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For Whom the Roses Grow by Rebekah Blackmore
4.0

Everyone in this book is sapphic and I love it

The beginning was very difficult to get through - I understand Mrs Anderson has reasons for her behaviour because of her tragic past and because she feels helpless, but reading her being so abusive to her staff was awful, and I wasn't sure I could get into the romance even later

Thankfully, things improved relatively soon (less than 50% in), and while there was some conflict/drama later, this book ended with THREE happy sapphic couples together and that is all I can ask for tbh

(Note: there is some homophobia due to the time period, but tbh it's pretty minimal because most of the story takes place in a house full of sapphic women
+ The main character lost the use of her legs due to an illness and she is disabled for most of the book, but she recovers by the epilogue)