The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

A Novel

De: Breanne Randall

Narrado por: Laura Horowitz

For fans of Practical Magic and Gilmore Girls, The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic is a debut novel that explores the shields we build around our hearts to retain our own magic.

Sadie Revelare has always believed that the curse of four heartbreaks that accompanies her magic would be worth the price. But when her grandmother is diagnosed with cancer with only weeks to live, and her first heartbreak, Jake McNealy, returns to town after a decade, her carefully structured life begins to unravel.

With the news of their grandmother’s impending death, Sadie’s estranged twin brother Seth returns to town, bringing with him deeply buried family secrets that threaten to tear Sadie’s world apart. Their grandmother has been the backbone of the family for generations, and with her death, Sadie isn’t sure she’ll have the strength to keep the family, and her magic, together.

As feelings for Jake begin to rekindle, and her grandmother growing sicker by the day, Sadie faces the last of her heartbreaks, and she has to decide: is love more important than magic?

Listeners who love the magic of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and the sense of community found in The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches will enjoy this warm, witchy novel.

©2023 Breanne Randall (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Great narration!

Reading the reviews that it’s somewhat like Practical Magic is accurate. It’s like a magically warm hug. What was nice for me was the narrator made it enjoyable. I have gotten some audibles that I can’t finish because of the horrible or boring narrator. I know have been looking for other books she has done!

In love😍😍😍

Now, one of my favorite books, it takes you into this beautiful town makes you fall in love with each character. Specially the grandma makes you feel what each character is feeling. It’s amazing.

Fun Read

This is such an enchanting book. It was fun snd easy to read and I ‘felt’ when the characters ‘felt.’ I love reading!

Dragged on

I wanted to like it and the premise was good, but the story dragged on a little too long.

Love this!

It was a beautiful story. The narrator was great. I am already looking forward to more by this author!

Good characters but too many metaphors and similes.

The main character is kind of annoying but I like all of the other characters. Good story but the magic system isn’t really explained enough.

feels like a young reader book

The theme of the story is drilled into every paragraph, with very little variance. It made me feel bored quickly. I actually jumped 10 chapters and didn't seem to miss anything in the storyline.
I also had to listen to the book on 1.5x speed, because the voice of the narrator was so slow. She seemed to rely on changing the speed of the characters' voices to show differences between them. But she kept each of the characters' voice at the same pitch/tone, which was difficult to listen to.
Another annoying thing for me was the narrator made the main character's voice sound juveline and whiny. I found myself annoyed with Sadie's personality because of that.
I think I would have enjoyed the book more if it was a better narrator. But the story definitely feels like it was meant for a young reader. Kinda reminded me of listening to Twilight Audiobook.

Good read!

Enjoyed the story! Easy read and loved the characters. Makes me want a sequel. I need to look up if she has written anything else

Don’t fall for the hype

This book was over promoted. It was so built up only to cause disappointment. It was not at all what it was promised to be. Cute story but the magic was lacking and all the recipes was a bit overkill.

Amazing

Couldn’t “put this one down!” I found this book through Laura Horowitz on TikTok. Amazing story and amazingly read by Laura! Keeping “hope alive” for a sequel or book 2 of this one!