I received this in a Goodreads Giveaway a couple of weeks ago. When I first read the synopsis (which made me enter to win) I was happy to see a "Southern" fiction as a giveaway. I started reading it after finishing up something else and for the most part I enjoyed it.

My only "complaint" if it can be called that, is that being from the South, I kind of felt unsure about the dialogue (the phrasing, the 'southern speak') when this is a modern day book. Sometimes it seemed too forced and over the top, but it wasn't anything that kept me from enjoying Salting Roses.

This is a cute book with fun characters and a peek into a young womans life when she finds out everything isn't what it seems. Gracie's family is a little hodge podge of people she's always assumed were biological family. Her story shows that you don't necessarily have to share blood to be a family. If you're from the south, you'll definitely recognize some of these characters as someone you know; a neighbor, an aunt, a friend.

I would recommend it to anyone interested in reading something light and different.