The Cherry Dryad’s Blossom (Purple Oak Oasis #4)
by Laura Greenwood and Ariana Jade
My Rating: 4 stars
Genre: Cozy Fantasy
Age Category: New Adult
Type of romance: m/f
Blurb:
A meet-cute under a cherry blossom tree leads a dryad and a tea witch to love.When dryad Lila comes face-to-face with a cherry blossom tree for the first time in years, she finally feels as if she might have found the place she can call home and reconnect with her magic.
Tea witch Grey has been waiting for the sakuras to bloom, and now that he’s met a gorgeous dryad beneath the tree, he thinks there might be a chance.
Will the arrival of spring bring more than just flowers for Lila and Grey?
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The Cherry Dryad’s Blossom is a cozy fantasy romance with a meet-cute m/f romance, a dryad in search of home, a tea witch looking for a connection, unusual magic, a pinch of steam, and a happy ever after.
My Review
I received a free copy from the author and voluntarily reviewed it.
I really like this reworked series Purple Oak Oasis, I liked the original version of this series, but this new one which changed the genre to cozy fantasy is even better. The Cherry Dryad’s Blossoms is the fourth book in this series. I hadn’t read this book yet back in the old version of this series, so this story was completely new to me.
I really enjoyed The Cherry Dryad’s Blossom. In book 2 Purple Oak Oasis and Grower’s Cove signed a treaty and it was nice to see how this book continued that plot line with Lila being a worker from Grower’s Cove send to Purple Oak Oasis to help create the tea plantations there. And she falls for Grey Steeper who is family of Hana from The Tea Witch’s Secret. This one also had mentions of the couple of book 1. I quite like the continuity in this series and how previous couples make appearances and some plot line continue throughout the series, but each book still works as a standalone.
I felt bad for Lila and her best friend as they didn’t seem to have had a good life in Grower’s Cove, but I was excited as I knew Purple Oak Oasis is a nice place and they would probably have a better life there. I enjoyed seeing Lila discover what Purple Oak Oasis has to offer and see the town from the point of view of someone who didn’t grow up there, which makes the whole town and community feel even more cozy and supportive. I liked reading more about her being a dryad as well and how she connects with the cherry trees in Purple Oak Oasis.
Lila’s romance with Grey was lovely to see. I liked how they meet under the cherry trees and how they both care for the trees. I liked seeing them grow closer and fall in love. I would’ve loved an epilogue and see whether Lila gets to stay here, but with the way this series works the endings seem all slightly open and hopefully we see more of them in future books. I thought these two were very cute together and I liked their romance.
Grey’s family came from outside Purple Oak Oasis too and I liked how this connected them and gave them an unique perspective on living there. I did wish the authors made up their own culture and language as I always find that more interesting in fantasy worlds than when they just reuse real life ones.
To summarize: I really enjoy this series and this was another great read. It is a fun and cozy read and I read in just a few sittings. I liked reading about Lila who comes to Purple Oak Oasis from Grower’s Cove, where she didn’t have a good life and things improve for her now. I liked reading about her being a dryad and how she connects with the cherry trees. I liked her romance with Grey and how both care about these trees and that’s how they meet at first. They were sweet together and I enjoyed reading about them. I did wish for a few more scenes at the end, but I hope we see more of them in future books. I also would’ve liked actual made up cultures and languages instead of the way real life ones got used for this fantasy world now. I look forward to the next book.
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