Ein Geheimnis kommt selten allein

Der magische Blumenladen #1

by Gina Mayer

Für die neunjährige Violet gibt es keinen schöneren Ort auf der Welt als Tante Abigails Blumenladen. Dort duftet es so herrlich – nach Veilchen, Rosen und Geheimnissen! Wieso bloß kommen immer wieder Leute in den Laden, flüstern mit Abigail und gehen ohne eine einzige Blume, dafür aber mit einem Lächeln auf den Lippen? Hat das etwa mit dem uralten magischen Blumenbuch zu tun, das Violet eines Tages findet?

Genres: Audiobook, Fantasy, Childrens, Middle Grade, Fiction, Magic

140 pages, Hardcover

Published February 21, 2016

Reviews

[Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Violet (9) lebt bei ihren Pflegeeltern Tante June und Onkel Nick in England. Ihre Mutter ist vor acht Jahren gestorben, ihr Vater ist unbekannt. Doch Violet hat eine "echte" Tante - Tante Abigail ist die Schwester ihrer Mutter und hat einen Blumenladen. Violet liebt es, bei Tante Abigail zu sein. Doch eines Tages findet sie heraus, dass ihre Tante ein Geheimnis hat. Ein zauberhaftes Buch hat etwas damit zu tun und auch die Blumen in Abigails Garten...
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Mein Leseeindruck:
Ein ganz wunderbares Kinderbuch! Alleine schon die Aufmachung ist einen Blick wert. Die Illustrationen passen sehr gut zum Text, sind recht einfach gehalten und haben dadurch ihren ganz eigenen Charme.
Die Geschichte rund um Violet ist ebenfalls wunderbar und märchenhaft. Das Buch ist der erste Band einer Kinderbuchreihe, und wenn man diesen ersten Band ausgelesen hat, muss man einfach weiterlesen! Es gibt einige Geheimnisse, die noch nicht alle gelüftet wurden und somit die Neugier schüren.

[Natalie all_books_great_and_small · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a cute story The Magic Flower Shop is!
I saw this on audible after looking for free audiobooks for my daughter to listen to as she struggles to sleep at the moment. We ended up listening to this together and both of us loved it!
Violet loves spending time with her Aunt Abigail and has gone to spend the night at her house for the first time ever. Violet is really excited until a lady comes and Aunt Abigail ends up having to go deal with an emergency. This is where the book gets fun - Violet and her friends go investigating not only Ain't Abigails house but her flower shop too. They discover magic and spells and decide to try some out but will things end positively for them? This was such a fun listen and the narrator did a wonderful job of telling the story and the voices too!

[Cam (Lana Belova) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Magic Flower Shop is a lovely series really. The first book is available as audiobook in English, but I'm not sure about the other titles... I'm finishing this one and for sure am keen to read the rest of the series, which totals 12 titles in all so far. I didn't even notice the time while reading the 4th book, which I happened to read first :)

Aunt June and Uncle Nick had never met Violet's mom, but Aunt Abigail knew everything about her. Abigail and her sister Lily grew up on the coast of Cornwall. In summertime, they swam in the sea and camped on the beach. In winter they ice skated on the river. And in the evenings their mother told them cozy fairy tales by the fireplace.

Art by Joel Tourlonias

[Cheri · Rating 3 out of 5]

’Magical Flower Power to the Rescue’

A story of magic, a nine-year-old girl named Violet, a flower shop and an ’ancient magical flower book’ of her Aunt Abigail’s that prompt Violet and her friends to find a way to use this magic for a matchmaking of two of her teachers.

Things don’t go exactly as planned, but all ends well. A fun story that will appeal to children and parents alike.

[Rianonne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Endlich konnte ich vorlesen ... und ich denke Interesse ist geweckt :)

[Karschtl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mir persönlich hat ja ein bisschen Hintergrundwissen zu Violet gefehlt. Was ist mit ihren Eltern passiert? Die Pflegeeltern treten gar nicht in Erscheinung, und Tante Abigail auch nur am Rande. Und was hat es mit der ganzen Magie auf sich?

