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|title=What The Spell

|author=Brittany Geragotelis

|publisher=Simon & Schuster Childrens Books

|date=January 2013

|website=http://brittanythebookslayer.blogspot.com/

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|summary=Despite some interesting ideas, an obnoxious heroine who undergoes barely any character development and an unrealistic portrayal of high school makes this one to avoid.

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Brooklyn just wants to be noticed by someone – the popular kids at her high school, the cute guy she likes, anyone other than the guidance counsellor who’s her only real friend. Luckily for her, she’s counting down the days until her sixteenth birthday - when she’ll have her powers as a witch finally unbound. When this happens, though, even though it initially seems like it will give her everything she wants, her new abilities could have caused more problems than ever.

It's not all bad news - I thought that love interest Asher and his sister were both well-written characters who seemed far better portrayed than the other teens. I also thought that Brooklyn's parents were definitely believable - they also drove me crazy, but it was clear why they'd been so overprotective towards her, and Geragotelis has done well to tie in her witches with real incidents like the Salem Witch trials. Overall, though, this is a huge disappointment and I couldn't recommend it.

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