My heart is about to explode. You know that feeling you get when you're happy--really happy? Your throat knots up, your chest constricts, and it's like floating on whimsy. Reading this book felt like that. It's the sort of magical realism I love, the sort that doesn't leave you broken or destroyed, but the one that means something absolutely beautiful.
Oh my word, guys. Where do I even start here? The writing was gorgeous, like eating whipped cream. Fluffy and sweet and creamy and light. This book felt like a fairytale. I loved how everything was so vivid, because we not only got to imagine what Mim felt and saw, we got to see imagine what she smelled. It was like being immersed in a whole new world.
The romance was sweet and slow and wonderful. As it developed it didn't feel cheesy or cliche, just... wonderful.
The charactersssss. Omw people the characters. Everyone was so vivid on the page, partially because of how we got to see them, but also because they were crafted skillfully and carefully.
While the plot isn't the most important part about this novel, it was still very well done, but simple. I appreciated that, because these days authors are asking how they can complicate things more and more when sometimes you just need a simple boy-meets-girl story. A palate cleanser, so to speak.
I loved how Mim and her mother were witches, but they still felt inherently human, not like some otherworldly beings. It was super refreshing.

CONTENT GUIDE -
Initimacy - mild kissing, maybe innuendos
Drugs/drinking - none that I remember
Cursing - not a ton, maybe a few instances of sh**
Violence - none