L.A.L.'s Reviews > First Frost

Sarah Addison Allen's books captivate you from the first sentence. You will get swept in the story, care about the characters, and keep turning page after page, until you sadly reach the last one. You then realize how late it is, that you're hungry, probably have to pee, and at least one leg is tingling all because you haven't moved in however long it took you to finish the book. First Frost is no different. I started the book when I got home from work, only stopping once to take out my dog (the power of pitiful puppy stares is too hard to resist). But here I am a couple hours later, exhilarated from the read, whilst a teeny bit sad it's over. If Ms. Allen was a Waverley, her magic would be writing. She weaves glorious tales that seem so real, you just know if you could find Bascom, North Carolina, you could meet these wonderful characters, eat some of Claire's delicious food, have your hair styled perfectly by Sydney, and hopefully be given something important by Evanelle. And I feel that to get to Bascom, you have to find the magical entrance, same as if we could find the wardrobe to Narnia or Platform 9 and 3/4.

If you love stories that are about people with a smidge of magical realism, then you will love First Frost. Just make sure you read Garden Spells first. Then go on and get The Sugar Queen, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, and the other Sarah Addison Allen books.


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