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Dancing with Bees
One chaotic hip-hop dancer with no direction in life. One outrageously handsome scientist who is determined to go back to Antarctic. Over a shared interest in beekeeping, things start to heat up. But can the path to true love ever flow as smoothly as honey?
Sunny Moritz needs a change. She’s thirty-three, single, weary of tedious romances with the wrong kind of men and, according to her disappointed parents, drifting about like a tumbleweed. Her former high school crush, orthopaedic surgeon Adam Harrison, might be meeting all her physical demands (and requiring a subtotal of zero emotional headspace), but what about the rest of her life?
When Sunny decides to start beekeeping, the man with the information she needs is an odd, enigmatic and indecently sexy Antarctic scientist. Surely, though, she's way too pragmatic to be affected by his magnetism …
But as her hunger for meaning starts to bloom, Sunny begins to think that maybe it’s not too late to reconnect with her parents, maybe it’s time to start dancing again and maybe even she could have a lasting relationship.
Dancing with Bees is easy to read, but hard to put down. In the tradition of Emily Henry and Marian Keyes, this delightful novel bubbles with charm, warmth and humour, but also speaks of the important things in life – like love.
Sunny Moritz needs a change. She’s thirty-three, single, weary of tedious romances with the wrong kind of men and, according to her disappointed parents, drifting about like a tumbleweed. Her former high school crush, orthopaedic surgeon Adam Harrison, might be meeting all her physical demands (and requiring a subtotal of zero emotional headspace), but what about the rest of her life?
When Sunny decides to start beekeeping, the man with the information she needs is an odd, enigmatic and indecently sexy Antarctic scientist. Surely, though, she's way too pragmatic to be affected by his magnetism …
But as her hunger for meaning starts to bloom, Sunny begins to think that maybe it’s not too late to reconnect with her parents, maybe it’s time to start dancing again and maybe even she could have a lasting relationship.
Dancing with Bees is easy to read, but hard to put down. In the tradition of Emily Henry and Marian Keyes, this delightful novel bubbles with charm, warmth and humour, but also speaks of the important things in life – like love.
320 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2025
About the author
Anna Maynard
2 books32 followersAnna Maynard’s experience as a writer had largely been restricted to medical letters and discharge summaries through her years of medical training. So after sitting her specialist medical exams she decided to turn her hand to romance.
When she’s not dreaming up fictional heroines and swoony love interests, Anna can be found working in the hospital, pottering in her garden or playing songs with her pop band.
Anna lives in Tasmania with her husband and children. Anna published her debut novel, Dancing with Bees, in 2025. Flowers in July is her second novel.
When she’s not dreaming up fictional heroines and swoony love interests, Anna can be found working in the hospital, pottering in her garden or playing songs with her pop band.
Anna lives in Tasmania with her husband and children. Anna published her debut novel, Dancing with Bees, in 2025. Flowers in July is her second novel.
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April 16, 2025
Sunny Moritz is a gorgeous character. A debut novel, yet the entire experience reflected nothing of greenness. It was sunny (I can't use another word, it really was that type of read) and serious, contemplative and spontaneous, and completely substantial and delightful.
Sunny was beginning to feel bereft in her life, although very smart and altogether capable, she was adrift and slowly waking up to the fact that she had more to offer in life. Being 15 years older than the character, I quite liked her various jobs, I didn't think she was quite unmoored as the blurb may have led us to believe.
She was cool, a beautiful friend and fiercely independent, but I think after one too many hook ups and the realisation that no strings sex was becoming increasingly acceptable in her world, she began to take stock of her world.
Dealing with life events all at once showed her to be a strong woman in the reckoning of her relationship with her parents, the quickening intolerance for her career choices and instinctively knowing she was worth more than her lingerie loving life that she was currently careening through.
This is a beautifully written love story where Sunny learns about loving herself, reconciling her familial relationships and believing and discovering her worth. I loved her to bits - 'Sunny surprise' as she was known to the 'Bee man' Al, the banter between these two knocked my socks off. Their email correspondence while separated by distance, each learning about the other, and the love scenes were erotic, sensuous yet completely pg rated. The description of dance, and being taken to another world while doing so made me feel like I myself could dance (I really can't).
The self discovery in this novel, and the beautiful character building throughout the ensemble, were truly breathtaking. I loved this book, and it will be one of my highlights of the year. I can't wait to see what the author writes next. Also of note, the author wears many hats - she's a doctor, a mother (writing her story with a baby strapped to her chest at times) and a musician. Love it all!
