A review by bookish_brain1
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

3.0

This is the second book in Hoffman's magic series. It follows three Owen's siblings in NYC hundreds of years after the first book takes place. The thing that most sticks out to me about this series is that her characters are weirdly likably unlikable. Her writing style is not my favorite yet somehow these books are engaging. Like the first book, this book is not a happy journey, and these are not happy people. Happy endings are subjective I suppose, but these poor siblings experience trauma, death, loneliness and loss. I know I'm not making it sound like a good read, and I think that's the magic in her writing, you can't help yourself coming back for more and rapidly working toward the end to find out what happens and how it is all going to work out because it all has to work out right? Maybe...