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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Spellbook of the Lost and Found is one of those books that sticks with you throughout your day. Every time there was a rise in the wind I felt a chill. Every time I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye I was curious. Every time I misplaced something during those precious days I wondered if magic was to blame. My whole being was completely enraptured by this magical, atmospheric book which certainly blurred the lines between fantasy and reality.
I really enjoyed Moïra’s writing style when I read The Accident Season but I feel like she’s upped it a notch for Spellbook. Every sentence was full of atmosphere, magic and some higher meaning. Every single word felt like it had been carefully planned and somehow she managed to spin them into one of the most atmospheric, magical stories I have read. It wasn’t until the end of this book that I realised how wonderfully written the story was. The writing style is elegant but at the same time dense and full of metaphors and elements of magical realism. It took me a little while to get used to but I fell completely in love with it very quickly.
I loved the little twists and turns throughout this book. There was such a huge element of intrigue and I was curious from start to finish to see where this was going. As I started to put the pieces together I couldn’t help but flick back to see if I should have picked up on things sooner. Moïra certainly tied up all the loose ends and by the end of the book it was clear that the book was about so much more than magic. It is full of passion, friendship, romance, family, grief, sadness and happiness. It covers such a span of feeling and emotion.
I really enjoyed reading the book from the different POVs and thought each had a fairly unique voice. All of the characters were really well written and I loved how their stories interlinked in ways I hadn’t imagined at the beginning. There’s also great diversity among the characters with deaf, WOC, bisexual and gay representation. I loved learning about the other characters through the lenses of Olive, Hazel and Laurel and thought it was a clever way to also end up learning about our POV characters.
I can’t remember the last time I was so captivated by a book. I felt like I had fallen down a rabbit hole and entered a whole new, magical world with vibrant characters, mysterious surroundings and was trapped in a whirlpool of emotion.
With gorgeous writing and a truly atmospheric feel this is surely a book that will stick with me for a long time.
I really enjoyed Moïra’s writing style when I read The Accident Season but I feel like she’s upped it a notch for Spellbook. Every sentence was full of atmosphere, magic and some higher meaning. Every single word felt like it had been carefully planned and somehow she managed to spin them into one of the most atmospheric, magical stories I have read. It wasn’t until the end of this book that I realised how wonderfully written the story was. The writing style is elegant but at the same time dense and full of metaphors and elements of magical realism. It took me a little while to get used to but I fell completely in love with it very quickly.
I loved the little twists and turns throughout this book. There was such a huge element of intrigue and I was curious from start to finish to see where this was going. As I started to put the pieces together I couldn’t help but flick back to see if I should have picked up on things sooner. Moïra certainly tied up all the loose ends and by the end of the book it was clear that the book was about so much more than magic. It is full of passion, friendship, romance, family, grief, sadness and happiness. It covers such a span of feeling and emotion.
I really enjoyed reading the book from the different POVs and thought each had a fairly unique voice. All of the characters were really well written and I loved how their stories interlinked in ways I hadn’t imagined at the beginning. There’s also great diversity among the characters with deaf, WOC, bisexual and gay representation. I loved learning about the other characters through the lenses of Olive, Hazel and Laurel and thought it was a clever way to also end up learning about our POV characters.
I can’t remember the last time I was so captivated by a book. I felt like I had fallen down a rabbit hole and entered a whole new, magical world with vibrant characters, mysterious surroundings and was trapped in a whirlpool of emotion.
With gorgeous writing and a truly atmospheric feel this is surely a book that will stick with me for a long time.
Great representation for the LGBTQ+ community, however the plot was quite winding and didn't have a lot of content. It was hard to get through as it didn't make me want to continue reading as much as some other books have done. I did love the magical realism side and the dark elements though. A mixed bag of a book.
I really enjoyed this creepy and magical story. The characters were so interesting and I loved all of them.
I really enjoyed this book. The narrators were very good. The story itself was quite good as well, with a lot of twists and turns and unexpected whimsy.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was a pretty entertaining read that was quite different than what I expected from it. The plot was interesting and the twist made the book feel complete in a way not many books I've read this year did. However, the book never fully gripped me. It was a fun ride and the characters were nice but they never felt like anything more than characters to me.
