Book Review: Bloom

Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

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Bloom is not what you’d call a “regular apocalyptic book”. Not at all. Within these pages is a fast paced story with gut wrenching plot twists that you wouldn’t dream of. The novel follows the three teenagers Anaya, Petra, and Seth, who after an ominous rain have to figure out why these new toxic plants have taken over the world and why they are immune to them. Time is running out for them and the rest of the world to figure out what is happening and how to stop the invasion which has only started. All they can ask is, what secrets bind them together?

I’d recommend Bloom by Kenneth Oppel because of it’s creative play at imagining invasive species, plant biology, and plant behaviors. Constantly under danger, people have to live in their “new normal” in this book. Sound familiar? This book was so thrilling that I went and searched up when the next book in this trilogy was coming out (December 1st 2020). The 3 teenagers have to navigate the scary, harsh world that they now live in and throughout this book we see how they adapt, grow, and answer their unanswered questions.

-Review by Teen Advisory Board Member, 10/21/20