I got to catch up with all my friends in Bascom, North Carolina.

This book felt like coming home in a way. I enjoyed catching up with one of my favorites characters, Evanelle & I was happy to learn more about the famous Waverley apple tree. Her gift is that she knows where everything should be, so when she senses she is supposed to be with a certain young man she does the craziest thing a young girl can do- she tells him! I thought this was so brave & so endearing, especially since the boy is the son of her mother’s first love. The sweetest part of the story was learning more about Sydney’s daughter, Bay. They each still carry their own special Waverley gifts & these gifts become useful new ways in preparation for the frost. I loved how First Frost picked up on all the same characters years later. She weaves these elements of magic throughout the story that makes the reader smile. You will definitely get more out of First Frost if you read Garden Spells beforehand.Īnother dose of the Waverley family did not disappoint. This is the link to the first book in the Waverley Family series, Garden Spells. First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen Book Review And through it all, the Waverley sisters must search for a way to hold their family together through their troublesome season of change, waiting for that extraordinary event that is First Frost. When a mysterious stranger shows up and challenges the very heart of their family, each of them must make choices they have never confronted before. But how can he, when he is so far outside her grasp that he appears to her as little more than a puff of smoke? Sydney’s daughter, Bay, has lost her heart to the boy she knows it belongs to. Yet the longer she tries, the more her desire becomes an unquenchable thirst, stealing the pleasure out of the life she already has. With each passing day she longs more for a baby - a namesake for her wonderful Henry. Sydney Waverley, too, is losing her balance. Though her handcrafted confections - rose to recall lost love, lavender to promote happiness and lemon verbena to soothe throats and minds - are singularly effective, the business of selling them is costing her the everyday joys of her family, and her belief in her own precious gifts. But this year, first frost has much more in store.Ĭlaire Waverley has started a successful new venture, Waverley’s Candies. As temperatures drop and leaves begin to turn, the Waverley women are made restless by the whims of their mischievous apple tree… and all the magic that swirls around it. It’s October in Bascom, North Carolina, and autumn will not go quietly. Goodreads First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen Book Reviewįrom the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells comes a story of the Waverley family, in a novel as sparkling as the first dusting of frost on new-fallen leaves.