Barbara’s Reviews > Rachel's Riviera Retreat > Status Update

Page 38 and I am so over this book. My take on it is that the author was several thousand words short of the publisher's requirements and she went back and threw adjectives and adverbs anywhere possible. What do you think?
"As she stood there, surrounded by the verdant oasis of foliage, a blanket of calm wrapped its tendrils of tranquillity around her shoulders like a welcoming hug