The Enlightenment of Bees

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ABOUT THE BOOK The Enlightenment of Bees

Title: The Enlightenment of Bees

Author: Rachel Linden

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Release Date: July 9, 2019

Genre: Women’s Fiction

Sometimes a shattered dream leads to an amazing journey. 

At twenty-six, apprentice baker Mia West has her entire life planned out: a Craftsman cottage in Seattle, a job baking at The Butter Emporium, and her first love—her boyfriend, Ethan—by her side. But when Ethan declares he “needs some space,” Mia’s carefully planned future crumbles.

Feeling adrift, Mia joins her vivacious housemate Rosie on a humanitarian trip around the world funded by a reclusive billionaire. Along with a famous grunge rock star, a Rwandan immigrant, and an unsettlingly attractive Hawaiian urban farmer named Kai, Mia and Rosie embark on the adventure of a lifetime.

From the slums of Mumbai to a Hungarian border camp during the refugee crisis, Mia’s heart is challenged and changed in astonishing ways—ways she never could have imagined. As she grapples with how to make a difference in a complicated world, Mia realizes she must choose between the life she thought she wanted and the life unfolding before her.

In a romantic adventure across the globe, The Enlightenment of Bees beautifully explores what it means to find the sweet spot in life where our greatest passions meet the world’s greatest need.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rachel Linden is a novelist and international aid worker whose adventures in over fifty countries around the world provide excellent grist for her writing. She is the author of Ascension of Larks, Becoming the Talbot Sisters, and The Enlightenment of Bees. Currently, Rachel lives with her family in Seattle, Washington, where she enjoys creating stories about hope, courage, and connection with a hint of romance and a touch of whimsy.

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My Thoughts on The Enlightenment of Bees:

 The cover is so cute!  I love it.  When I  see a cute cover I immediately pick up the book.  This is one of those covers and thankfully unlike other books, this cover is not just a lie about the book inside.  The book is cute too!

Not gonna lie, if my boyfriend of forever had a Tiffany box in his pocket and didn’t propose to me pretty sure I might do him bodily harm.  Just saying.  But maybe not.  I mean my husband never got me a Tiffany box or anything close and I was pretty ecstatic to say yes.  I’m not a high maintenance gal.

Rachel Linden is a new to me author and I’m pleasantly surprised with her writing style.  It’s a breath of fresh air and a new best friend curled up into a nice book to be read by the roaring fire.  Unfortunately, it’s August and I’m so not lighting our woodstove so I read this in the air conditioning with a glass of iced tea.  

One line from this book stood out to me and I wanted to share it.  “Life never looks like the pictures.”  Think about that for a minute or two.  Isn’t it just so true?  In this day and age, people are obsessed with Pinterest and with Instagram or facebook.  They want to have what everyone else has because that other person has this or that and perfect life.  But life is not like the pictures.  The pictures are a quick snapshot of something fleeting.  Real-life is behind the scenes.  It’s not glamorous but it’s ours for the taking and it is what we make of it.  

You can be living in the poorest spot in the world and be happier than the most successful man or the man with the most money who has no true friends and has no clue what happiness really is.  Just a great thought to think on.  I could expound on it all day.  

That’s just one line from this great book.  I think you’re going to like it.  For me, it’s seeing so much of the world that I personally will probably never visit.  It’s giving me a unique view of the lives and people that I will never meet.  Definitely, one I will revisit and think on again and again.  So much more than just a cute fluff piece of fiction. 

I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from JustRead Publicity Tours. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.  I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.  All opinions expressed are my own.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations. 

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