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Average rating3.8
Readers fell in love with Sarah Addison Allen's debut novel, GARDEN SPELLS. Now the tale of the Waverley women is to be revisited with a magical sequel. Autumn has finally arrived in the small town of Bascom, North Carolina, heralded by a strange old man appearing with a beaten-up suitcase. He has stories to tell, stories that could change the lives of the Waverley women forever. But the Waverleys have enough trouble on their hands. Quiet Claire Waverley has started a successful new venture, Waverley's Candies, but it's nothing like she thought it would be, and it's slowly taking over her life. Claire's wild sister Sydney, still trying to leave her past behind, is about to combust with her desire for another new beginning. And Sydney's fifteen-year-old daughter Bay has given her heart away to the wrong boy and can't get it back. From the author of the New York Times bestselling sensation GARDEN SPELLS, FIRST FROST is magical and atmospheric, taking readers back into the lives of the gifted Waverley women - back to their strange garden and temperamental apple tree, back to their house with a personality of its own, back to the men who love them fiercely - proving that a happily-ever-after is never the real ending to a story. It's where the real story begins.
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2 primary booksWaverley Family is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Sarah Addison Allen.
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Close to a 4 but not quite. It was fun to visit the Waverleys again.
I didn't like this as much as other SAA books but if you want to hear more about the Waverly sisters and their lives, this is a must read. It fills in some history and background and continues the saga to the next generation of Waverlys. It felt more like a novella than a new story. Which is okay. I've been under the weather so it was just enough for me this week.