I will admit, that I didn't really think that I was going to like this book as much as I did. I listened and read it on audiobook and at least on 1.8x-2.0x speed, the narrator was just the right of emotion and charm. 
 I personally haven't read Practical Magic before and my only understanding of the characters was of the movie. I will say that I am definitely going to remedy that and I will be interested to see with knowing the information that I do how it will color the reading of the first book!