and the power of queer community. As hopeful as the first bud of spring, as lovely as the lilacs in bloom, and as gay as lavender, this book is a must-read." — Alison Cochrun, author of Kiss Her Once for Me

"Mazey Eddings’s writing is authentic, emotional, and intensely romantic! To me, it’s like a Taylor Swift song in book form." - New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood


Awards

  • Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year