The Rules of Magic
core novel 2017 Practical Magic
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (131,043 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781501137471 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
In 1960s New York, Susanna Owens raises her three gifted children, Franny, Jet and Vincent, under strict rules, the chief one being that they must never fall in love. The family lives under a curse dating to the seventeenth century, and the rules are meant to shield the children from it. Each of them wants a life of their own, and when they are sent to visit their aunt Isabelle in Massachusetts, they uncover family secrets and learn what their inheritance means. As the siblings grow into young adults, their search for independence, love and the truth about the curse takes them from the city streets to the countryside.
Where it sits
- Universe: Practical Magic
- Series: Practical Magic core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Alice Hoffman
Notes
- A prequel to Practical Magic.
- From the series record (Practical Magic): Four novels about the Owens family of witches and the curse on their line, from 1620s England to the present day.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Practical Magic: position 2 of 4: previous Practical Magic (1995) · next Magic Lessons (2020)
Sources
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