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May 26, 2010

Shawna rated it:

5+ stars – Historical Romance

I really enjoyed (loved!) this touching, emotional read of two childhood best friends turned sweethearts of opposing social classes whose love is torn apart by unfair prejudices, society rules and expectations, secrets, lies, mistrust, pride, and vanity.

I loved McKenna, even when he was plotting Lady Aline’s ruin and being a cruel alpha, and his volatile and intense emotional reactions were so brutally honest and heartbreaking. Aline’s stau More...

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Jan 24, 2012

Ronyell rated it:

Imagine having loved someone at a young age, but you both realize that it was a forbidden type of love and at the time, you thought that the only way to protect your lover is to drive them away from your life. Well, that is what had happened in Lisa Kleypas’ historical romance novel, “Again the Magic.” “Again the Magic” has drama, romance, lies, secrets and excitement that outshines from most romance novels ever written and it will have you waiting in anticipation as you read this book!
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Sep 29, 2010

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* rated it:

Lisa Kleypas has done it again, and in a big way. Again the Magic is a wonderful story with so many dimensions and so much depth that I was up until the wee hours of the morning, unable to put it down. This story is actually a “prequel” to the Wallflowers series. While I’ve never seen it listed as a numbered book in the series, the characters in Again the Magic are featured heavily in It Happened One Autumn, book 2 of the Wallflowers, as well as in the other Wallflower novels.

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Aug 01, 2010

Auntee rated it:

Boy did I love this one, but the TSTL heroine almost ruined it for me! Oh Aline, what you put poor McKenna through...

My thoughts...

I should have known what I was in for, after blubbering and sniffing my way through the first 3 chapters--this was one angsty read! I totally fell for (John) McKenna, who went from bastard stableboy in love with a beautiful, unattainable daughter of a duke, to millionaire American in 12 short years. When 19 year old Lady Aline Marsden sent More...

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Sep 25, 2008

Eastofoz rated it:

This book was phe-no-men-al! We’re talking an A+ read here! It starts out quick so that you’re right into the thick of it all and it just keeps you turning those pages to see what’s going to happen. Don’t start this book in the evening because unless you’re a super fast reader you will not be sleeping any time soon!

McKenna is one wicked hero. He’s so intense and not afraid to tell Aline that he loves her. He cries, he laughs, he broods —he’s just one amazing alpha! His deep-sea More...

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Sep 02, 2010

Jasmin rated it:

This read makes me feel again the magic which only Lisa Kleypas, herself, can ever deliver.

To prove a point, I utterly feel like a little girl, who had a taste of sweet and irrisistable candy, which takes almost a day to finish. Well of course, being the selfish chit that I am, a taste is not enough. I have to finish the candy dry before I could resume my normal mode of living. And unfortunately, coming out of the trance, realizing that the candy is all gone, I feel disappointment. Di More...

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Feb 09, 2011

FlibBityFLooB rated it:

4.5/5 stars. This book was essentially a prequel to the Wallflowers series by Lisa Kleypas, featuring the Westcott family sisters and how they met the American men to which they ended up married. I'm guessing the only reason it hasn't been labeled as being part of the Wallflowers series is because none of the wallflower girls make an appearance being that it takes place before they get together.

I really loved the character of McKenna. He was very villanesque in his need for revenge More...

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Nov 19, 2010

Dina rated it:

3 1/2 stars (but I'm rounding it down to 3 stars because I didn't like it as much as the other LK books I've rated 4 stars.)

I'm not going to write a review because there are already a gazillion reviews not only here but all over the internet. I'm just going to point out what I liked/disliked in this book, since I seem to be in the minority for not loving it as "everyone else".

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- McKenna, Gideon, Livia, Westclif... In sum, every character but Aline (an More...

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Sep 25, 2009

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" rated it:

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Jan 10, 2011

Lady Vale rated it:

I just read it for the second time and it was even better than the first! I loved this book! Couldn't put it down. LK is such a magnificent author, and I simply adore her. If you have read some other books by this author but not this one yet, just do it and don't wait any longer because IMHO it is one of her bests!

In this installment we get to read about Marcus' sisters, specially Aline and her romance with McKenna. This is such a sweet story about how 2 people who love each other c More...

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Nov 11, 2010

Laura the Highland Hussy rated it:

This one has been reviewed by soo many of my friends, that this will be short, and not in anyway a summary.

