Four generations of women living in a small town. They have a reputation for magic and spells and this holds them apart from other townsfolk. The family has a curse on them, known only to one of the women who will do everything she possibly can to protect all of them. Add to this the event called snakening where every few years tge town is over run by snakes which is a precursor of hard and difficult situations.
Altogether a peculiar setting for small town modern America but the story was compelling. The mix of four modern women living in close proximity to each other, trying not to interfere even if it is for good is hard. Protective instincts are there but then one realises that everything one thinks of cannot be implemented and sometimes mistakes have to be made. Relationships are fragile, easily broken and hard to mend. Add to the family dynamics, the spirit of magic and the going is tough.
Despite magical realism being not a genre I would pick, I enjoyed the read.
Sent by Thomas & Mercer for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.
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