Sunny was beginning to feel bereft in her life, although very smart and altogether capable, she was adrift and slowly waking up to the fact that she had more to offer in life. Being 15 years older than the character, I quite liked her various jobs, I didn't think she was quite unmoored as the blurb may have led us to believe.
She was cool, a beautiful friend and fiercely independent, but I think after one too many hook ups and the realisation that no strings sex was becoming increasingly acceptable in her world, she began to take stock of her world.
Dealing with life events all at once showed her to be a strong woman in the reckoning of her relationship with her parents, the quickening intolerance for her career choices and instinctively knowing she was worth more than her lingerie loving life that she was currently careening through.
This is a beautifully written love story where Sunny learns about loving herself, reconciling her familial relationships and believing and discovering her worth. I loved her to bits - 'Sunny surprise' as she was known to the 'Bee man' Al, the banter between these two knocked my socks off. Their email correspondence while separated by distance, each learning about the other, and the love scenes were erotic, sensuous yet completely pg rated. The description of dance, and being taken to another world while doing so made me feel like I myself could dance (I really can't).
The self discovery in this novel, and the beautiful character building throughout the ensemble, were truly breathtaking. I loved this book, and it will be one of my highlights of the year. I can't wait to see what the author writes next. Also of note, the author wears many hats - she's a doctor, a mother (writing her story with a baby strapped to her chest at times) and a musician. Love it all!
April 16, 2025
5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Vibes: Heartwarming, Laugh Out Loud Funny
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - Echo Publishing knows how to pick a winner. If I could rate this higher than 5 stars you can bet I would!
When I picked this one up, the cover had me thinking I was diving into contemporary or historical fiction, but what I actually got was the sweetest rom-com I’ve read in ages.
Set in beautiful Tasmania, Dancing With Bees delivered all the rom (in a genuinely sweet, non-cringey way) and all the com. Like actual laugh out loud, snort laughing, kind of funny. From hilarious descriptions to fake texts and cheeky one-liners, Anna Maynard had me in stitches giggling. She's giving strong Dolly Alderton / Genevieve Novak vibes.
But it wasn’t all just laughs, this book had heart ♥️ There were tender and quiet moments, sad parts and reflective ‘am I doing life right?’ bits. It truly was the whole package.
Honestly, if I know you, I’ll be forcing this book into your hands. If you’ve got a birthday coming up, guess what - you’re getting this book. I couldn’t love it more.
Vibes: Heartwarming, Laugh Out Loud Funny
- - -
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - Echo Publishing knows how to pick a winner. If I could rate this higher than 5 stars you can bet I would!
When I picked this one up, the cover had me thinking I was diving into contemporary or historical fiction, but what I actually got was the sweetest rom-com I’ve read in ages.
Set in beautiful Tasmania, Dancing With Bees delivered all the rom (in a genuinely sweet, non-cringey way) and all the com. Like actual laugh out loud, snort laughing, kind of funny. From hilarious descriptions to fake texts and cheeky one-liners, Anna Maynard had me in stitches giggling. She's giving strong Dolly Alderton / Genevieve Novak vibes.
But it wasn’t all just laughs, this book had heart ♥️ There were tender and quiet moments, sad parts and reflective ‘am I doing life right?’ bits. It truly was the whole package.
Honestly, if I know you, I’ll be forcing this book into your hands. If you’ve got a birthday coming up, guess what - you’re getting this book. I couldn’t love it more.
August 30, 2025
Tender, beautifully bittersweet and funny.
’I was finally able to see the beauty that had been around me all along.’
I loved the Tasmanian setting and the insights into bees. Sunny Moritz is a wonderfully memorable character, with such a sharply observant wit.
’allowing ourselves to show our weaknesses and to learn that we’re all just fumbling, confused, tender humans, working our way through it alongside one another.’’
This is a charming debut novel and I loved reading the acknowledgments, particularly to her family.
4.5 stars (rounded up)
’I was finally able to see the beauty that had been around me all along.’
I loved the Tasmanian setting and the insights into bees. Sunny Moritz is a wonderfully memorable character, with such a sharply observant wit.
’allowing ourselves to show our weaknesses and to learn that we’re all just fumbling, confused, tender humans, working our way through it alongside one another.’’
This is a charming debut novel and I loved reading the acknowledgments, particularly to her family.
