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 Magical and will cast a Spell on you!, November 24, 2008 |
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What a wonderful book!
I laughed. I cried. I really felt for and with the characters. What more can you want from a book? A great read! I just LOVED this book. I want more of these charaters. I want to know more about what happens in their futures. LOVED IT!!!! I am starting The Sugar Queen today. The authors next book (unrelated to this book). |
 Enjoyable, but not necessarily memorable, November 22, 2008 |
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The Good: I liked the sisters, Claire and Sydney: their childhood rivalry, the very different ways they coped with their traumas, and the way they slowly develop a deep bond as adults. I also liked the characters of Bay and Evanelle. Another nice touch was the Waverly magic in its various manifestations. One family member might have a magical touch with cooking, another with hairdressing. Evanelle's gift is particularly endearing, and sometimes heartbreaking.
The Bad: The plot is too derivative of Practical Magic. The climax is wrapped up too tidily after so much buildup. Also, the romantic subplots fell a little flat for me. Claire's and Sydney's love interests both seemed too good to be true, not real men but paragons of sensitive-maleness. Sydney's romantic plot was especially problematic. Her eventual suitor is not introduced until page 138. Around the same time, a subplot involving her high school sweetheart and his deceitful, petty wife loses its steam and heads toward a too-neat resolution. I couldn't help but wonder whether Allen had originally planned to have Sydney end up with the high-school sweetheart but decided it was too morally controversial because of his marriage. Enter man number two. I started this review a few months ago and found it unfinished on my computer this morning; reading it, I realized I couldn't think of anything to add to it. I enjoyed _Garden Spells_ while reading it, but evidently it hasn't stuck in my mind. |
 Interesting premise but not well written, November 5, 2008 |
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I liked the idea of a magic apple tree and enchanted, edible ingredients but the book is not well written. The characters seem flat and silly. This is simply a romance novel in disguise. I hope there really aren't people out there like the characters in the book. The author uses way too many similes. |
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Garden Spells , October 29, 2008 |
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I got into this book the moment I began to read it. The characters are interesting and you just know something is brewing in the witches' pot of their lives. Evanelle, their relative, is a complete hoot. I will read this one again. I anxiously await the release of Sarah Addison Allen's May 2009 book. I devoured the first two. |
 Fun!, October 28, 2008 |
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This is normally not "my type" of book, but I thought it was charming. Will share it with friends and family for sure. |
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