***There Will Be Spoilers Ahead***

I'm in love with a stable boy...no really. ::sigh:: McKenna

I loved Aline and McKenna, and how we got to see them before the betrayal.

I thought the way McKenna came back to hurt Aline was soo well done. I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I am a sucker for the betrayal and redemption plot...but More...

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Nov 21, 2010

Kerstin rated it:

I loved this book! This was a tragic, yet beautiful love story with great characters.
Aline and McKenna were childhood friends that soon realized that they greatly loved each other. Unfortunately circumstances were against them, as Aline was born into aristocracy, while McKenna was merely a stable boy. When Alines father found out about their forbidden romance, he forced his daughter to send McKenna away and tell him to never come back.
Twelve years later, McKenna returns, having made a More...

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Oct 11, 2008

Crystal rated it:

Don't start this book unless you're prepared to stay up all night reading it. I started this book before bed. Big mistake! I couldn't put it down and I didn't get ANY sleep. I just HAD to finish it in one reading.

The love story between McKenna and Aline is a true love story. You felt their love for eachother from the very first page. Not many authors can take a stablehand and turn him into a hero that women from EVERY social class can fall in love with. Lisa Kleypas does a SUPERB jo More...

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Aug 19, 2008

AzuresHeart rated it:

Flew by this one in no time. Didn't mean that it was any less poignant though. It was a very sad sorry in some ways. That the heroine thought she was doing the right thing by pushing her true love away forever. But they see each other in 12 years and things are just as they are again. But things have happened to the heroine and she thinks she can't trust him like she hasn't trusted any other man. Great story.. also nice supporting story of the other sister as well... wraps up both of their More...

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Jan 11, 2012

Laura rated it:

This is my first review of a Lisa Kleypas book, and after reading this, I certainly feel inspired, yet still at a loss for words What a heart-wrenching tear-jerker this was!! Just amazing!!

Excellent characterization in this one. I could see McKenna, his facial expressions, I heard the sound of his voice as he spoke. McKenna is definitely a complex, dynamic character. Driven by thoughts of revenge, he seeks out his childhood love after leaving her 12 years prior to pay her back for More...

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Aug 06, 2011

Bekah rated it:

10*

This book gets 10* because we are fortunate to have two 5* romances for the price of one in this devastatingly perfect book. Good God, if you haven’t read a Lisa Kleypas book, why the hell not? Go out now and pick this one up! I love this book so much I hate it. I hate it for the way it literally hurt my heart for these two lovers, and I hate it for the sobbing mess it made of me. A book made.me.sob. Can you imagine a love, a chemistry, a connection so integral to your very bei More...

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Aug 19, 2011

Michelle rated it:

I absolutely LOVE this book!

At a very young age Lady Aline Marsden and McKenna, the stable boy, kept their love a secret because it was a match that could never be. When Aline's father found out he banished McKenna from their home and threatened to ruin his life if he ever returned. Aline knew that McKenna would never leave unless she told him she didn’t want him. So in order to keep McKenna safe from her fathers harm she broke both of their hearts and pushed him away. Years later Mc More...

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Apr 11, 2008

_inbetween_ rated it:

When you think it can't get worse, it always does, n'est pas? *blinks at average rating of 3.8* This novel had the worst start of any book I have ever read; ever. I know people stop reading, even throw books away, but this is the first time ever I thought I'd have to do that - after a couple of pages of the author telling about the oh-so-young 19 (or 17 or 18, she keeps forgetting) year old "lovers" and their soulmatiness - only in less words than I use here. I shouldn't grace it with More...

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May 01, 2011

Katrina rated it:

5 stars!!

I love this book because of the feeling it gave me after I finished reading it. I was SATISFIED.

The story started kinda heavy and dark, it was overall bittersweet in the beginning.
McKenna and Lady Aline's relationship started out as childhood friends then they eventually fall helplessly in love with each other. But while Lady Aline was a born aristocrat, McKenna was just a mere stable boy. Eventually they were separated.

Their reunion was bittersweet an More...

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Sep 07, 2011

CaroB rated it:

4.5 stars Wow! This is my first historical by Lisa Kleypas, and my second from her altogether. It was such an engrossing and enjoyable read, though angstier than I was expecting. The revolving themes around this book, to me, were pride and second chances.

The story centres mainly around Aline and McKenna; childhood friends and teenage sweethearts of opposing classes who have been separated for 12 years through secrets and lies. There is also a secondary romance plot involving Aline's More...

