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Tagged is the book that really introduced me to the sub-genre.💛

4.25⭐
While I wasn‘t always a fan of the constant timeline switches…I still found this to be another solid heartfelt contemporary romance from this author. I like how this author writes a story…she doesn‘t add extraneous unnecessary details and makes magical realism fun and oddly believable. The narration by Julia Whelan was fantastic.

Being single is like playing the lottery. Most of the time all you‘re left with from that trip to the convenience store is a bag of chips and a six-pack. But then there‘s always the chance. There‘s always the chance, however slim, that with one piece of paper you could win it all.

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I cannot wait for this! ❤️❤️

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Such a charming tale! Told in two timelines, a story of love, loss, independent women, and rare books. With a little magic thrown in.

Does anyone else love Sarah addison Allen as much as I do? In some ways she gave me sanity….I was feeling stressed and depressed with 2 very young children and saw a copy of Garden Spells - at the grocery store! It was an absolute total splurge for me at that time. But i remember reading it and the escape lightened my mood and gave me a much needed break. Anyone else have a book that really helped you through a hard time?

This book is strange. I'm 100 pages in and I'm still uncertain as to what i think of it.

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10-3 April 24 (audiobook)
I read this years ago and enjoyed it, although I do recall being confused by the repetitive names. When it was in an audible sale, I thought it would be good to revisit but this really didn‘t work for me as an audiobook. It is too difficult to follow and the beauty of the prose is somewhat lost. Instead I was focused on the many incestuous relationships, some with characters who seemed far too young. Not a fair review.

This book started out slow and the logical part of my brain found it confusing at times, but I ended up enjoying the story. It reminded me a little of “The Invisible Life of Addie Larue“, although I liked that one much better. This one had time travel, a bit of a murder mystery, romance and strong female characters. In addition the rural North Carolina setting was beautifully captured in two different timelines. 3.75/5 stars!