Book profile
Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2017-09-26
- Rating
- ★ 3.8 · 71 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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Why these tropes fit
Blue, a ghost who cannot move on, is in love with his living best friend Hamal, who possesses the rare ability to see ghosts. Blue spends his afterlife haunting Hamal, enjoying their close bond. However, eerie disturbances unsettle the local afterlife and endanger the town. When Blue realizes Hamal's ability may be putting him at risk, Blue must find a way to protect Hamal—even if protecting him means leaving him behind forever.
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- Ghost Romance: “He's in love with his best friend. He's also dead.” source
- Friends to Lovers: “He's in love with his best friend.” source
- Sacrifice: “Blue has to find a way to protect him, even if it means . . . leaving him.” source
- Angst: “Blue is having a hard time moving on. He's in love with his best friend. He's also dead.” source
- Forced Proximity: “leaving Blue free to haunt him to his heart's content” source
- Small Town Romance: “something eerie is happening in town, leaving the local afterlife unsettled” source
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