This novel combines a young woman's obsession with magic and tarot with family dysfunction into a coming of age plot with faultless depiction of Nova Scotia in the 1980s, both town and city. Kitten believes what her parents tell her about how their family is cursed, and grows up way too overprotected. Not learning independence or useful coping skills, she becomes depressed and anxious when a traumatic event happens, sending her back to her coastal mill town in search of solace.There is a ton of quality nostalgia here, especially for food and music. The storyline is well paced despite how stuck the main characters are in the past. So well-written, it is hard to believe it is a debut novel. Congratulations to Michelle Hébert!

EVERY LITTTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC will keep you turning pages, rooting for them all to figure themselves out and bravely turn toward happiness. 

The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch x Venco vibes.

Coming May 2024. Thanks @nimbus @netgalley and author for this advance e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

Generational trauma and mother/daughter books are personally difficult for me to read, but this author's story is lovely and the characters are truly endearing.

I rated this a 3/5. I loved the story of this novel but to me the way it was written could have been organized a little better. This novel does do a great job showing what grief and untreated mental illness can do to a person as well as the family and people surrounding them.

This book isn’t at all what I was expecting. I almost feel like the cover does it a disservice. This story is beautiful and heart wrenching at every turn.

We follow Kitten Love as she returns home after 6 years away to a house filled with dysfunctional family and a ghost hell bent on piecing her family back together amid the rumors of a curse.

This story covers topics of grief, mental health, generational trauma, and so much more but it almost never felt too heavy. The pacing and humor kept me smiling through the tears.

I loved Kitten and Nerida so much. They felt alive (lol) and just jumped off the page for me. I was rooting for Kitten from the very start to work through her traumas and find happiness. I’ll be thinking about this book for awhile <3

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book!

“But what if I found the treasure and let it go, what if I’ve made all the wrong decisions?” “My darling girl, what if the treasure is you?”

This book packed a far harder punch than anticipated. Covering themes like love, loss, grief, family dynamics, mental health and intergenerational trauma, the cover design really didn’t prepare me for such a story. Admittedly my expectations were low, but they were easily exceeded, and by quite a lot. One I’d recommend.