The Cottage Fairy Companion: A Cottagecore Guide to Slow Living, Connecting to Nature, and Becoming Enchanted Again (Mindful Living, Home Design for Cottages)

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been waiting for this book to come out since you first discovered Paola on her YouTube channel, The Cottage Fairy. If this book is your introduction to Paola and her gorgeously curated slow living/cottagecore lifestyle, then you’re in for a beautiful treat! The book is divided by seasons and features meaningful, poetic observations about taking the time to thoroughly enjoy the beauty that each season has to offer. Accompanying these meditative reflections are Paola’s enchanting watercolor paintings and photographs starring some of the native plants and wildlife she encounters on her nature excursions around her rural home, as well as scenes of softly lit domesticity within the cottage itself. She also includes swoon-worthy recipes and craft tutorials that every cottagecore and mindful living aficionado will want to try at least once; I tried making the zucchini bread recipe and the floral syrup recipe with lavender, and both were not only delicious but ridiculously easy to make as well. My only complaint is that on pages 53 and 121, the writing is cut off mid-sentence to move on to the next chapter.