A review by judassilver
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Dropped due to the incest
he gets his older cousin pregnant fyi
and the comments around youth and beauty and the conflation of love and obsession-- something that seems to be used as a way to handwave the grooming and sexual assault that Vincent is victim to, which I didn't see addressed in any meaningful way. It felt very victim blaming that it was "his charm" that made his
30-something neighbor grope and then sexually assault him.
His aunt seemed to think it was normal for him to have these "flings" , at 14 years old. I also wasn't a huge fan of the constant mention of sex, drugs, alcohol, and smoking that peppered this book-it made it feel edgy more than anything. I wish I had known going in, so let this be a word of awareness to unsuspecting readers. 
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