The Rules of Magic
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The Rules of Magic

by Alice Hoffman

2017•Fantasy•400 pages

Taste attributes: fantasyfamilyromancehistoricalimaginarylinearglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers alltroubled leads

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, glossy fantasy novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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About This Book

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...

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyFamilyRomanceHistoricalComplex relationshipLove conquers allTroubled leads

Subjects

Brothers and sistersFamily secretsWomenRomance fictionFamily lifeSecrecyWitchesHistorical

Details

Author
Alice Hoffman
Published
2017
Pages
400
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