4.5 stars (rounded up)
August 3, 2025
So so lovely! An Aussie romcom which is original and romantic and just lovely
Should have WAY more reads
Should have WAY more reads
March 25, 2025
A novel of self discovery and love, Dancing with Bees is a witty and heartwarming read from Tasmanian first-time author Anna Maynard.
Never one to deny an impulse, and still casting about for a direction in life, thirty-three year old Sunny (Sara Marie) Moritz is charmed by the idea of keeping bees. An enthusiastic text to the Hobart Beekeepers Association links her with Al, who Sunny imagines is an elderly rolypoly gentleman eager to teach her the ropes, not the dimpled Adonis that turns up on her doorstep while she’s wearing felt antlers and the world’s most hideous jumper.
I really enjoyed the development of the relationship between Sunny and Al. Sunny’s slightly eccentric personality contrasts well with Al’s more reserved character, and Maynard writes convincingly of their chemistry, it’s not quite an ‘opposites attract’ thing but it’s close. Their banter is a delight, and the more intimate, serious scenes between them are sincere and satisfying.
Al’s entry into Sunny’s life coincides with her creeping awareness that she might want more than she’s allowed herself to have thus far, including a career instead of a passel of part time jobs, a relationship rather than a string of casual flings, and a better rapport with her parents, especially when her mother reveals a terminal diagnosis.
Sunny’s journey of self discovery is well crafted and even inspiring, it’s not about changing who she is but about acknowledging what she wants. I found the negotiation of her relationship with her mother to be particularly realistic and moving. Sunny’s interactions with her dance group of wayward teens are also touching as well, as entertaining.
An impressive debut, Dancing With Bees is as sweet, rich, and golden as honey.
Never one to deny an impulse, and still casting about for a direction in life, thirty-three year old Sunny (Sara Marie) Moritz is charmed by the idea of keeping bees. An enthusiastic text to the Hobart Beekeepers Association links her with Al, who Sunny imagines is an elderly rolypoly gentleman eager to teach her the ropes, not the dimpled Adonis that turns up on her doorstep while she’s wearing felt antlers and the world’s most hideous jumper.
I really enjoyed the development of the relationship between Sunny and Al. Sunny’s slightly eccentric personality contrasts well with Al’s more reserved character, and Maynard writes convincingly of their chemistry, it’s not quite an ‘opposites attract’ thing but it’s close. Their banter is a delight, and the more intimate, serious scenes between them are sincere and satisfying.
Al’s entry into Sunny’s life coincides with her creeping awareness that she might want more than she’s allowed herself to have thus far, including a career instead of a passel of part time jobs, a relationship rather than a string of casual flings, and a better rapport with her parents, especially when her mother reveals a terminal diagnosis.
Sunny’s journey of self discovery is well crafted and even inspiring, it’s not about changing who she is but about acknowledging what she wants. I found the negotiation of her relationship with her mother to be particularly realistic and moving. Sunny’s interactions with her dance group of wayward teens are also touching as well, as entertaining.
An impressive debut, Dancing With Bees is as sweet, rich, and golden as honey.
April 20, 2025
Wow!! Hugely entertaining, yet raw and real in unexpected ways. Brilliant debut!
March 16, 2025
Big thanks to Echo Publishing for sending us a copy to read and review.
A certain age will represent a turning point in the navigation of life, where decisions and new directions will forge ahead.
For Sunny Moritz this was 33.
Change was needed and a new form of happiness and closure was beckoning.
The decision to keep bees in her yard was prompted by her love of honey and the wholesome benefits it would deliver both culinarily and environmentally. Meeting the bee specialist an added bonus to the whole project.
Sunny never felt she measured up to her mamas expectations.
She decided to remedy the strained relationship that characterised her adult life before it’s too late.
Zero substance was no longer acceptable as she built relationships and indulged in her passions.
Without bees we have no life and without happiness and fulfilment we also have no life.
Like a jigsaw the pieces connect once you decide to act on changes.
The realism and familiarity of this narrative evokes happiness, humour and sadness.
It is a snapshot of life most can relate to.
Sunny was an amazing character and her journey entertained and enlightened me.
An apt title on a gorgeous cover invites readers to indulge in this read.
A certain age will represent a turning point in the navigation of life, where decisions and new directions will forge ahead.
For Sunny Moritz this was 33.
Change was needed and a new form of happiness and closure was beckoning.
