Happy Fri-YAY, SEers! Mae here with a Friday Book Share. These posts are all about sharing books that reached out and gobsmacked us. At least, that’s how I think of it. And maybe, by sharing a few of these reads, you might be enticed to add a title or two to your (gargantuan) TBR.

I’ve read a LOT of good books—that can’t be emphasized enough—but for this, I wanted a recent read that left me with my jawing hanging open (okay, that’s not the best picture, but you get the idea). After some thought, I whittled my choice down to two books–one I read in January, and one I read in April. They’ve both been hanging around in my head since I finished them—the hallmark of a good book. Since I couldn’t decide between the two, I decided to cheat and share both.

DESERT FLOWERS by Paul Pen

BLURB:
Rose…