Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1) in Around the Year in 52 Books

Apr 28, 2010 ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, 2024, women, contemporary-romance, killeen-library-paper, magical-realism, green-cover, slytherin-mmp, 2015, uno-green

4/17/24: Third time reading this and loved it all the same.
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2015 Update: I re-read this and loved it even more the second time around. There's something comforting to me in this type of book, where magical elements and food and aromas and senses are all heightened. It's like comfort food.

Oh, I have read Practical Magic since the first time I read this book and it has some similar elements but overall, I find the books different enough from one another to not feel like I was j ...more

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Oct 17, 2009 oliviasbooks rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, love-story-romance, paranormal-humans, cry-a-little, in-love-with-the-cover, swapped-or-given-away, read-2008, adult-fiction, magical-realism

The beginning was so good ... and so promising. I fell in love with the story right away. Later on I even got emotional and had a cry, which I seldom do when reading a book. I could relate to the sisters disliking each other in childhood and coming to grow to love each other when meeting as adults. The end was too soapy and pink-rimmed, though. It damped my enthusiasm to read another book of this author somewhat. Do not misunderstand: I like happy endings a lot more than bad or pessimistic ones. ...more

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Dec 17, 2013 Monica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, contemporary-fiction, book-club-books, popular-fiction, audio, 2013-in-2013, 2013-yearly-challenge, magic

I was pleasantly surprised by this story. It was a cute and easy read for our book club which we needed after the two that we read previously. I enjoy a book with magic and fantasy and this one delivered.

I found Claire and her sister very entertaining. Claire is the one that decides to stay in their home town and continue the Waverly way. Claire has found her Waverly Magic with food and recipes. Sydney has yet to discover her Waverly Magic.

I found myself chuckling at the Apple Tree. The Apple Tr ...more

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Aug 09, 2011 Stacy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, ebook, 2011, fantasy

I loved, loved, loved this book. It has been a long time since a book has grabbed me in. I am definitely checking out her other books. She is a very good author. Very nicely, written. Would definitely recommend for a light read.

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