Spells Trouble by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
THAT ENDING! I NEED THE NEXT BOOK NOW!
Spells Trouble was a great book though there were some parts that where a little boring. It was really slow, but I'm still going to read the sequal when it comes out next spring because I need to know what happens to Hunter.
I love the cover. And the name. Both are great and defitnly the best part of the book.
I love the names of these two girls. Hunter and Mercy. I just love it. That is the best name for twins. My favorite of this sisters was Hunter. She was somewhat independent. Meanwhile I blame Mercy for every bad thing that happened in this book. I couldn't care less about that girl.
The different voices however weren't really distinct. At some points, I didn't even know who's POV I was reading. It all just blended together after a while as if it was written by one author. Speaking of the writing, it's obivous this book was written by middle age women because as a teenager, I can say we defintly DON'T talk like that. I don't even know what a "hugsies" is but it's defintly going on the list of words I will never say. Every teenager in this book talked like a valley girl from the 90s. What is this? Saved by the Bell?
I wish Hunter had gotten some kind of romance. Mercy's romance with her boyfrind was overwhelmig and annoying. Hunter deserves a girlfrind though. She had to put up with so much and still she gets the short end of the stick.
I was also expecting this book to have a bunch of traditional witchcaft in it. Ya know like covens and cauldrens and all that stuff. Instead, the magic ended up being kind of boring. The authors could have created different realms with how they set up this magic tree stuff, but in the end it seemed very lazy.
I'm not sure if I'm the only one who noticed this but in the name of the town, theirs the word evil. I was really hoping this would come into play somehow, but I was disapointed when it didn't. Since the name Goodeville never ended up playing into the whole evil thing, I think the name is a bit unimagitive.
Page count: 320 pages
Published: May 25, 2021
Genre: urban fantasy
Series: Sisters of Salem book 1
My rating: 3 stars
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