The decision to keep bees in her yard was prompted by her love of honey and the wholesome benefits it would deliver both culinarily and environmentally. Meeting the bee specialist an added bonus to the whole project.
Sunny never felt she measured up to her mamas expectations.
She decided to remedy the strained relationship that characterised her adult life before it’s too late.
Zero substance was no longer acceptable as she built relationships and indulged in her passions.
Without bees we have no life and without happiness and fulfilment we also have no life.
Like a jigsaw the pieces connect once you decide to act on changes.
The realism and familiarity of this narrative evokes happiness, humour and sadness.
It is a snapshot of life most can relate to.
Sunny was an amazing character and her journey entertained and enlightened me.
An apt title on a gorgeous cover invites readers to indulge in this read.
August 14, 2025
Boy meets girl. Boy has bees. Girl meets bees. Girl likes bees more than boys.
I have a theory. My theory is...I don't like romance novels. Every so often, I like to test my theory by actually reading a romance novel. But OMG! This is a romance novel written by a TASMANIAN! As any mainland Australian will tell you: Tasmanians are all inbred and usually have starring roles in movies like Deliverance. (Just kidding. Tasmanians are an endearing/enduring lot.) Anyway, my wife and I go to Tasmania every Christmas to escape the heat of Brisbane, but mainly to escape the family get-together with all its awkwardness, bickering and inappropriate presents.
The writing style engages you like a big, friendly hug. I found myself looking forward to reading what Sunny gets up to in the next chapter; what hilarious situation she'll stumble into next. Will she be a successful apiarist? To bees or not to bees? Anyway, even if I'm not a fan of romance novels, I learned a whole bunch of new words, a couple of good songs and some nice places to visit when we go to Tasmania next time. The writing style is bloody brilliant! For a first go at creating novel, Anna Maynard gets an A+. The ending is a triumph. Pity it wasn't Horror or SciFi.
Anyway - my grand experiment has proven that I still ain't no fan of throbbing hearts and throbbing dicks, romantically inclined novels.
I have a theory. My theory is...I don't like romance novels. Every so often, I like to test my theory by actually reading a romance novel. But OMG! This is a romance novel written by a TASMANIAN! As any mainland Australian will tell you: Tasmanians are all inbred and usually have starring roles in movies like Deliverance. (Just kidding. Tasmanians are an endearing/enduring lot.) Anyway, my wife and I go to Tasmania every Christmas to escape the heat of Brisbane, but mainly to escape the family get-together with all its awkwardness, bickering and inappropriate presents.
The writing style engages you like a big, friendly hug. I found myself looking forward to reading what Sunny gets up to in the next chapter; what hilarious situation she'll stumble into next. Will she be a successful apiarist? To bees or not to bees? Anyway, even if I'm not a fan of romance novels, I learned a whole bunch of new words, a couple of good songs and some nice places to visit when we go to Tasmania next time. The writing style is bloody brilliant! For a first go at creating novel, Anna Maynard gets an A+. The ending is a triumph. Pity it wasn't Horror or SciFi.
Anyway - my grand experiment has proven that I still ain't no fan of throbbing hearts and throbbing dicks, romantically inclined novels.
August 3, 2026
Reading through the reviews I feel like I have missed something lol but I found the main character absolutely insufferable from start to finish 💀
May 22, 2025
Dancing With Bees is the outstandingly entertaining debut novel from Australian author Anna Maynard.
I originally thought this was going to be a friends to lovers romantic comedy and although it does have these qualities there are also some deeply emotional elements within the story such as death by cancer and attempted suicide.
I enjoyed Sunny's growth and how she decluttered her life and started doing more meaningful things with her time and doing what gave her joy.
Dancing With Bees was an emotional roller coaster; funny, sad, meaningful with a touch of spice.
Dancing With Bees is the whole package!
I originally thought this was going to be a friends to lovers romantic comedy and although it does have these qualities there are also some deeply emotional elements within the story such as death by cancer and attempted suicide.
I enjoyed Sunny's growth and how she decluttered her life and started doing more meaningful things with her time and doing what gave her joy.
Dancing With Bees was an emotional roller coaster; funny, sad, meaningful with a touch of spice.
Dancing With Bees is the whole package!
