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When We Were Magic

Written by: Sarah Gailey
Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
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A moving, darkly funny novel about six teens whose magic goes wildly awry from Magic for Liars author Sarah Gailey, who Chuck Wendig calls an "author to watch".

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.

©2020 Sarah Gailey (P)2021 Tantor Contemporary Contemporary Romance Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Fantasy Fiction Friendship LGBTQ2S+ Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Paranormal & Supernatural Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Paranormal Magic Funny
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I got hooked from the first chapter and I really liked the voice of the narrator

Great story

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Cute enough, but these girls truly come off as sociopaths. A lot of conversations about make up and dating given they've just murdered someone. should have gone with a lighter "secret" if this was tbe tone

premise is distracting

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I can not get over how fantastic this book is. It's clever, funny, well written, captivating, and, honestly, propulsive. It's very gen z queer YA, and I'm honestly shocked it's not massively popular. I'm also a bit surprised it's in Audio Plus - I would have definitely bought this book. It's also wonderfully performed. I'm not really into the magic genre, but dam, this might be one of my favourite books.

AMAZING

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Given the reviews of this book I feel like I missed something? It was just ok.

Good voice actor, story meh

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