Amazing read, really liked the character’s name.
Fowley-Doyle has cast her magic on me again!
Olive, Rose, Ivy, Rowan, and Hazel are all searching for things they've lost, both tangible and intangible. But as they hunt for what is missing, things are also found.
"If you don't get lost, you'll never be found."
Fowley-Doyle won me as a fan with The Accident Season, and she delivered more of what won my heart in Spellbook of the Lost and Found. I was once again treated to her beautiful prose with its ethereal quality, that kept me mesmerized from page one. Fowley-Doyle has such a talent for creating atmosphere in her stories with descriptions that are so vivid. I really felt like I was in each and every situation with the characters. This book, much like her last book, puts the reader in a little darker place, which fit perfectly with a story about secrets and losses. And BONUS! There were times it was feeling a little reminiscent of The Craft, which is a plus in my book.
"Be careful what you bargain with; Every lost thing requires a sacrifice -- A new loss for every called thing found."
But it's not just the writing that is great, Fowley-Doyle gives us a great story too. I loved navigating my way through this tale, as she slowly fed me breadcrumbs to follow. I was engrossed in the stories presented by each of the three narrators, one from each group of friends, but I did not see a connection. As the story played on, two groups merge, and then I was really scratching my head about that third group. I did not figure out the connection until about two pages before the reveal. So, Fowly-Doyle deserves quite a pat on the back, for once again delivering a twist I really didn't see coming, and later, hitting me with one I REALLY didn't see coming.
"Maybe we need to lose some things to make room for others."
Every character in this book was interesting and jumped off the page. Fowley-Doyle always does such an incredible job fully realizing her complex characters. This was, by no means, a simple feat in this book, as there were quite a few major players in this story.
"I kiss her neck until I forget everything but this feeling and honestly it's a lot less like losing my heart and more like finally being found."
There is a big overarching theme of loss in this book, and I loved all the different angles Fowley-Doyle chose in her exploration of loss. Loss of tangible things, of self, of friendships, of trust. She also posed the idea, that not all loss is bad. Loss of a bad habit, of addiction, of a heart. But, there was also this idea of things found: physical items, a heart, independence, a friend, a sister, one's self. This book just left me thinking about so many things!
"Be careful what you wish for; Not all lost things should be found."
This book has some diversity, mostly in the sexual orientation realm. Two of main characters, Rose and Olive, are bisexual, and another, Hazel, is a lesbian. In addition to being bisexual, Rose is also half Indian, and it becomes a minor point of discussion with respect to ethnic beauty, which I found interesting. There is also a bit of feminist centered discussions, and a bunch of other important talk, which I will not reveal, because I don't want to spoil anything here.
"I've lost my heart. Not all losses are bad."
Overall: An captivating tale of love, loss, friendship and family filled with an air of mystery and magical realism.
**I would like to thank the publisher for the advanced copy of this book. I also would like to thank GoodReads and the publisher, as I won a physical copy through a GoodReads giveaway. Quotes are from an ARC and may change upon publication.
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Olive, Rose, Ivy, Rowan, and Hazel are all searching for things they've lost, both tangible and intangible. But as they hunt for what is missing, things are also found.
"If you don't get lost, you'll never be found."
Fowley-Doyle won me as a fan with The Accident Season, and she delivered more of what won my heart in Spellbook of the Lost and Found. I was once again treated to her beautiful prose with its ethereal quality, that kept me mesmerized from page one. Fowley-Doyle has such a talent for creating atmosphere in her stories with descriptions that are so vivid. I really felt like I was in each and every situation with the characters. This book, much like her last book, puts the reader in a little darker place, which fit perfectly with a story about secrets and losses. And BONUS! There were times it was feeling a little reminiscent of The Craft, which is a plus in my book.
"Be careful what you bargain with; Every lost thing requires a sacrifice -- A new loss for every called thing found."
