Is that dark humour? Am I just too old, and out of touch with the latest trends in horror? ( Was this meant to be a horror story?) God, this is Carrie and the weird tampon flinging all over again. Maybe I’m just not the right audience for this book, because I can’t imagine being very comfortable with some poor kid dying because his dick exploded. They then have to spend the rest of the book disposing of these parts one by one, because plot? They have to get rid of the body and all the blood everywhere.Įxcept something goes wrong – the spell doesn’t work as intended, and the body turns into a bunch of body parts. Iris, the de facto leader of the group (because she has a knack for creating new spells) dismisses the idea that they can bring him back to life. She calls in the rest of her coven friends for help. Starting with the very premise – the main character kills the boy she was hooking up with… by exploding his penis (?). What did I just read?! I can’t even say ‘this book had a lot of promise’ because the promise was of queer teen witches and their shenanigans. That is to say, she killed her hook up partner, and then calls in her friends – who all have magic, like her – to help her fix it. Synopsis: Alexis ‘made a mistake’ on prom night. 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.Cover Art for When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey Their first attempt fails-and their second attempt fails even harder. When accidental magic goes sideways and a boy winds up dead, Alexis and her friends come together to try to right a terrible wrong.

That unshakeable, complicated love is one of the only things that doesn't change on prom night. Complicated by problems like jealousy, or insecurity, or lust.

Their secret is what brought them together, and their love for each other is unshakeable-even when that love is complicated. Being in love with your best friend is harder.Īlexis has always been able to rely on two things: her best friends, and the magic powers they all share. A sly, witchy, dark comedy about four teens whose magic goes wildly awry from Magic for Liars author Sarah Gailey, who Chuck Wendig calls an “author to watch”.

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