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Dec 05, 2007

Sara ♥ rated it:

I think I'm in love with Lisa Kleypas. I've read, what? 4 of her books now, and they were all COMPLETELY fabulous!

AGAIN THE MAGIC was SO SO GOOD! I read the back of the book and was pretty dang intrigued. It says:

"She gave him her innocence ... Lady Aline Marsden was brought up for one reason: to make an advantageous marriage to a member of her own class. Instead, she willingly gave her innocence to John McKenna, a servant on her father's estate. Their passionate More...

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Jun 23, 2011

Amy rated it:

I love the intense emotions in Lisa Kleypas's stories. Some of her stories are so heart-wrenching and moving that they drive me to tears several times. I especially love her dark and tortured heroes. McKenna is definitely one of those. I really liked this book, but one thing really bugs me about Kleypas's stories (or at least the few that I have read so far): she gives a lot of focus to the secondary couples, whether it's preparing readers for the next book in a series, or in a standalone book l More...

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Sep 18, 2009

Linds rated it:

This is a good one. I am a sucker for romances where teenage sweethearts get a second chance, and also for rich girl/poor boy pairings. The hero and heroine just belong together, it was very sweet.

The only thing I didn't like was the subplot concerning her sister takes about a quarter or a third of the book. It's not a bad subplot, you just want to get back to the other characters.

A little bonus is that Marcus Westcliffe is in this book as the heroine's brother. He is one of More...

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Sep 24, 2009

Sara rated it:

4.5 stars

Yay! Thank you Lisa Kleypas for another great novel I could get lost in.

This is one of those books that reminds you of your youthful romances that ended in ways you wish could have been different. Was it lust, infatuation or the beginnings of a true love that never had the chance to be fully experienced?.... Then years later meeting up with that other person, and even though life has changed you both the passion can't be denied.

I loved this story com

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Jan 27, 2012

Jill rated it:

I don’t know why I stopped with the Wallflower series she wrote. This book is kind of a prequel to that series and so wonderful to boot!

The story of Aline and McKenna reminds me a little of one of Jane Austen’s stories. Aline and McKenna grow up together. He’s a servant and she’s nobility. But they love each other and they are separated. This book made me sad and happy and wistful. It was a beautifully written story that did contain a little smut but not overly so. The bases was really More...

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Jan 25, 2012

H. rated it:

Rating: 3 stars

This was an exceptionally quick read for me. I bought this book after hearing that this was essentially the prequel to the Wallflower series by the same author. And I LOVE that series sooo sooo much. And because I read that series first, my expectations for this book was undeniably high. In which case, this book, in my opinion, does fall short compared to its other compatriots of the same series. Nevertheless, it is an enjoyable read and I still love Lisa Kleypas's writi More...

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Nov 21, 2011

lia rated it:

I'm in love with this book. I read it over and over and over again.
Sometimes i just read it for some special parts in the book. And believe me, usually after reading romance, i just let them gathered dust in the shelf.

It's just got all the things that you love from a romance book. It got what it takes to make you forgot all the sinister opinion of others of romance books. One of my all time favorite romance book aside from "Knight in shining armor" from Jude Deveraux a More...

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Oct 04, 2011

Nina rated it:

Have I ever told you how much I love the reunion story? Oh, give me more. I love the tension and angst of it all. And this one hit the mark.
If you've read the Wallflowers series or are thinking about it then give this one a read because it not only introduces you to Lord Westcliff but to his delightful sisters. I knew there was a story there having read the entire series before even jumping into this one. From the glimpses of Olivia and mentions of Aline I just knew that Westcliff's sister More...

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Aug 18, 2011

Ruby rated it:

I liked the premise of this book:

A beautiful lady of the nobility falls in love with the stableboy on her family's estate.

This is a fantastic plot-line because of the class issues it deals with. Generally, it is the aristocratic man who falls in love with someone below his station, however in this scenario, it is the woman who falls in love with the man "below her station."

After the initial setting up of the story, however, things began to fall ve More...

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Aug 04, 2011

Barb rated it:

Maybe it's me but I love a romance where the hero is socially beneath the heroine which results in a fierce, passionate love that's denied due to ones birth. This was a wonderful story about a person sacrificing what their heart desires and yearns for beyond everything for the wellbeing of another. Aline sacrificed it all for McKenna and even allows him to think ill of her to insure his safety even though it tore her heart out. And McKenna was a dream. Even though he came back into Aline's life More...

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