Mein Sohn hingegen fand es gerade gut, dass hier mehr auf "Action" als auf Leute vorstellen und Setting vorbereiten gesetzt wird. So war es für ihn durchgehend spannend und unterhaltsam. Das Ende kam ein bisschen abrupt, wir hätten gedacht da kommt noch was. Aber dafür gibt es dann wahrscheinlich Band 2.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Violet enjoys spending time with her Aunt Abigail and now, for the first time, she gets to spend the night at Aunt Abigail's house. After a visit from a thin lady, Abigail has to leave to handle an emergency; Violet and her friends, the twin brothers Jack and Zack, begin to investigate Abigail's home and flower shop. While doing so, they discover that the flower shop is home to magic spells and flowers designed to make people happy. We are, of course, not surprised to find that they're going to try out some of the spells, nor are we surprised when they get themselves into trouble with their actions.

What happens when they do? Why, that's the rest of the story, and it's quite a funny and cute story. But I'm not going to tell you what happens because that would spoil it for when you read or listen to it, and that wouldn't be very nice of me to do. The narrator, Kristi Hvam, did a marvelous job, her voice pulling me in and keeping me there throughout the story. She is a narrator that I am adding to my list of ones to definitely listen to.

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

به‌جای درس خوندن اینو خوندم

[Steffi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Der Auftakt der Reihe "Der magische Blumenladen" war für mich sehr gelungen. Die Geschichte ist kreativ und hat viele schöne Ideen.
Der Handlungsverlauf war interessant und es kommt auch ein wenig Spannung auf. Ich war sehr neugierig was es mit den magischen Fähigkeiten von Violet auf sich hat. Die Geschichte hat einen guten Spannungsbogen und auch am Ende bleiben noch jede Menge Fragen offen, um neugierig auf den nächsten Teil zu machen.

Die Familienkonstellation mit den Pflegeeltern von Violet fand ich ebenfalls gut und auch mal was anderes in dem Kinderbuchgenre. Insgesamt fand ich das Buch für die Altersgruppe sehr passend.

Ein wenig enttäuscht haben mich die Illustrationen. Mir waren sie leider ein wenig zu abstrakt und ich hätte zu der Geschichte weiche Zeichnungen passender gefunden.

[Natasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute quick little story.

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review as per my 5 year old nephew: “I liked it. I would listen to it again”. Cute audiobook for our road trip, although the perhaps a British narrator would have been better.

[E.S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 / 5 stars)
Audio Book Performance: ★★★★☆ (4 / 5 Stars)

Violet loves visiting her Aunt Abigail’s flower shop. But one day when a mysterious woman comes to visit, Aunt Abigail suddenly has to leave on an overnight trip…meaning Violet isn’t able to stay with her for the day! Yet, Violet’s own imagination is going wild: who was the strange woman? Why was Aunt Abigail going to Scotland of all places in the middle of winter? And what is the strange yellow book with magical flowers doing behind Aunt Abigail’s mirror?

Violet, with her friends Jack and Zack, uncovers Aunt Abigail’s magical secret, begins to uncover the magical properties of the flowers in the shop. In an endearing story about making mistakes and doing what’s right, this is a tale that all ages will enjoy!

Quite frankly, I picked up this story as a freebee on Audible. I love to listen to children’s books and middle-grade novels on Audible. There is something about them that brings me back to a simpler time. So, it is fair to note that I am not the ideal audience for this book. While it was adorable, and I enjoyed the narration, there was one element of the story that didn’t feel quite right. Children won’t notice this issue, and for the most part it can be overlooked.

So as a fair warning…there are spoilers below!

There’s a part in the middle of this children’s story that didn’t sit right with me. Violet and her friends receive a flower order from their school teacher (named “Mr. Bachelor”) for Ms. Hedgehog (another teacher at the school). They decide to “help” their teacher out by putting a love potion in the flowers. That’s all well and good, sort of…not really, but then another man switches out the flowers after Vilet leaves them on Ms. Hedgehog’s doorstep (though he probably didn’t know about the love potion). Ms. Hedgehog is initially repulsed by this new man, but upon sniffing the flowers, she “falls in love with him” and invites him into her house.

