Magic Lessons by Alice HoffmanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Maria Owens was abandoned as a baby and raised by Hannah
Owens. Hannah realized early on that
Maria had a natural gift in the “Unnamed Arts” and taught her as much as she could. Maria learned many things from Hannah, but
one of her most important lessons is that you should only love someone willing
to love you back. Through a series of
tragic events, Maria finds herself abandoned by a man who said he loved her and
she follows him to the New World. It is
in Salem, Massachusetts that she is accused of witchcraft and invokes the curse
that will haunt her family for centuries.
Magic Lessons is a prequel to Practical Magic and The Rules
of Magic. Readers who enjoyed these
primary stories will relish reading about the events that are often referenced
in these pages. Hoffman was able to
cover many decades of history without making the reader feel as if they were
losing important parts of the characters’ lives. It was wonderful to see how the curse that
was so often referred to developed. This
is a prequel, but I don’t think it would matter if you read it third (as it was
written) or first (as it would be chronologically).
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