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Black Candle Women
Black Candle Women: A Novel | Diane Marie Brown
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A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women living under one roof and the family curse that stems back to a Voodoo shop in 1950s New Orleans Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder. Ava DuVernay Generations of Montrose womenAugusta, Victoria, Willowhave lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them. But when seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. For the other women have been withholding a secret from Nickie that will end her relationship before its even begun: the decades-old family curse that any person they fall in love with dies. Their surprise guest forces each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. And as new truths about the curse emerge, the family is set on a collision course dating back to a Voodoo shop in 1950s New Orleanss French Quarterwhere a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the answers they seek in life and in love Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists. Sadeqa Johnson, international bestselling author of Yellow Wife and The House of Eve
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vonnie862
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OriginalCyn620 🖤🖤🖤 2w
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Sparklemn
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Pickpick

Hard to describe, but I guess I‘d categorize as magical realism. Really enjoyed getting to know the family. It had a satisfying ending.

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DebinHawaii
Black Candle Women: A Novel | Diane Marie Brown
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#LuckyInLove

A #Candlelit title in my #TBR I do love the cover of this book. 🕯️💜

rubyslippersreads Great photo! 9mo
Eggs Just beautiful!! 9mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💜📚🖤 9mo
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Cazxxx
Black Candle Women: A Novel | Diane Marie Brown
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Weekend reading. I am loving this one 🧙🏼‍♀️

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TEArificbooks 🐈‍⬛🧙‍♀️Nice 13mo
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Bookpearl
Black Candle Women: A Novel | Diane Marie Brown
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A woman can never have too many books. I‘m book rich! Time to hit BN and shop as if I don‘t have a budget.

TheBookHippie Oh do enjoy!!!! How fun! 1y
TheLudicReader That would be a dream 1y
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5feet.of.fury
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Pickpick

Practical Magic vibes, a tale of 4 generations impacted by a curse.
A little bit long and too much from the past to keep track of at times, but an entertaining journey.

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Bookpearl
Black Candle Women: A Novel | Diane Marie Brown
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Black Candle Women by @diane_marie_brown has me in a chokehold while I‘m still trying to understand what‘s happening!! Today‘s tea courtesy of my Kai by way of The Republic of Tea and my book is from my sonshine! Happy reading folks!

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ICantImReading
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I always enjoy Bahni Turpin‘s narration, who really brought these characters to life. I had been hoping for more magic. It was a pleasant enough listen, but lacked enough substance for it to stick with me for long.🎧

ChaoticMissAdventures The cover is sure pretty. 2y
ICantImReading @ChaoticMissAdventures you‘re right about that! 😍 2y
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paisleyjess
Black Candle Women: A Novel | Diane Marie Brown
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I wanted more sweeping family epic tales. This is more just women in a modern, dysfunctional family with a little history and magic thrown in.

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Black Candle Women: A Novel | Diane Marie Brown
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Full Review: https://readingbeyondthebookcover.com/black-candle-women-diane-marie-brown/

Are you in the mood to read a book with black, female characters of varying ages? Or, a story threaded with mysterious, family secrets? Peppered with some hoodoo and voodoo? 80‘s R&B music references? If your answer is “Yes, to all of the above,” then Diane Marie Brown‘s, Black Candle Women is for you. #BlackCandleWomen #NetGalley

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ChaoticMissAdventures
Black Candle Women: A Novel | Diane Marie Brown
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February #bookspinbingo list!
@thearomaofbooks

February is Black History Month in the US so going into my TBR to lean heavily into Black authors.

I have 2 ARCs I want to get to this month, the tagged, and Chain- Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah I LOVED is Friday Black short story collection so excited to see what he does with a novel length story.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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KristiAhlers
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This book comes out in February and I‘m so excited for everyone to read this! This is a brilliantly drawn family saga incorporating family traditions, a family curse, and family secrets connected to a Voodoo shop in NOLA. The characters are so well drawn and the story is such you keep turning the pages to see how this is all going to end.

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