Tag: The Rules of Magic

January Wrap Up: ALL the Books Hauled, a Little Editing, and New Year Blues <3

Posted January 28, 2019 in Checking In // 10 Comments

I set out into 2019 with the intention to slay my reading list, and I feel like I’m at a really good spot! I think I’m finally settling back in after destroying myself in November. The blogs fairly well scheduled ahead, and I’m reading my ARCs more or less as I get them. Things in my blogging and bookish world are good, y’all? I really hope this is an omen for the rest of the year. OKAY SO. Remember how in my 2019 Blogging Goals post, I spoke about how I was instituting a book buying ban on myself for 2019? Well […]

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Posted January 26, 2019 in Reviews // 4 Comments

This book is slooooooooooow. It’s not bad, but the pacing is excruciating. I listened to the audiobook and I feel like Marin Ireland did a really good job narrating. She gave each character their own voice. But the story feels like it’s going nowhere fast. The Rules of Magic introduces us to Franny, Jet, and Vincent – three Owens siblings who fall in love and ruin lives because of a curse put on their family. Therefore, the storyline follows them from age fourteen (in Vincent’s case, the youngest) up into their twenties as the siblings struggle through love and loss […]