So it’s not just a mild love potion, but an implied intimate moment that is further signified by the fact that this man is wearing Ms. Hedgehog’s robe when Violet and her friends stop by again.

Basically, it came off to me as a little bit of an uncomfortable scenario, especially for a children’s book. While children might think of this as a funny moment, all I found myself thinking was: “Poor Ms. Hedgehog.”

If you can get past that, the story overall is cute though, which is why I am still giving this 3 out of 5 stars, especially since I was not the target audience. Violet is a curious and precocious child, and there is a clear air of magic in the flower shop.

Children will be yearning for more by the end of it, especially to see if Violet ever learns about her magical past!

[JPT · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Story: C, Narration: C

Frankly, I found this story full and aggravating. There weren't many surprises and I was constantly thinking, "No, Violet! Don't do that!" Even the twins (Jack and Zack?), who should have been fun and zany, were anything but. BUT...I'm many decades beyond the target audience so I assume this would probably be better received by the actual children it's intended for.

About the narration...sigh. I normally like Khristine Hvam, but she was so absurdly the wrong fit for this book. Her British accents go over better when used sparingly.

All in all, this was pretty disappointing.

Note: this was a free listen for Audible members.

[Sarina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eine wirklich süße Geschichte! Richtig lustig, fand ich jedoch das mit dem Violets Mathelehrer Mr. Bachelor. Dieser hat für seine Angebetete 31 rote Rosen gekauft....

[Jan]

Violet is the young girl who creates happy little endings for others. Well, at least everyone ends us happy after earnest, enthusiastic, clumsy attempts detour into funny mayhem. Violet and her dear friends learn about the business of a flower shop; even more than lessons of work, they learn about those people of their community. Violet is a clever, caring heroine who is focused on others, a refreshing perspective especially because she is a spontaneous foster child who genuinely enjoys the quirks and dreams of each person before her. What a fitting name Violet has, for she blossoms throughout this story. This is a fun story to share with your favorite young reader.

[Margarita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Los misterios no vienen solos es una novela middle grade bastante bonita y ligerita.

Me ha gustado mucho cómo son los personajes, todos aportan algo y no son tan normativos. Por ejemplo la protagonista es huérfana y vive con una familia de acogida que ella llama tía June y tío Nick.

La historia me recuerda a los clásicos infantiles. Me ha transmitido la misma sensación.

La edición es muy cómoda de leer y las ilustraciones acompañan muy bien la historia. A excepción de alguna errata.

Libro entretenido, bonito y perfecto para los que empiezan a disfrutar leyendo solos historias un poco más largas.

[Gina House · Rating 3 out of 5]

I definitely liked this book more than I thought I would. I love flowers, flower shops and children's books so I gave this audio book a shot. It was a fun, quick read and I'm really glad I gave it my time. Not quite 4 stars, but at least 3.5. It would also be a lovely book to read to a child if it had lively and colorful illustrations. I wish this was available as a book to purchase in a hard copy. Recommended!

[Holly Letson · Rating 2 out of 5]

The cover is cute, but the story was quite boring to me.

[Katdarling Darling · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book was ok.

[Natasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfect book for kids

[Shonda Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super cute story with a fun recipe at the end

[Ida Wilcox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another quick one and wishing it lasted longer.

I am wondering what will happen once she turns 16.

[Jacqueline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book for a young (tween) person. I would recommend it.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute story. Magical realism in adorable way.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute story about a girl in foster care who doesn't know anything about her witch heritage. The story is wonderfully narrated but does end on a bit of a cliffhanger of sorts.

[Burgandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good start but it really feels like there's a lot more to the story. I got this one for me and my little one it was a bit to much for her.

[Rhonda · Rating 3 out of 5]

a cute quirky little story. it read fast and was a cute premise.

[Rhiannon Rickets -Dellar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great little short middle grade audiobook.

Magical and great moral story for children. Sweet and funny. Love the flowers and magic element

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely adorable book. Well narrated and fun characters.

[Beyza · Rating 5 out of 5]

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