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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
This book was so different than other things I’ve read. I personally didn’t connect to the writing style much, but I thought the plot was really Interesting and the plot twist at the end really got me! I also was really spooked out by some of the scenes in the woods, and liked the atmosphere of the book. Would be a good October read! Most of the book kind of lulled for me, but there were enough good parts that it kept me reading.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Now this isn't my favorite book I've ever read but I rated it 4 stars because of the twist and turns. I guessed one thing correctly. But everything else was a shock. I loved the characters a lot. I really enjoyed it for the most part. Just in the beginning it was really confusing for me.
Laurel, Holly and Ash are three best friends, as close as a coven; when Holly's diary is stolen and read aloud at school by a bully, the other two are devastated for her. In the woods they find a spellbook, with a spell meant for calling back lost objects. They decide to cast it to get back the diary, not realizing that the spell requires a sacrifice.
Olive and Rose are best friends who decide to attend the annual spring bonfire party with the intention of drinking too much, crying, making a mess and coming home. But when they wake up in the morning each of them has lost things they weren't prepared to lose.
Hazel and her twin brother Rowan ran away from home with their best friend Ivy; all three have been squatting in an empty house in an abandoned development outside of town. They have already lost a lot, and feel like they can't afford to lose anything else. When the spellbook comes into their hands, they have to decide: is it worth the potential sacrifice to try and call back something they'd dearly like back?
I listened to this as an audiobook, and while I greatly enjoyed the Irish accents of the three narrators, I think I would have liked the book as a whole better if I had been reading it in print. There were a few sections in the middle that felt very slow, but it picked up at the end, and I was delighted to figure out the major twist slightly before the characters figured it out for themselves.
Olive and Rose are best friends who decide to attend the annual spring bonfire party with the intention of drinking too much, crying, making a mess and coming home. But when they wake up in the morning each of them has lost things they weren't prepared to lose.
Hazel and her twin brother Rowan ran away from home with their best friend Ivy; all three have been squatting in an empty house in an abandoned development outside of town. They have already lost a lot, and feel like they can't afford to lose anything else. When the spellbook comes into their hands, they have to decide: is it worth the potential sacrifice to try and call back something they'd dearly like back?
I listened to this as an audiobook, and while I greatly enjoyed the Irish accents of the three narrators, I think I would have liked the book as a whole better if I had been reading it in print. There were a few sections in the middle that felt very slow, but it picked up at the end, and I was delighted to figure out the major twist slightly before the characters figured it out for themselves.
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Didn’t love this. Didn’t hate this. I think if I was in a better mindset I would have liked it a lot more. There were some cool connections that were revealed later in the book. But it didn’t blow me away because I wasn’t really invested in the book.
5✰
‘don’t be silly. it's not just the spellbook. we’re all magic. magic’s all around us, all the time.’
i loved everything about this book!!! literally the only thing i hated was jude, and of course you have to have once character you can't stand.
but the fact that the magic of the book was just everyday things? like being named is a spell. picking flowers and drying leaves is a spell. writing your initials and someone elses in a heart in notebooks is a love spell. the red you wear for confidence, your lucky bra, the way you spend an hour on your hair; that's all a ritual.
i love the everyday magic. i love how this book embraces it !!!!
i also love the rep in this book. there's 4 bisexual girls. a desi girl. and a disabled girl.
it also has trc vibes but like, way better and is not really problematic at all.
just please read it
also there's girls kissing girls so !!!
‘don’t be silly. it's not just the spellbook. we’re all magic. magic’s all around us, all the time.’
i loved everything about this book!!! literally the only thing i hated was jude, and of course you have to have once character you can't stand.
but the fact that the magic of the book was just everyday things? like being named is a spell. picking flowers and drying leaves is a spell. writing your initials and someone elses in a heart in notebooks is a love spell. the red you wear for confidence, your lucky bra, the way you spend an hour on your hair; that's all a ritual.
i love the everyday magic. i love how this book embraces it !!!!
i also love the rep in this book. there's 4 bisexual girls. a desi girl. and a disabled girl.
it also has trc vibes but like, way better and is not really problematic at all.
just please read it
also there's girls kissing girls so !!!