The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Ahhhhh!! Alice Hoffman returns to the world we first discovered in Practical Magic , the first Alice Hoffman book I ever read. I was so excited to read this and it met my expectations in every way. This is a prequel to Practical Magic. It begins in the 1960's, in New York with the Owens family: mother Susanna, her husband, and their three children: Frances, a beautiful young lady with red hair and fair skin; Bridget (Jet), stunningly beautiful with long black hair and grey eyes, and Vincent, the youngest and the first male child to be born to the Owens line. Owens is the name descended from their first ancestor, who arrived in America way back when. She was witch. Susanna tried to run away from her gifts, and forbade her children to do anything that might be construed as magic. They weren't quite sure why, but as they grew into their teens, it was impossible to deny they each had abilities. Along with those abilities came a curse: n...