But it's not just the writing that is great, Fowley-Doyle gives us a great story too. I loved navigating my way through this tale, as she slowly fed me breadcrumbs to follow. I was engrossed in the stories presented by each of the three narrators, one from each group of friends, but I did not see a connection. As the story played on, two groups merge, and then I was really scratching my head about that third group. I did not figure out the connection until about two pages before the reveal. So, Fowly-Doyle deserves quite a pat on the back, for once again delivering a twist I really didn't see coming, and later, hitting me with one I REALLY didn't see coming.
"Maybe we need to lose some things to make room for others."
Every character in this book was interesting and jumped off the page. Fowley-Doyle always does such an incredible job fully realizing her complex characters. This was, by no means, a simple feat in this book, as there were quite a few major players in this story.
"I kiss her neck until I forget everything but this feeling and honestly it's a lot less like losing my heart and more like finally being found."
There is a big overarching theme of loss in this book, and I loved all the different angles Fowley-Doyle chose in her exploration of loss. Loss of tangible things, of self, of friendships, of trust. She also posed the idea, that not all loss is bad. Loss of a bad habit, of addiction, of a heart. But, there was also this idea of things found: physical items, a heart, independence, a friend, a sister, one's self. This book just left me thinking about so many things!
"Be careful what you wish for; Not all lost things should be found."
This book has some diversity, mostly in the sexual orientation realm. Two of main characters, Rose and Olive, are bisexual, and another, Hazel, is a lesbian. In addition to being bisexual, Rose is also half Indian, and it becomes a minor point of discussion with respect to ethnic beauty, which I found interesting. There is also a bit of feminist centered discussions, and a bunch of other important talk, which I will not reveal, because I don't want to spoil anything here.
"I've lost my heart. Not all losses are bad."
Overall: An captivating tale of love, loss, friendship and family filled with an air of mystery and magical realism.
**I would like to thank the publisher for the advanced copy of this book. I also would like to thank GoodReads and the publisher, as I won a physical copy through a GoodReads giveaway. Quotes are from an ARC and may change upon publication.
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4.5 Stars. Really really great book. I really enjoyed how all the loose ends got tied up in the end and I kind of want more stories about these characters.
Be careful what you wish for;
Not all lost things should be found.
Spellbook of the Lost And Found reminded me a lot of The Disappearances. Both books dealt with lost things, and not just material things, and both books could be categorized as magical realism...or a little more.
While I enjoyed reading Spellbook of the Lost And Found, I found it to be slow-moving. The book is based mostly off of character interactions from three cliques, and is told from three perspectives, one from each clique.
The individuality of each of the characters was definitely the strong point. They were diverse, and they helped the author tackle some equally important and difficult topics. From race, to body image, to feminism, and sexual preferences, Spellbook of the Lost And Found really tackles them all.
But it just didn’t have that oomf that I wanted, and that makes you want to stay up reading to find out what was going to happen next, and how the relationships were going to end up, and just generally answer all of the questions.
While I didn’t love it, I didn’t hate it either. I’m glad I read it, but I don’t know if I’ll recommend it to anyone and I’m glad I didn’t buy it, because I probably won’t read it again.
Not all lost things should be found.
Spellbook of the Lost And Found reminded me a lot of The Disappearances. Both books dealt with lost things, and not just material things, and both books could be categorized as magical realism...or a little more.
While I enjoyed reading Spellbook of the Lost And Found, I found it to be slow-moving. The book is based mostly off of character interactions from three cliques, and is told from three perspectives, one from each clique.
The individuality of each of the characters was definitely the strong point. They were diverse, and they helped the author tackle some equally important and difficult topics. From race, to body image, to feminism, and sexual preferences, Spellbook of the Lost And Found really tackles them all.
But it just didn’t have that oomf that I wanted, and that makes you want to stay up reading to find out what was going to happen next, and how the relationships were going to end up, and just generally answer all of the questions.
While I didn’t love it, I didn’t hate it either. I’m glad I read it, but I don’t know if I’ll recommend it to anyone and I’m glad I didn’t buy it, because I probably won’t read it again.