Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman 3 stars (WPF)

[Rachel N.]

Sally and Gillian's parents die when they are very young and they go to live with two elderly aunts. Everyone in the town thinks the aunts are witches and the girls are avoided by everyone. Gillian runs away at eighteen and Sally has a brief marriage that ends in tragedy but she does have two girls, Antonia and Kylie. The first part of the book deals with Sally and Gillian growing up and the second part with Gillian showing up at Sally's house with a big problem. I'm not a big fan of most magical realism and this book is chock full of it. I also don't really feel like I got to know much about the characters beyond their surface. There are three other books in the series but I have no plans to read any of them.