1970 by Sarah M. CraditMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Set in New Orleans the Dechanel children all live with their widowed mother Irish Coleen in a garden district mansion. All seven children are uniquely different and each has a gift although some of them wish fervently that they could give them back. She cannot help them with their magic talents nor does she understand it - it is beyond her knowledge and understanding. When the youngest one (a prophet) tells her mother that one of them will die there is no way of knowing who or when just that it will occur. Charles is a playboy, Augustus the one who always fixes the family, Coleen is a pragmatist, Evangeline is just a genius, Maureen a dreamer and Elizabeth is tortured with those prophesies. Who will it be, how will it happen and how will the family fare?
This is definitely a series for all those people who a) didn't want the House of Crimson and Clover to end and b) wanted to know how they got where they are during that series. It was great to read about all the things that happened to the family and siblings that shaped their personalities and relationships. As this book ended some of the things from the House of Crimson and Clover started to connect and make sense more. Easy to read and understand it was an enjoyable book. You don't need to have read the other series first to enjoy this book.
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