Curls and Creations

I wanted to enjoy this as the premise is such a fascinating one, however the characters do nothing to draw the reader in (they are all very questionable in terms of personality and not at all likeable) and the descriptions and dialogue are often far too drawn out. The pace feels a little slow at first, then makes large jumps in time as the book progresses. That being said, the writing style is, for the most part, enjoyable to read. Lord Henry enjoys the sound of his own voice (as far as this can apply in a novel) far too much, and rarely adds anything of particular merit to the plot. He serves only to reinforce a belief that beauty is the most valuable asset a person  can possess and also to further corrupt Dorian Gray by way of enabling his sins. The titular character of Dorian Gray begins as a naive young man, but as soon as he learns that his somewhat unintentional wish has allowed him eternal youth and beauty, at the cost of the portrait of himself that he was gifted by the artist,

This review was written as part of the Rebel Badge Club Halloween Challenge. 29 years since the original (why not make it a round 30?) and the Sanderson sisters are back in Salem, but only half as menacing. We meet our terrible trio as children, back in 1600s Salem, and very quickly notice that nothing about them has EVER changed. Their younger selves are exactly as one would expect based on the 1993 film, which throws away any ideas of there ever having been any form of character development for these three main characters. Upon running away from the people of Salem, having been apparently banished forever (how does this affect their living situation as we see them in the first film?), the trio meets Hannah Waddingham as The Witch Mother. It is from this powerful being that they first receive the infamous Book, with a stark warning never to perform the Magica Maxima spell. We can all imagine how this will end... Back in the present day, we are met with a trio of teenage girls, whose f