The Girl Who Chased the Moon

Then there's the fact that the magical realism doesn't add a single thing to the story. It actually detracts from the central themes and overall quality of the novel. I also found the Coffey family secret to be fairly idiotic. Not only did it immediately reminded me of Twilight, my first thought was, "that's it?"
I feel like the author was trying to do too much and couldn't handle it: small town ambiance and food and personal growth and magical happenings and overcoming the past and troubled love. The novel would have been much stronger if it focused solely on Emily's problems -being judged for her mother's sins, and reconciling the town's memories of her Mom with her own memories.