When We Were Magic
by Sarah Gailey
What is it about:
Keeping your magic a secret is hard. Being in love with your best friend is harder.
Alexis has always been able to rely on two things: her best friends, and the magic powers they all share. Their secret is what brought them together, and their love for each other is unshakeable—even when that love is complicated. Complicated by problems like jealousy, or insecurity, or lust. Or love.
That unshakeable, complicated love is one of the only things that doesn't change on prom night.
When accidental magic goes sideways and a boy winds up dead, Alexis and her friends come together to try to right a terrible wrong. Their first attempt fails—and their second attempt fails even harder. Left with the remains of their failed spells and more consequences than anyone could have predicted, each of them must find a way to live with their part of the story.
What did I think of it:
Once again Sarah Gailey proofs it was a good thing I added their releases to my auto-buy list.
Even with an accidental death on their hands and all the problems this brings I envied these girls. The bond they share is special and strong. Their friendship and how they deal with it when that friendship is tested is the heart of this book. The magic they have and the accidental death may play a very important part, but both are less important in my opinion.
It was so cool to see how these girls, who are all very different, come together and stick up for each other. The way they deal with the crisis and the aftershocks was wonderful to read. As they work together to make things right, Alexis has to face her feelings as well as decide what to do with them. I rooted for her to figure things out, and for all of them to solve their problems.
All in all a wonderful read about the bonds of friendship and about figuring out where you stand in the world. You bet I'll impatiently wait for Gailey's next release!
Why should you read it:
It's a beautiful YA read about friendship.
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