Spellbound
Author:
Cara Lynn Shultz
Release
Date: June 21, 2011
Publisher:
Harlequin Teen
Summary
(Goodreads):
What's a girl to
do when meeting The One means she's cursed to die a horrible death?
Life hasn't been
easy on sixteen-year-old Emma Connor, so a new start in New York may be just
the change she needs. But the posh Upper East Side prep school she has to
attend? Not so much. Friendly faces are few and far between, except for one
that she's irresistibly drawn to—Brendan Salinger, the guy with the rock-star
good looks and the richest kid in school, who might just be her very own white
knight.
But even when
Brendan inexplicably turns cold, Emma can't stop staring. Ever since she laid
eyes on him, strange things have been happening. Streetlamps go out wherever
she walks, and Emma's been having the oddest dreams: visions of herself in past
lives—visions that warn her to stay away from Brendan. Or else.
My Thoughts:
I liked this
book.
I realize that my
reviews of ‘I liked this book’ are becoming repetitive, but I really like most
of the books that I read.
I like to read books
that have a least a little paranormal bent, so this book was right up my alley.
Reincarnation is an extra brownie point for me, too.
Of course, it was
sort of clichéd for her to like the richest, most popular boy in school, but Cara
Lynn Shultz successfully made into her own thing. Since Emma *spoiler* gets him
in the end, you cheer for her, and you don’t really worry about the small (but
great) cliché.
The first line of
the summary is what really got my attention, though. It made me want to read
the book and see how that question was solved. The whole summary sounds like a
sort of star-crossed lovers deal, and who wouldn’t be interested in that? I
like Emma and Brendan’s relationship, and how they first reacted towards each
other. All of that tension… Oh my.
Oh, and the cover!....
It’s a great visual for the scene in the book where the streetlights explode on
Emma (though she wasn’t wearing a dress).
I certainly can’t
wait to read the next book in the series, Spellcaster,
which came out March 27 of this year.
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