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This turned out my favorite so far of Hoffman's books! I actually hugged it to my chest after I was done reading it.
Given it's a prequel to Practical Magic and the rest of that series, you can start with this book whether or not you have knowledge of those others (though I have read two of them). Though it's a historical novel, it never feels overly heavy on the historical detail. It's lively and intriguing and deliciously spooky.
Though it features John Hathorne, real-life magistrate in the Salem witch trials, and also includes bits of those trials, this story feels much less like The Crucible (with its dark, nightmarish mood) and much more like The Scarlet Letter—beautifully melancholy, bittersweet, and sometimes romantic. But this one loads up the genuine magic and witchcraft more than either of those.
Incidentally: Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter, was a…
The extraordinary novel tracing a centuries-old curse back to its beginning from the author of PRACTICAL MAGIC and THE DOVEKEEPERS
We first met the Owens in the glorious novel Practical Magic. We discovered the tragedy of the Owens siblings in Rules of Magic. Now we learn how it all began... with a baby abandoned in a snowy English field in the 1600s. Under the care of gentle Hannah Owens, little Maria learns about the 'Unnamed Arts'. Maria has a gift for them - a gift that may well prove her undoing.
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
Set in an ancient Greek world full of pesky, terrifying, flirtatious, meddling gods, this book introduces the young god Dionysus, who smashes all kinds of regimentation in the mortal world and invites wild nature to come rioting back in. Which, if you ask me, is the type of vibe we need in our current era.
It's got queer love, ancient civilizations, brutal shocks, political intrigue, lots of dark irreverent humor, and enchanting miracles. Absolutely loved it.
