I received this book from Edelweiss/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

As everyone should know by now, I am a big plant lover, love spending time in nature and in my garden. So when I saw this fun book of course I had to read it, I knew several ways of plants defending themselves, but was curious if there were any ways I didn’t know!

In this gorgeously illustrated book we meet several plants, 14 to be exact! From plants that you can find in your garden to plants in the deserts, there is a big variety of plants and each has their way of making sure they are safe. From the gorgeous Passion Flower (which grows abundantly in my garden) with spots on the leaves meant to look like butterfly eggs so butterflies won’t lay eggs on them to Cacti with spines! I loved that each of the plants had a different way of defending themselves. Though I am not to sure why the Hydrillas is in the book. I mean, it is not doing much defending, just fucking up the planet with how they grow and smother everything. I am sure there is a reason, but I am just confused. But the other plants I did like reading about. I didn’t know for instance that Bladderworts sucks up its victims in its bladder/extensions. WELP, rip those insects. One moment you are just chilling and the next SLURRRRPPP and you are gone.

I love the writing style of this one, not just giving an introduction to the plant, but also a POV from the plant itself which I thought was a fun addition.

As I said the book is gorgeously illustrated. I really love the illustrations and it is colourful and fun and the plants (and scenery) just pops~!

There is a lot to learn in this book and I would recommend it! Perfect for plant lovers and peeps curious on how nature defends itself against threats/how it eats yummy foods.