First Frost
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen Anyone following my reviews lately will probably notice that I've been on a bit of a Sarah Addison Allen kick. And this is because these have been the perfect late summer/early autumn reads for me after a very eventful year thus far. Allen's writing is beautiful & descriptive, and she takes the everyday things like family, work, growing up or old, friendship & acceptance and she makes them magical. First Frost is the second in the Waverley family set after Garden Spells , so if you haven't read that one yet, do that first. This book finds us back in Bascom several years after the end of Garden Spells. Bay is now in high school, Claire has ventured into candy making, Claire & Tyler's daughter is in elementary school, Sydney runs a successful hair salon in town & Evanelle and Fred are still around town anticipating the odd things that people will need. We also learn that the Waverley family magic becomes very restiv