June 5, 2026
Dancing with Bees by Anna Maynard
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @annamaynardauthor @echo_publishing
Wow another unputdownable book by the amazing Anna Maynard and another book crush with "Al" aka Allan 😬🤣🫣🙌💜💚
I am a bee keeper- one of my hives 🐝🍯 in the photo, so this book connected to me on so many different levels. 🥰🥰 This book had themes of greif, difficult family relationships, finding happiness and friendship. Even though the ending was full of sadness this book was a warm hug on a cold day.
I am not a romance lover (or maybe I am 🤔😫💀😬), so Im unsure what is happening to my heat and head reading Anna Maynard's novels. 📖❤️
I was unsure if this book would live up to being as fabulous as Flowers in July, which I absolutely loved wholeheartedly 💚💙🩵💜, but it did. 🙌👏🏆
Do yourself a favour and devour this beautiful easy to read "just one more chapter- but read for another hour" book.
"Sunny Moritz needs a change. She’s thirty-three, single, weary of tedious romances with the wrong kind of men and, according to her disappointed parents, drifting about like a tumbleweed. Her former high school crush, orthopaedic surgeon Adam Harrison, might be meeting all her physical demands (and requiring a subtotal of zero emotional headspace), but what about the rest of her life?
When Sunny decides to start beekeeping, the man with the information she needs is an odd, enigmatic and indecently sexy Antarctic scientist. Surely, though, she's way too pragmatic to be affected by his magnetism …
But as her hunger for meaning starts to bloom, Sunny begins to think that maybe it’s not too late to reconnect with her parents, maybe it’s time to start dancing again and maybe even she could have a lasting relationship."
Highly recommend. 🙌🙏💛🍯🐝🥰
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @annamaynardauthor @echo_publishing
Wow another unputdownable book by the amazing Anna Maynard and another book crush with "Al" aka Allan 😬🤣🫣🙌💜💚
I am a bee keeper- one of my hives 🐝🍯 in the photo, so this book connected to me on so many different levels. 🥰🥰 This book had themes of greif, difficult family relationships, finding happiness and friendship. Even though the ending was full of sadness this book was a warm hug on a cold day.
I am not a romance lover (or maybe I am 🤔😫💀😬), so Im unsure what is happening to my heat and head reading Anna Maynard's novels. 📖❤️
I was unsure if this book would live up to being as fabulous as Flowers in July, which I absolutely loved wholeheartedly 💚💙🩵💜, but it did. 🙌👏🏆
Do yourself a favour and devour this beautiful easy to read "just one more chapter- but read for another hour" book.
"Sunny Moritz needs a change. She’s thirty-three, single, weary of tedious romances with the wrong kind of men and, according to her disappointed parents, drifting about like a tumbleweed. Her former high school crush, orthopaedic surgeon Adam Harrison, might be meeting all her physical demands (and requiring a subtotal of zero emotional headspace), but what about the rest of her life?
When Sunny decides to start beekeeping, the man with the information she needs is an odd, enigmatic and indecently sexy Antarctic scientist. Surely, though, she's way too pragmatic to be affected by his magnetism …
But as her hunger for meaning starts to bloom, Sunny begins to think that maybe it’s not too late to reconnect with her parents, maybe it’s time to start dancing again and maybe even she could have a lasting relationship."
Highly recommend. 🙌🙏💛🍯🐝🥰
August 8, 2026
This book made me realise I in fact knew more about Hilltop Hoods than I expected. I enjoyed seeing Sunny come into herself but wished the thread of bees had been more impactful in the third act of the book.
I think there were some faults in the writing and editing of this book, superfluous anecdotes could have been cut, and perhaps some updating of references and follow through on motifs.
I loved reading a book set in Tasmania with family from Germany. It had a few parallels to my own family history! I love reading a book and being able to imagine exactly where they’re standing.
Side note: Very odd to read two books in a row with a mum diagnosed and passing sway from ovarian cancer…
I think there were some faults in the writing and editing of this book, superfluous anecdotes could have been cut, and perhaps some updating of references and follow through on motifs.
I loved reading a book set in Tasmania with family from Germany. It had a few parallels to my own family history! I love reading a book and being able to imagine exactly where they’re standing.
Side note: Very odd to read two books in a row with a mum diagnosed and passing sway from ovarian cancer…
May 29, 2026
Absolutely loved this. Best book I’ve read for ages. Made me smile, giggle and cry all at once. Really heart warming. Loved it. Chance read with a pretty cover on Libby ending in a Tassie author find. 🙏🏻✨
March 26, 2025
3.5⭐️
July 26, 2026
Likkkkeeee a 4.8
September 17, 2026
Great read
March 27, 2025
A contemporary romance full of life, love and spectacular levels of awkwardness, Dancing With Bees absolutely kills it!
