A very heart warming story. I enjoyed the way it was written. Claire and Sydney Waverley are as different as night and day. One a free spirit with a haunted past, the other a reserved homebody with a bright future. Can the town ever except them for who they are?
Garden Spells is an enjoyable tale of sisters and a garden containing plants of magical qualities. Sydney escapes an abusive husband and comes back home to Bascom, North Carolina with her daughter Bay. She moves into her the house where she was raised by her grandmother and is now owned by her siste...
Who would have thought I’d like a book about an apple tree with an attitude, but even it wormed its way into my heart in this charming story of two sisters.In fact, I loved all the enchanting Waverley females: Claire and Sydney, who were never close in childhood, but are discovering the true meanin...
This book was quite enjoyable and certainly a quick read, I think I read it in a day or two. The storlyine, to me, is similar to that of Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman but with enough of its own original touches that I didn't want to stop reading. There was a very violent part early on that almost...
Nice, easy read. Claire and Sydney Waverly's relationship has been damaged by childhood rivalries misunderstandings. Neither sister has seen each other for years, but over the course of the book they learn that they need each other and overcome those mistaken impresssions.
The world that Allen created in Garden Spells is absolutely wonderful - I'd love to live in the Waverley house! I felt some of the book was quite predictable, but the characters made the story endearing anyway. What resonated most with me was the story of rediscovered bonds. Also with the characters...
I don't think I can say too much other than I loved this book! It is whimsical, magical and fantastical yet realistic. There are some dark subjects that are introduced, such as: child abandonment, parental neglect, sibling jealousy, deep-seated feelings of inadequacy, physical abuse and the more mun...
This is the second book that I have read by Sarah Addison Allen, the first one being The Girl Who Chased the Moon. As in that book, this one takes place in a small town in Georgia and at it's heart is an unusual family that has a lot to do with the history of the town and it's folklore. But where t...
Loved it. Thought this was a fantastic read with magical elements. This book for some reason just gave you a fuzzy feeling. Two sisters totally different and love took them in two different directions. But, Claire , Sydney's sister does return to her home town now the one she could not wait to leave...
I'm not much into mystical fiction, but Allen creates some compelling characters and an interesting story. I just couldn't wait to see what happened, although the story was not all that unpredictable. My favorite character was cousin Evanelle, who walked the town giving people things they would "n...
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