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The Rules of Magic

A Prequel to Practical Magic

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In this prequel to Practical Magic, we meet the Aunts: sisters Frances and Jet, and Vincent, their brother. Their mother, Susanna, knew they were unique: pale, red-haired Franny, who could commune with birds; shy, beautiful Jet, who knows what others are thinking; and charismatic Vincent, built for trouble.

Susanna sets some rules of magic: no walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles and absolutely no books about magic. But, desperate to uncover who they really are, the Owens siblings head down a life-altering course, filled with secrets and truths, devastation and joy, and magic and love.

©2018 Alice Hoffman (P)2018 Oakhill Publishing Classics Magic Witchcraft
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Good overall story however unlike with other books in the series it was difficult to like or engage with the characters due to the narrators very odd way of interpreting their stories. Vincent who is supposed to be beautiful and dreamy comes across as whiney and unlikeable. As for Frany her voice is whiney and unpleasant. Not sure why the narrator chose to use such over the top and almost pantomime like voice for the characters.

Overall a good story and set in a time of change in the United States and in the city of New York but just hard to full escape to this due to jarring narration.

Great story narration jarring

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This was truly an amazing book, so good to get the aunts backstory. wonderful.

I absolutely loved it.

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With the other Practical Magic books I've been immediately immersed by the story, with this one I just couldnt seem to get into it, not sure why.

To be honest it didn't feel like it added much to the overall story of the Owens family. I suppose, there wasn't the high drama we see in the other books. Just fairly regular lives with ups and downs and loss and love. It was ok

It was ok

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Really enjoyed this book.Held me in its grip from start to finish. Interesting characters and good narration. Ten out of ten.

A book to lose yourself in

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Wish they had used the same narrator (Sutton Foster) as the previous book. The male characters are painfully similar to Bart Simpson and takes away from the story. Jarring. Switched to the physical book.

Awful narrator

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