Claire's wild sister Sydney, still trying to leave her past behind, is about to combust with her desire for another new beginning. Quiet Claire Waverley has started a successful new venture, Waverley's Candies, but it's nothing like she thought it would be, and it's slowly taking over her life. But the Waverleys have enough trouble on their hands. He has stories to tell, stories that could change the lives of the Waverley women forever. First Frost met that bar.Sarah Addison Allen, beloved author of Garden Spells, returns with a luminous story of the trouble with hanging on too long, and the magic that happens when you finally let go.Īutumn has finally arrived in the small town of Bascom, North Carolina, heralded by a strange old man appearing with a beat-up suitcase. I loved it and couldn’t imagine anything coming close to its perfection. The prequel to First Frost, Garden Spells, set a high bar. The beautiful writing caught my imagination pulling it into a world as lyrical as a love poem. Returning to her roots, she faces the challenges of building a life around who her family is.įirst Frost continues the story of the mystically gifted Waverley family. But, that same stone set deep within her couldn’t be pushed aside. Sydney left Bascom to escape the odd fame that being a Waverley thrust on her. This isn’t easy in a world where it’s a battle to be nobody but yourself, a world where the most desired quality is to be like everyone else. The trick to living as a Waverley is to accept yourself.
Rumor has it that each Waverley brings a unique skill, a talent or gift into the world. Rumors swirl about the town placing the Waverley family in their own magical realm. It’s a mischievous tree that even throws its apples at the Waverley’s to get their attention. The townspeople look askance at the family whose backyard apple tree grows a strange fruit that if eaten will show the eaters the moment of their death. The plot develops with him always at the periphery.
He’s an odd, dangerously weird character. He carries stories that may threaten the precarious security Sydney so carefully built. It brings a strange old man, wearing a threadbare suit and carrying a rickety suitcase. It was who she was and there wasn’t much to do but accept it. Her skill was knowing what another person would soon need and presenting it as a gift.
The elderly Evanelle Waverley was born with a special ability, an inescapable family inheritance.
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