Swansea born, where my mum's family live, we moved to Shropshire, my father's home county, when I was five. I studied English, French & German for a BA, University of London, and worked as a secretary in the West End until moving back to Shropshire to bring up a family. I have written for children, with stories broadcast on BBC TV's Playschool, and published three collections of crossword books before turning to crime. I have now published two novels, Death in the Physic Garden and Death in the Winter Garden, which feature my garden designer heroine, Fern Green, and are set in Shropshire and the Welsh borders. As well as my passion for gardening, I love crafts of all sorts, and I create templates for use with the Craft Robo and Cameo electronic cutters. Having rediscovered patchwork and quilting, I have a new series of cozy crime fiction, The Quilt Detective. Patchwork of Poison is the first in the series, with Motif for Murder due for publication shortly.
This was an alright book from start to finish. The writing itself isn't bad, but it's entirely a setup for the next book which, to be fair, is added in a linked free offer at the back of the ebook.
Though I found some of the points made generally decent and relatable - I, myself, am an empath - I also felt like there was ultimately no point to reading it. The title is misleading in that it isn't a complete guide: it's far closer to an outline of the different types of empaths and the importance of saying no. It often mentions a spiritual journey without ever speaking in depth on it. Feels like a waste of my money, and you could get the same info and more by searching the empath hashtag on instagram.