Flower Rose focuses on one of the frequently recurring characters in Golden November's Milestoneville series. The book opens with Flower Rose, newly entering her senior year at Milestoneville University and navigating her way through her studies, rowdy roommates, and a complicated dating scene, all with mixed results. With the help of her brother Dr. Yes, a professor, she becomes the owner of an old used bookstore in Milestoneville. Meanwhile, she finds herself set up with a man named Wallace, who turns out to be someone completely different from what she previously assumed. As Flower Rose learns the business of rare books, she comes across two rare book hunters named G and JBT, who have their personal adventures to tell. Now in a relationship with an actor called Steve, can Flower Rose manage her burgeoning business?

An action-adventure tale that sheds light on the life of one of the mainstays of the Milestoneville series, Flower Rose is a stellar addition to the fictional world of author Golden November. Driven primarily by short dialogue excerpts between the characters, Golden November weaves half a dozen plot threads featuring multiple points of view to bring it all back together in a resounding climax. The narrative is plot-driven and the characters primarily play their defined roles to move it forward. In addition to the colorful characters, the photographs accompanying each scene make the story all the more immersive and engaging to read. Readers who are already well versed with the Milestoneville world will find plenty to enjoy.

Flower Rose by Golden November tells the tale of its titular character, a book broker with an unknown origin story of how she became one in the series that takes place in Milestoneville. November writes books, not for independent reading but instead for groups of like-minded readers to act out. This can mean different things to different people but, for me and my family, it means picking out characters to “play” and cracking on with them. Unlike a traditional book, November's text is 100% speaking roles with stock photography to show actors where they are in that scene. Flower Rose features as a university student and her evolution into adulthood happens rapidly alongside other familiar characters. There is no shortage of November's trademark humor and scenarios that are so ludicrous they can only be snort-laughed at in Flower Rose as Milestoneville click-clacks away to its own beat. "It never gets easy." - Flower Rose

My teenage daughter played the role of Flower Rose's college frenemies and I have to say it was her best performance yet! The book on the whole is interesting because Golden November, or at least as far as I've read of their work, usually dives right into the action. We know the characters because of what they tell us and over time they feel like real people, but unlike real people, we cannot ask how the heck they came to be in the professions they are in. Sure, new cast members join the regulars in their own little spin-offs and we see vineyards and tour company-owning characters, but as a rare book dealer, Flower Rose has always been a little mysterious. The book isn't just about Flower Rose and it does switch to other scenarios. The comedy is deadpan and hilarious and the crisp, full-color pictures are on point. Very highly recommended.