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I loved this at the beginning, but compared to other magical realism I've read by others, it was just meh. The characters just didn't flesh out for me beyond anything I could have predicted pretty early on. Much much fluffier than what I was looking for.
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I finally did it.
I read a Sarah Addison Allen novel back in April after years of avoiding the author for fear her stuff would not be to my liking for the simple fact that everyone seems to love her. To be honest the only reason I read it was because it was a buddy read in my Goodreads group.
When I was reading it it too me a little while to get into because for me the book started off really slowly and it wan't until around page 60 that I really started to get into it and once I did I finished ...more
I read a Sarah Addison Allen novel back in April after years of avoiding the author for fear her stuff would not be to my liking for the simple fact that everyone seems to love her. To be honest the only reason I read it was because it was a buddy read in my Goodreads group.
When I was reading it it too me a little while to get into because for me the book started off really slowly and it wan't until around page 60 that I really started to get into it and once I did I finished ...more
On the one hand, this was a lovely book. The writing was pretty. The pace kept you going and going. The magical elements were fantastic and wondrous. On the other hand, this book had problems. It was telling two stories--one which I liked, one which I was more ambivalent about--and they didn't overlap nearly as much as they ought to have. They both felt a little derivative, although I think I was a little more forgiving when it came to Julia's portion than with Emily's.
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Emily moves to Mullaby, North Carolina to live with her grandfather after her mother dies. She finds out her grandfather is a giant and her mother is disliked by the Coffey family for actions she did in high school. My main problem with the book was that the secrets the characters were keeping were really obvious and the ending was totally predictable. Not a bad book just nowhere near as good as Garden Spells.
pure magic. It was a simple read - but sometimes you need that and you need to believe in magic - charming!
Read for book club...nice light read.
A sweet, quick read - a little bit of magic and romance.
I just loved this book. Her books just have that something extra that intrigues you from the start and makes you want to just keep reading.
Apr 30, 2010
Stephanie
marked it as to-read
Jun 09, 2010
Gaijinmama
marked it as to-read
Dec 05, 2010
C.
marked it as to-read
Jul 16, 2011
Stephanie Watson
marked it as to-read
Aug 15, 2011
Bookchick
marked it as to-read
Sep 12, 2011
Stacy
marked it as to-read
Dec 11, 2017
Keeley
marked it as to-read
Mar 17, 2019
Brenda
marked it as to-read
Apr 20, 2020
Denise
marked it as kindle-tbr
Nov 19, 2020
Traci
marked it as check-these-out-further
