We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.
J. K. ROWLING, speech to Harvard Alumni Association, 2008
Welcome to Mullaby: A small town with a mysterious past and a lot of magic. I will admit that I enjoyed Julia's story the best. I felt like hers was the most rounded and had more depth in regards to emotions, actions and personal feelings about the past and an unknown future. Emily's story on the other was more rooted in the supernatural and magical aspects of the world she was thrown into. She spent most of the story trying to break from her mom's unknown past and figuring out the Coffey family secret. Her growth was more flat due to the fast growing relationship of her and Win.
I think more then both stories, I enjoyed the themes that ran through the story: Faith, magic, belief, inner strength, truth and trust. Those aren't themes that can be found in most books these days. Something that I think should be rectified. People don't hold on to values or traditions these days. And when they do, it is usually for the wrong reason. Emily held her head high through all the ridicule and Julia had faith that if she just kept baking what she was searching for might just find her.
Magic only manifest around us once it has taken root in us. A lesson that we all need to learn. A lesson that we should make a tradition of passing down.
I agree with you that Julia is a more developed character. I think it might also be because she has more history behind her. She's struggled emotionally with the cutting and giving up her daughter so I think we all feel or relate to her. Whereas Emily is still so young and the only real struggle she's endured is the loss of her mother.
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