The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
5/5
This is the first book I've been excited for its’ release in a while and it did not disappoint. This is the fictional biography of Franny and Jet Owens, the aunts from the 90s movie Practical Magic.
I found Hoffman to be so very subtle in her story weaving. She put in just enough eccentric details to immerse you in the landscape of the story and completely overtake you by the life of the Owens witches. The characters are vibrant, stubborn, and completely real for the reader. I can picture each and every one of them in my head, and understand the personality associated with them.
I enjoyed every moment of the book, but what I found most wonderful was the emotions that Hoffman is able to evoke in her readers. I had to work not to actually physically cry at death, and found myself laughing out loud several times, regardless of where I was in my actual life.
The sense of passing time is very real, and I found it was easy to follow the girls through all of the peace and turmoil each stage of their lives brought them. I loved every word of every page.
As I am a huge fan of the movie Practical Magic, was surprised when I realized I'd never questioned the fact that the aunts had another sibling… which is why they are the aunts. It was a very interesting family dynamic that I hadn't considered before, having assumed that Jet and Franny had always lived in the big white house on Magnolia Street. I think it would make a great movie adaptation, too.
I can't recommend this enough, and I'm off to make popcorn and watch part two: Sally and Gilly’s story, Practical Magic.
One With You by Sylvia Day 4/5 This post contains mild spoilers. I have finally completed Sylvia Day’s Crossfire series, which ended with One With You . It took years. I think when I first got my hands on them it was right in the middle of the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon and only the first two or three books were out. So, this is quite literally years in the making. One With You has been out for quite a while but I hadn’t picked it up off of my book shelf. It was a mix of having other stuff to read and having no interest in continuing Gideon and Eva’s story. Anyways. I finally decided to commit to finishing the series but it had been so long since I’d read the other ones that I had to go read a synopsis of the novels and then it all just came rushing back. I remembered the books in detail. As far as conclusions go, it was pretty satisfying. Eva and Gideon had made massive strides with their mental health and really bloomed as a couple. I still find it absurd that al...
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