The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 1-Interlude 3

Chapter 4-Interlude 7

Chapter 8-Interlude 11

Chapter 12-Interlude 15

Chapters 16-19

Character Analysis

Themes

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Essay Topics

Who or what would you describe as the most antagonistic force in the novel? What textual evidence supports this, and how does it affect Sadie in particular?

The novel includes recipes as interludes between chapters. What effect do these recipes have on the pacing and tone of the novel?

Whereas the majority of the interludes are recipes for food or drink items, the novel also includes two recipes for household products: a Healing Salve in Interlude 9 and Harvest Soap for Luck in Interlude 10. What is the significance of these recipes in relation to the tone of the section of the novel in which they appear?