Similarly, the afterlife portrayed in Taproot balances life taken and life given. At first, gardening and the afterlife seemed an odd couple, but as I read Taproot, I realized gardening and the afterlife go together like compost and worms! Gardening is cyclical: plants flourish then die back to hibernate through changing seasons only to flourish again the next season. Together, their friendship develops into something more, but being a ghost, Blue can never truly be connected with Hamal. Blue is by Hamal’s side to help him through anything, but will Blue have to leave Hamal and move from this world to the next?Īs a gardener and graphic novel lover, Taproot is the perfect pick. Blue has been living as a ghost for a year when he meets Hamal, a beautiful and sweet gardener who has the ability to see and communicate with spirits. As Hamal and Blue’s friendship blooms, Hamal runs into trouble with a (not-so-scary) Reaper of the afterlife. O'Neil, author of The Tea Dragon Society Blue has been living as a ghost for a year when he meets Hamal, a beautiful and sweet gardener who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Hamal has a peculiar gift, he can see and speak to the ghosts that “haunt” his flower shop and town. It follows a star-crossed pair: Hamal, a human gardener and Blue, a ghost stuck in a kind of purgatory on Earth. Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost by Keezy Young is an LGBTQ supernatural romance.
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