It was so much fun to read, and I adored that the main characters were all so humanly flawed and complex.
My thoughts (no spoilers):
-Cover is gorg
-Love the prologue
-We stan a 30+ FMC 👏
-LOL THE JOCK BEING AN ORTHO BRO CLASSIC
-Yes girl get your life together
-I am living for the awkward embarrassing encounters with sexy bee man
-Devouring this book
-“There is meaning in what you love.”
Thank you to the publisher for this stunning review copy!
It was so much fun to read, and I adored that the main characters were all so humanly flawed and complex.
My thoughts (no spoilers):
-Cover is gorg
-Love the prologue
-We stan a 30+ FMC 👏
-LOL THE JOCK BEING AN ORTHO BRO CLASSIC
-Yes girl get your life together
-I am living for the awkward embarrassing encounters with sexy bee man
-Devouring this book
-“There is meaning in what you love.”
Thank you to the publisher for this stunning review copy!
October 21, 2025
The best book I have read all year. I devoured it! I couldn’t put it down. I want more, more, more from Anna Maynard!
March 30, 2025
Funny, heartwarming and with a raft of the best side characters, Dancing with Bees is a fanastic debut novel by Aussie author Anna Maynard.
It had me laughing out loud, cringing from third hand embarrassment and by the end bawling my eyes out! I now also know a lot more about bees!!
Sunny and Al have the best slow burn chemistry and banter…I loved these two so much! Throw in a dash of open door spice, a chaotic best friend with a yoga loving husband and three free spirited children. A group of delinquent youths and a strained relationship with her parents and it makes for a delicious read!
Thank you to Echo Publishing for a gifted copy to review.
It had me laughing out loud, cringing from third hand embarrassment and by the end bawling my eyes out! I now also know a lot more about bees!!
Sunny and Al have the best slow burn chemistry and banter…I loved these two so much! Throw in a dash of open door spice, a chaotic best friend with a yoga loving husband and three free spirited children. A group of delinquent youths and a strained relationship with her parents and it makes for a delicious read!
Thank you to Echo Publishing for a gifted copy to review.
February 11, 2026
It is a lovely, light-hearted story of finding our way in life, how we perceive ourselves as teenagers, and truly understand what we want in our adult lives even if it's in a different direction than others.
I loved this page turner, which makes you contemplate how life thinking changes in different stages of your life.
Thrown in is humour and laugh out loud moments. You will also learn heaps about keeping bees.
Loved it 📚💖
I loved this page turner, which makes you contemplate how life thinking changes in different stages of your life.
Thrown in is humour and laugh out loud moments. You will also learn heaps about keeping bees.
Loved it 📚💖
September 23, 2025
I have avoided leaving a star rating for this one because its a small Tassie author and I love to see it but unfortunately I just did not connect with this book. I felt the characters weren't super well developed and I didn't connect with them. There felt to be a lack of chemistry between them and I couldn't force myself to care about whether they got together or not.
December 28, 2025
Genuinely adored this book! Read after seeing some other book club reviews and couldn’t have found a better book for the holidays. Love bees, love Antarctica, love Vera Blue and love T2 crème brûlée tea - what more could a girl want?
July 29, 2025
Cute, fun, Antartica all my favourite things! Thanks El
November 8, 2025
Couldn't put it down! Beautiful and reflective - and a fantastic Aussie story.
January 16, 2026
A heart-warming Australian story with characters whose lives I became invested in. This lovely read was very though provoking about growing up, changing family relationships and what is really important in life.
April 16, 2025
A beautiful read. Hard to believe this is Anna’s debut novel. I also love the Hobart backdrop. Highly recommend.
April 17, 2025
What an amazing debut! Just loved this book and it's so well written. Itr's raw and real and moved along at a great pace. A real feel good read and highly recommended.
September 7, 2025
I wanted to love this, but it just didn't do it for me.
May 29, 2025
This book had good reviews and seemed interesting, so I decided to give it ago. I'm only up to chapter 7, and it has been slow and arduous so far. I'll try finish the book, but so far I haven't been able to relate
March 27, 2026
This was an audio book, and unfortunately, the narrator spoiled the story for me. Having persevered through 4 chapters, I gave up.
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