Okay, its not me, although good, this book was way too short. Also, by the ending, I don't think this will be a series. Seems like it will remain a duology. ( )

I liked how the two books really do go together. Everything between the two weaves seamlessly together to create a nice story. ( )

Author thinks "Oh no! My bridesmaid's dress doesn't fit well!" is a source of dramatic tension. What the fuck? ( )

I'm a bit surprised at how highly rated the two books in this series are. This is a time when I wish that Goodreads allowed a way for half-ratings, because this would fit that bill perfectly with a 2.5. I didn't dislike it enough to rate it a 2 ("Didn't like it"), but I feel that a 3 ("Liked it") is a little strong. Having said that, I may have enjoyed this book more than the first.

I liked the time travel element well enough, and it was kind of fun to see Tamsin managing her way through the nineteenth century. It was actually pretty interesting to me that the vast majority of this book took place in the past instead of the present. Jessica was an interesting character but it was kind of astounding how little she's actually in the book for having a major role in the success of the heroine.

Some questions:
- Why did the Greene family purchase a home in Washington Square Park? They referred to and visited this home several times in the first book (even though it seemed like no one lived there), and they referred to it briefly in this book. So I'm not sure why this was even part of the books.
- Why was Rowena so friendly and all at the end of the book? Is this supposed to be a sign to us that some things did change in the future, or is it simply that somehow Rowena knew that she'd gone back and changed their future and was a friendlier sister than she'd ever been before? It's kind of weird that Tamsin needed to leave the house because she was so overwhelmed by her family's warm welcome, but then they didn't go into that more. All we get from her mom is a grin from far away?
- How did her grandmother know that she went back and changed anything? Did she read this in the book or something? Because I would have thought making a change like that might alter the future. I guess it didn't in the earlier book... but in this one the grandma was erased from existence....
- Was the Greene family descended from Isobel? Since they lived in the home that Isobel and the others moved to. I guess maybe that means they got over their disdain for ordinary folks? Or some other witch her age moved out there?
- Did the protection spell or whatever that kept them safe in Hedgerow become unnecessary after this?
- I thought calling the epilogue an epilogue was weird. I guess there are probably no written rules about epilogues, but usually they're set somewhere in the future, be it days or years. But this was set immediately after the end of the prior chapter. Why not just call it a chapter? I have expectations of an epilogue and this did not fulfill them. ( )

nice follow-up from the awful cliffhanger that left us hanging t the end of Once a Witch. again, i feel the romance between her and gabriel was anti-climatic and not epic enough, but i've grown to expect super-epicalist romances from these types of books.
the time-travel was thing was iffy. time travel is always dangerous, especially when you interact with family from your past. you could end up being your own great-grandfather (that happened once on Stargate SG-1) or you could end up wiping out your family line entirely which i think happened for a time during this book)
and the "terrible choice" Tamsin had to make wasn't that terrible, if you ask me. Would I have made it? probably not, but then, I'm not a character in a book. if I were a character in a book, and if I were the good character (which I might not be. i always seem to have more character traits in common with the villains of stories) yeah, I'd've made that choice. I mean, what else was she gonna do? leave it and have to end up doing it all over again?
anyway. good book. should read. ( )