Waiting on Wednesday [246] – THE RULES OF MAGIC by Alice Hoffman

Waiting on Wednesday is the brainchild of Breaking the Spine, although Jill isn’t hosting this meme anymore. In any case, I will continue to post Waiting on Wednesdays, simply because it’s one of my favorite posts to do each week:-D

I’m so excited about this week’s pick. Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic is one of my favorites of hers, and I would even say one of my all time favorite books. According to the blurb, this is a prequel to Practical Magic:

From beloved author Alice Hoffman comes the spellbinding prequel to her bestseller, Practical Magic.

Find your magic.

For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man.

Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the sixties, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair, shy and beautiful Jet, who can read other people’s thoughts, and charismatic Vincent, who began looking for trouble on the day he could walk.

From the start Susanna sets down rules for her children: No walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles, no books about magic. And most importantly, never, ever, fall in love. But when her children visit their Aunt Isabelle, in the small Massachusetts town where the Owens family has been blamed for everything that has ever gone wrong, they uncover family secrets and begin to understand the truth of who they are. Back in New York City each begins a risky journey as they try to escape the family curse.

The Owens children cannot escape love even if they try, just as they cannot escape the pains of the human heart. The two beautiful sisters will grow up to be the revered, and sometimes feared, aunts in Practical Magic, while Vincent, their beloved brother, will leave an unexpected legacy. Thrilling and exquisite, real and fantastical, The Rules of Magic is a story about the power of love reminding us that the only remedy for being human is to be true to yourself.

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman releases in October from Simon & Schuster.  I’m so curious to read this. I love when authors go back in time to tell the stories of the people who came before, and I’m hoping this works! Plus, that cover. Wow.

Let me know if you’re an Alice Hoffman fan too!

Posted April 26, 2017 by Tammy in Waiting on Wednesday / 15 Comments

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15 responses to “Waiting on Wednesday [246] – THE RULES OF MAGIC by Alice Hoffman

  1. Hoffman has been on my tbr for years! I remember reading one of her ya books as a teen and it has stuck with me. Maybe this one will finally be enough motivation to pick her up again 😀 Thanks, Tammy!

  2. Tammy I am so with you on this one. I love Alice Hoffman and have also been reading her books for years. I’d had my eye on this one but was awaiting the cover – and here it is.
    Definitely very excited for this.
    Lynn 😀

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