Book Review and Blog Tour: The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister

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My Book Review: The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister. I receive notifications about Blog Tours and this was the one I knew I wanted to be my first Blog Tour and boy, oh boy am I glad!

Title: The Scent Keeper
Author: Erica Bauermeister

Publish Date: May 21st 2019 by St Martin’s Press

# of Pages: 320
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Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism

My Rating: ★★★★★ Absolute favorite! Everyone should read it!

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Why I Picked It Up: I receive many notices of blog tours. Up until now I didn’t feel prepared to commit to something. Committing to myself on a date is completely different than someone else! They were counting on me. I decided I wanted to give one a try. I just couldn’t resist after seeing the beautiful cover, and then reading the description.

The Official Summary

Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives.

Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won’t explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world–a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination.

Lyrical and immersive, The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home.

What did I think about The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister

I received this book as an advanced review copy (ARC) as part of a Blog Tour.

This book is beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Looking through Erica’s other books I was surprised to see that I had read one of her books! I read The School of Essential Ingredients back in 2014 and gave it a 3 star, meaning I read it, I enjoyed it but it isn’t a book I would really tell others they need to read. I was mostly surprised because The Scent Keeper was just so different. The Magical Realism that just took me by surprise in all of the best ways. This is a genre that I simply don’t read enough of. I think we all need a little bit of magic in our lives. Not so much of a change from reality that Fantasy will bring you but just enough to breathe a sigh of relief.

I really enjoyed seeing how Emmeline’s relationship with her father grew and evolved and what that ended up meaning to them. The magical descriptions of the different senses is intriguing. I loved hearing all the details about her sense of smell and how she was able to use and develop the talent. Emmeline has to leave the island for reasons I will not spoil which introduces some characters I just adored.

So, what didn’t I like?

There wasn’t a whole lot I didn’t like! The book did start a little slow for me. I also hadsome moments of frustration where you just want to shake a character to get them to do something. But I guess neither of those things are reasons to dislike a book, thus why I gave this book 5 stars!

I loved the ending. It ended in such a beautiful way that made me wanting it to just keep going. Read this book! I want to know what you think too and if you find it as lovely as I did.

A huge thanks to St Martin’s Press for approving me to read this book and sent me a copy to read and give my honest review.

Would I read more books by Erica Bauermeister? I now have a 3 star book and a 5 star book of hers that I have read. I most definitely would read more of her books.

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Erica Bauermeister is the author of the bestselling novel The School of Essential Ingredients, Joy for Beginners, and The Lost Art of Mixing. She is also the co-author of the non-fiction works, 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader’s Guide and Let’s Hear It For the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. Erica has a PhD in literature from the University of Washington, and has taught there and at Antioch University. She is a founding member of the Seattle7Writers and currently lives in Port Townsend, Washington.

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