Parker’s Pages: The Scent Keeper

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Written By Parker Dean

I desperately needed an escape this month and happily uncovered one of the most delightful fantasy novels I’ve ever read while scouring the local bookstore. The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister creates a cozy atmosphere right off the cuff, weaving lyrical writing with gloriously sensual descriptions of scents to create a reading experience that feels like no other. I have never had a novel tug at my sense of smell quite like this one; it brings to mind memories old and new, just as it does for the main character of the novel, Emmeline.

Parker Dean

Parker Dean (he/him) is a queer and trans writer based in the Seattle area. Originally from California, he is committed to exploring Seattle, its museums, its parks, and all the cozy spaces in between. As a recent graduate of UW Bothell's Creative Writing and Poetics MFA program, he brings to the table a hunger for literature and the arts. Parker Dean is currently the Non-Fiction editor-in-chief of Silly Goose Press LLC, and his work can be found or is forthcoming in Bullshit Lit!, Troublemaker Firestarter, and Clamor. If not writing, he is usually birdwatching in the wetlands or nursing a chai latte at his desk. 

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