Sydney’s daughter Bay has a gift of sensing people’s thoughts and emotions and adjusting herself to any situation.

They arrive out of the blue and shock Claire, who hasn't seen Sydney in ten years and has no idea she has a daughter. Sydney, on the other hand, left Bascom without letting even her sister know where she was, or how she was. In "Garden Spells", Claire Nahmad reveals some of the marvel, mystery and magic associated with the garden. After seeing them all together in public, Ariel begins to spread rumors that thirty-six-year-old Claire is behaving like a lovesick teenager. Even the apple tree, a character in and of itself, adds to (maybe even drives) the charm and the magic of the plot.

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It’s present without being too much, it works but not all the time, and it’s a subtle thing, a perspective shift, rather than a spell that makes people do things. Imbued] with a Southern charm that readers won't want to resist any more than they would Claire's violet cake. And Claire, of course, has the gift of not just cooking but also understanding how specific plants, herbs, spices, and flowers affect both food and individuals. Much of the novel's power comes in the form of the very human story of two sisters who, as grown women, find their way into each other's hearts for the first time. After publishing four bestselling books in five years, Sarah took a hiatus when she was diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer at age 39.Evanelle has the gift of giving people exactly what they need before they need it—a flashlight before a power outage, or a jar of cherries before they decide to have ice cream sundaes. It’s not only a no knead bread, you can literally add anything to it and make it as savory or sweet as you would like. I like that the magic is a bit more ordinary compared to high fantasy but it doesn't feel atm like it's taking the book to really interesting places. The calm, sensible, practical oldest sister who ends up finding passion and love and casts off her practicality to find her inner sex goddess, and the wild, crazy younger sister who ends up learning that being calm and sensible and practical will get her the things she wants in life…. What I liked about how the author handled the small-town aspect was that it didn’t end with a bow and the Waverly’s being accepted and included in the high society of the other families introduced in the book.