She is proposed with a grant to photograph the garden of a hotel in Japan, and she accepts on a whim. It’s the story of Marianne Lennox, a young woman in a very difficult moment of her life: her mum has just died and her relationship with her boyfriend is going nowhere. The plot in itself isn’t the best part of the book if you ask me, the theme and the feelings it stirs make it pale in comparison, but still it’s not my place to give it away.* In the following I’ll try my best to convince you that you have to read it without getting into too much detail, because it’s a new release (it’s coming on October 22nd). I have to say that the book wasn’t like I expected it to be, both from the premise and from the first few chapters, but I still loved it. A gothic mystery set in Japan, this is what I was told to expect, and thus there was only one possible answer for me. This is why, when I was asked to read and review The secret garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber Logan, I couldn’t say no. All those pictures portraying cherry blossoms with a sight on Mount Fuji in the distance, or some temple close to a pool of water just fascinate me and make Japan one of the top spots in my “Places to go” list. It’s a fascination that I have for things that are so much different from what I’m used to, and I have to say that I envy the sense of peace and wisdom I usually associate with Japan. Even though I can’t say I’m an expert, not at all, I have to say Japanese culture fascinates me.
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