{"product_id":"the-divine-gardeners-handbook-or-what-to-do-if-your-girlfriend-accidentally-turns-off-the-sun","title":"The Divine Gardener's Handbook: Or What to Do If Your Girlfriend Accidentally Turns Off the Sun","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Readers' Most Anticipated Romantasies for 2026\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"YA author Snow makes their adult debut with this action-packed science-fantasy story. It's ideal for fans of Tamsyn Muir who enjoy a mix of science and magic in apocalyptic settings and want to unravel conspiracies and romantic feelings along the way.\" \n\u003ci\u003e - Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Snow's adult debut is a twisty and humorous sapphic take on a classic rivals-to-lovers plot...Snow's sharp character work and snappy dialogue rocket readers through this wildly inventive tale. Tamsyn Muir fans will eat it up.\" - \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A really fun and wildly imaginative story about an underground world, a flower pageant, rivals-to-friends, and gods. [We] can't wait to read what Eli Snow has for us next!\" - \n\u003ci\u003eBook Riot \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fiercely imaginative ride, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Divine Gardener's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e is the kind of novel that makes you want to stay up late reading. It has gardens full of so much more than meets the eye, entertaining characters harboring major secrets, and a story that manages to be funny, heart wrenching, profound, and relatable, sometimes all in one sentence.\" --E.B. Asher, \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThis Will Be Fun\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Unique, clever, and charming, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Divine Gardener's Handbook \u003c\/i\u003ewill surprise and delight you!\" --Sarah Beth Durst, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Spellshop\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is pure Chaotic Good--queer, wildly imaginative plant-based hopepunk that you'll want to inject directly into your veins. A maniacally good time.\" --Julie Leong, \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Teller of Small Fortunes\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most fun I've had reading a book. Snow designs a world that beautifully mimics the chaos and hardships of our own while spinning it into something fun and full of voice. These characters literally come to life on the page--I didn't want to say goodbye.\" -- T.R. Moore, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Gods Must Burn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Divine Gardener's Handbook \u003c\/i\u003eis an exciting romp through a lush garden of unexpected delights. Snow sows the seeds of the familiar and chaotic in one pot to create this fun, fascinating, and imaginative debut.\" --Samantha Sotto Yambao, author of \n\u003ci\u003eWater Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEli Snow (they\/them) is a speculative fiction writer, editor, and former medical geneticist, based in rural Australia with their two cats. Their work tends to center queer and neurodivergent characters, as these are the perspectives they experience the world from. When not reading or writing, they should be checked for signs of life. Eli also writes YA Fantasy under the name Elias Cold. Their YA debut, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Duke Steals Hearts, \u003c\/i\u003eis available now from Page Street Kids.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDELUXE EDITION--featuring beautiful sprayed edges!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWARNING: MAY CAUSE REBELLION, RADICAL GARDENING, AND ROMANCE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pure chaotic good.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Julie Leong, \u003ci\u003e USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Teller of Small Fortunes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Divine Gardener's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a sapphic dystopian fantasy of botanical sabotage, a questionable god named Saul, and a woman falling for the person most likely to ruin her life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a Jenga-stacked megacity where glowing blue flowers hum in the dark and palace doors open into secret worlds, getting a job in the Divine Gardens is almost impossible--like being plucked from obscurity by a carnival claw machine. But Cyprin has spent her whole life trying. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer only chance is winning the annual flower pageant, dominated for five years by Purcell: brilliant head gardener, unbearable rival, and the one person Cyprin can't stop thinking about. When Cyprin cheats her way to victory, she's thrust into a world of sentient plants, ancient secrets, and a God who turns out to be just some exhausted man with a very good garden. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat begins as rivalry, heated glaring, and increasingly personal acts of warfare spirals into something much more dangerous. As rebellion spreads through the city and the truth beneath the Gardens begins to unravel, Cyprin and Purcell find themselves caught between ambition, obsession, and the terrifying possibility of understanding each other completely. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven if they burn the whole world down in the process. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Divine Gardener's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e is perfect for readers who like their fantasy weird, heartfelt, and a little unhinged. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 106 (EAN 9781250395184, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781250395184, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eSnow, Eli\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEli Snow (they\/them) is a speculative fiction writer, editor, and former medical geneticist, based in rural Australia with their two cats. 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