Alice Hoffman’s shows how a novel involving witches and magic can be successful and loved in the mainstream.Practical Magic is a series of paranormal romance novels written by Alice Hoffman. It will be on my forever bookshelf with the rest of the series, ready for a reread and will inspire my own writing. The observations of love in all its forms were what I needed to hear. This emotional novel has depth, and I came away with the desire to wear my red boots with pride and the lessons of the Owens are tattooed in my heart. Would I recommend?Īlice Hoffman is a queen of magical storytelling, making Magic Lessons a pleasure to read. Though this book is part of a series, you can easily read it as a standalone. I would be interested to hear what others with a firmer grounding of the curse think of Maria’s tale and the origin of the curse.
I have not read Practical Magic yet, and it is years since I watched the film, so my memory of her story was vague. It is a well-researched historical fiction as seen in the lists of herbs, and spells written in the Owen’s grimoires and highlights the prejudice against women who are different and do not follow the social constructs created by men and the dangers they faced. The study of love with its joy and dangers is the core of this novel it brings lightness, warmth, darkness, and destruction. The novel is short on dialogue which surprised me because it is a rare these days but I found I did not miss it because of Alice Hoffman’s talent for setting the scene, her magical prose and the observations of love in all its guises. As a reader, you know the danger she will face when she blindly believes she will be fine. Maria’s early carefree childhood with Hannah was a joy to read and connected me to her and Cadin, making the rest of the book an emotional ride as she travels across the globe to end up in Salem, Massachusetts. I need not have worried the arrival of Maria into Hannah Owen’s life captivated me, and I remained in her world for hours I did not want to stop reading. Love is the only thing that matters My Thoughtsĭespite my excitement I was anxious to begin this novel in case my high expectations were unfounded and there are times I struggle to read historical fiction, which this is. And it’s is here that she learns the rules of magic and the lesson that she will carry with her for the rest of her life.
Here she invokes the curse that will haunt her family.
When Maria is abandoned by the man she loves, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts. Under the care of Hannah Owens, little Maria learns about the “Unnamed Arts.” Hannah recognizes that Maria has a gift and she teaches the girl all she knows. Where does the story of the Owens family begin? With a baby abandoned in a snowy field in the 1600s. Publisher: Simon and Schuster, Scribner UK
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