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The Honey Farm: A Novel
The Honey Farm: A Novel | Harriet Alida Lye
Lily King meets Patricia Highsmith in this slyly seductive debut set on an eerily beautiful farm teeming with secrets. The drought has discontented the bees. Soil dries into sand; honeycomb stiffens into wax. But Cynthia knows how to breathe life back into her farm: offer it as an artists colony with free room, board, and life experience in exchange for backbreaking labor. Silvia, a wide-eyed graduate and would-be poet, and Ibrahim, a painter distracted by constant inspiration, are drawn to Cynthias offer, and soon, to each other. But something lies beneath the surface. The Edenic farm is plagued by events that strike Silvia as ominous: taps run red, scalps itch with lice, frogs swarm the pond. One by one, the other residents leave. As summer tenses into autumn, Cynthias shadowed past is revealed and Silvia becomes increasingly paralyzed by doubt. Building to a shocking conclusion, The Honey Farm announces the arrival of a bold new voice and offers a thrilling portrait of creation and possession in the natural world.
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candority
The Honey Farm | Harriet Alida Lye
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The Honey Farm is atmospheric and immediately creates a subtle, creeping sense of dread. I was fully immersed in the world and lives of the characters, and I absolutely needed to know how the book would end. The ending was a tad too abrupt in my opinion, although upon reflection, it really is one of the best ways it could have ended. While other reviewers felt lukewarm at best about this book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is my May #bookspin pick

TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 5y
Seesydneyread You had me at “creeping sense of dread”. (edited) 5y
candority @Seesydneyread I hope you enjoy it 🤞 5y
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candority
The Honey Farm | Harriet Alida Lye
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I‘m a little late posting this, but these are my first five books for the #bookspinbonanza! I can definitely get through these ones and any others I get to will be an added bonus 😊📚

mcipher I love your bookends! ❤️ 5y
zezeki That's a great bookend! 😍 5y
rubyslippersreads 💙 those 🐳 bookends. 5y
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Curiouser_and_curiouser Oh yes, I must agree, fabulous bookends!!! 5y
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KarenUK
The Honey Farm | Harriet Alida Lye
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#BookHaul I found an amazon gift card whilst clearing out a drawer.... so what to do but have a little Kindle shopping spree! 😉

TrishB Runs off to clean some drawers.... 6y
KarenUK @TrishB I have a feeling it may have been my husbands.... but finders keepers 😉 6y
TrishB Absolutely! 6y
britt_brooke That‘s a nice surprise find! 6y
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emilyhaldi
The Honey Farm | Harriet Alida Lye
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Mediocre Litsy reviews on this one but it‘s on my Goodreads tbr.... Cynthia‘s bee farm is suffering from a drought so she transforms her home into an artists colony with free room & board in exchange for help. Two artists fall in love but the summer is filled with ominous events (lice, frogs, oh my!) that leave Cynthia feeling unsettled. Doesn‘t sound quite like a thriller but not a romance either. I‘m very curious....
#honeyhoney
#abbainaugust

MicheleinPhilly Lice??? Are they 6th graders?? 6y
Reviewsbylola I‘m definitely intrigued by the lice. Can you elaborate? 6y
Meredith3 Sounds weird, I don‘t hate it though 🤔 6y
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Mdargusch Very weird. 6y
Cinfhen It‘s an awesome cover but I think im gonna take a pass😉 6y
batsy I'm intrigued by this one too! I'll wait for your review 😁 6y
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ReadingEnvy
The Honey Farm | Harriet Alida Lye
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Mehso-so

Cynthia runs a farm in Canada where the honeybees are in danger due to drought. She invites artists to stay in exchange for working on the farm. Silvia is a young poet, Ibrahim is a painter, just two of the artists whose lives will change on the farm during increasily ominous events. While I found the metaphor and allegory to be heavy handed at times (literal plagues, artist colony, you get the picture), I was interested to the end.

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Redwritinghood
The Honey Farm | Harriet Alida Lye
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Mehso-so

This book had an interesting premise and good characters, but I was really disappointed in the way it ended. Audiobook narration was so-so. 3⭐️ Available on Hoopla.