Sprinkled into the story are tiny excerpts of the witches’ grimoires, with tips for what herbs to use to bring about or cast away love, to heal a cough or to hex someone. First of all, the book really immerses you in the world of magic. The World We Knew and The Dovekeepers are both spectacular, and I’m so happy to say that Magic Lessons really doesn’t disappoint. Hoffman’s books are always some of my favorites. I’ll try to limit my spoilers, but beware that there may be one or two! Just a note, I haven’t read Practical Magic, or Rules of Magic, but this is kind of the prologue to the prologue, so it has no previous required readings. Love is the only thing that matters.Ī HUGE thank you to Simon & Schuster CA for sending me this as an ARC! I am a huge fan of Alice Hoffman, and I was beyond excited when I saw this book up on their ARC list. 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. Synopsis: 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.
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