Hoffman has a way of writing that is so full of magic it’s impossible to not fall under her spell. Magic Lessons was enchanting in so many ways, I couldn’t put it down from the first page. And this book most definitely did not disappoint. When Magic Lessons came out I knew I needed to read the origin of the Owens family. I devoured Practical Magic and instantly found myself loving not just the story but the way Hoffman wrote.

The movie is phenomenal too if you haven’t seen it. Practical Magic is and will always be one of the best books about witches ever written. I can’t get enough of books about witches, witchcraft, and anything else witchy and magical. Magic Lessons is a celebration of life and love and a showcase of Alice Hoffman’s masterful storytelling. And it’s here that she learns the rules of magic and the lesson that she will carry with her for the rest of her life. Here she invokes the curse that will haunt her family. When Maria is abandoned by the man who has declared his love for her, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts. It is here that she learns her first important lesson: Always love someone who will love you back. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about the “Unnamed Arts.” Hannah recognizes that Maria has a gift and she teaches the girl all she knows. Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she’s abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic.

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