Nightbird

I’m using this book to check off the Author-I’ve-Never-Read space on my book bingo.

Okay first of all I LOVED THIS.

Yes, I knew what was going to happen the whole way through. No, there were no surprises. But you know what?! I still almost cried MULTIPLE TIMES on the train while listening to this book!!!

Hoffman, of course, is the widely acclaimed author of such adult bestsellers as The Marriage of Opposites, The Dovekeepers, and Practical Magic. (Yes,that Practical Magic.) As one can expect from her other works, expect some magical realism mixed in with the normal tragedies of everyday life.

Between massive wings, hidden defenders of owls, and a centuries-old curse, a fantasy with modern life and a timeless feel unfolds. Of course there’s true love and young love mixed in with old fears and new ones. I think I just love those books where young characters believe so passionately that the impossible happens. The magic in this world works because people want it to. The whole story was so enchanting I wanted to live in the little town of Sidwell, eating Pink Apple Pie and watching the crow-black owls.

Read this story. It’s a vacation in a world of optimism and magic and people who aren’t afraid to be wrong. Absolutely everybody, young and old, should read this book