When this book was good, it was absolutely breath-taking but it had some serious issues. It only touched on some of the important points of the story and Victoria's history, in particular what happened with the yellow rose between Elizabeth and Catherine whose fallout was vital to their future. 
 But then the novel would start talking about flowers as she started working in Bloom and it was magical. Renata was a great character and I would have loved to have seen more of her and felt that what the damaged teen Victoria did by starting up her own flower business was a huge betrayal that surprised me, even if they would direct them to Bloom if they didn't get on.