Attain First Frost Depicted By Sarah Addison Allen Conveyed As Booklet

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First frost was always an unpredictable time, but this year it felt more, . . desperate than others.
Something was about to happen,

First Frost marks the return to the beloved town of Bascom, North Carolina where the Waverley sisters reside, Claire has left her catering business behind after creating Waverleys Candies, The business itself is lucrative and does extremely well, but the amount of time she must dedicate to the business leaves Claire with little time for her family or anything else.
Sydney now owns her own business as well in Bascom, a hair salon that is equally successful, but her apparent inability to have more children is a painful reminder every day.
Sydneys daughter Bay is now in high school and because of her gift for knowing exactly where things belong she knows that she belongs with Josh Matteson, she just needs to convince him shes right.
First frost is an unpredictable time for the Waverleys and it also heralds the arrival of an old man that brings a story that might change everything for these women.


I really, really enjoyed Garden Spells the second time I read it at least but the ending didnt leave me anticipating that there would ever be a sequel so the announcement of First Frost was quite a surprise, but an exciting one for sure.
First Frost centers around the two sisters but includes more of Bay and her struggles to understand her magical gift and coming to terms with it, It was wonderful to see her all grown up and matured, no longer the six year old girl that could spend all day in the backyard staring into the branches of the mystical apple tree.
The inclusion of the mysterious old man that threw everything the family knew into question was an illfitting piece of the story, He was manipulative and conniving and even though he was a necessary piece in order to add drama to the plot, the motivations behind his actions lacked in logic.
The majority of the story was spent explaining it to an extent and I would have much preferred to see that time spent telling more of Bays story which was my favorite part.
While I felt the multiple storylines didnt mesh together quite as well as they did in Garden Spells, it was still wonderful to be back in Bascom,

The magic of the Waverleys is definitely back with the characters we all know and love, and even a few new faces, First Frost is an incredibly quick and entertaining read where the pages will fly as if by magic, Itll be hard to say goodbye this time but personally Im now hoping for future Waverley stories to come,

I received this book free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review, This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review, .Everyone need a little magic in their life and that is exactly what I receive when I read this author, A return to the Waverly's of Garden Spells, this amazing family all with their own individual special talents, Who wouldn't like to have an apple tree that tosses apples at those she feel are interfering, which blooms at first frost and signals new beginnings, like a reset button Doors that stick or won't open a all if they do not want to let someone in.
Wonderful characters, enchanting story lines,

Light, feel good reads, this author has mastered the art of writing this type of book, a book that entertains and surprises,

ARC from NetGalley, Thursday, August,No way! No way! No way!! OMG!! I'm so excited!!!! I wanted a second installment the first time I finished the book!! :D



A few years ago I read Garden Spells, and afterward read it multiple times, for the pleasure reading it gave me, since then Allen became one of my favorite authors, I've been pre ordering her novels ever since.




I didn't want to finish reading First Frost, I wanted to slowly enjoy it, I always rush though a good book, and First Frost was so good that as I flipped the last page I said loudly: "Third book coming soon"



I don't think I'll ever tire of the Waverleys story or the world Sarah creates in all her books.
I want to be a Waverley and I want ALL those cooking books and recipes, I loved how everyone grew but kind of stayed the same,



Another gem,

.bumped tostars:
“First Frost” is the perfect book to read when you want to cozy up with a great chiclit book that leaves you warm and fuzzy inside.
It reminded me of Alice Hoffmans “Practical Magic”: quirky sisters who own mystical powers, “Practical Magic” had a dark side, while “First Frost” is pure honey and cinnamon, Yes, one of the sisters has a culinary skill,

Taking place in North Carolina arent all best chiclit novels in the South, its a story of one of the youngest Waverly girls transition into adulthood.
Bay isand comfortable with her gift, Yet she finds difficulty existing in a high school environment, Her mother, Sydney tries to shield her as most parents do from the hazards of high school, Yet Sydney has her own personal issues, Sydneys sister Claire attempts to do it all with her business meanwhile simmering inside with who inherently she is,

This is a fun book with likeable and loveable characters, Its a sweet story and leaves you content, This is a second book about the Waverly Sisters, Im going to get the first one “Garden Spells”: thats how much I enjoyed this book,
Imagine a house with feelings, and an apple tree who doesn't favor men, Then add to it food with magic qualities, four generations of Waverley women with special 'talents' and you've got this delightful family saga,

And yes, you've got me loving this book for the perfect magic realism it presents and for the simple fairy it sprinkled all over my upside down world.


What's not to love about a cute apple tree, flowering the wrong time of the year, shower her beloved people in petals at the first frost, and throw outoffavor people with apples.
And yes, if the outoffavored stand near enough, they will

get bumped on the head with a branch, This tree was a presence, a personality, an influence on every Waverley who ever lived there,

In Bascom, North Carolina, The Waverley house, an old Queen Anne with a wraparound porch in Pendland street need to be talked to, particularly when her front door should be unlocked.
Within her walls, Claire and Sydney, Mary's two granddaughters, learnt their skills to survive without parents to guide them along,

Everywhere in her interior, the old mansions hid Mary's multitude of diaries which told Mary Waverly's life story in recipes, From how to rid the garden of shiny green beetles, to husbandcatcher cake, The eccentric agoraphobic Mary was famous for her secretlove custard pies, mint jellies, chive blossom stirfry, and her rose geranium wine, Throughout her life Mary changed the recipes to suit her circumstances, mood and memories, One of them was the hard candy recipe which brings fame to Claire in adulthood,

The candy sent children to bed early, ease sore throats, bring the truth out, ensure happiness, make adults think of their first loves, change their destinies.
Nobody know why their lives change but they have to have Claire's candy with her secret flower ingredients, And then there is grandma Mary's fig and pepper bread recipe, . .

Claire have this thing for cooking, Flowers bring out the best or worst in people and Claire knows which flowers to use in her cooking, . . Her catering business thrived as a result, But that was before she discovered Mary's candy recipes, It did not worked out quite as planned, even though it injected Mariah's college funds considerably,

Sydney had this thing for hair, Women cannot do without her cuts, Sydney's haircuts enable women to win promotions, sell more Tupperware, receive raises and become winners, Pure magic, they believe.

The silverhaired, silvereyed old gentleman in his silver suit arrives in town, more or less a few days before the first frost, And that's where the skeletons in the closets begin to rattle and shake and old secrets start falling out, spreading the mystery all over the floor when fifteenyearold Bay tries to find an old dress of greatgrandma Mary in which the old dame bewitched men and made women jealous.
With flowers in her hair, beautiful greatgrandma Mary used to host her fairy garden parties, dressed as a garden nymph which captured the minds and souls of the unsuspected people in town.
Most did not like it, "You can't compete with strange, Strange always wins", they said,

Bay had her own battles to win in school, Aunt Claire offered to serve mint cookies and tea with honeysuckle syrup to clear a particular boy's thoughts and help him see, However, there was a secret foid between the Waverley and Matteson families of which Bay and Claire was unaware and only Sydney can explain, but she ain't talking, that is, until the silvereyed man enters town.
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So much southern charm grace this tale of women negotiating their lives through family secrets, heartbreak, botchedup love affairs, and social challenges in a town where they are deemed odd.


But it all will change before Claire's first frost party take place this year in the garden with the apple tree, It will be the weirdest hoedown ever,

A wonderful, relaxing, uplifting southern tale, My fourth novel by Sarah Addison Allen, What a delight!.