What the Spell (Life's a Witch, #1)

by Brittany Geragotelis

Brooklyn is nearly sixteen-years-old and feels like she's invisible. She desperately wants to be pretty and popular, and to be adored by a cute guy. Luckily for her, she's a witch about to come of age ~ so she's only a few spells away from making it all happen. In this first ebook installment, Brooklyn gains full use of her powers and gives herself a dream makeover. Her crush Asher finally notices her, and so does the Queen Bee of the popular crowd. But as Brooklyn tries to win a place in the Elite clique, can she keep her magic hidden from their scrutiny? A classic tale of "be careful what you witch for" ~ complete with cliques, Cupid spells, and cute outfits.

• ISBN10: 144246707X
• ISBN13: 9781442467071
• Publish Date: 21 January 2014 (first published 9 October 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[Kelsenator]

I had received the second book of this series as an ARC, so I decided to get my own copy of the first book and see what it was all about. When I read it involved witches, I got really excited since I love witchy books!

This book however fell short of what I would have liked. This book revolves around Brooklyn, a nobody at high school who has no friends and is positive she's invisible. When her powers get unlocked, she goes for a total magical makeover right away, and then starts her journey of becoming one of the popular kids "The Elite".

Now if you're looking for something that has some high school drama and popular kids being evil, then you will like this book somewhat. I honestly was hoping for a lot more of the actual magic to happen during this. There were little spells and quick mentions of other witches and history of covens and such, but that was such a tiny part of this book and disappointing.

I probably would have liked the book a lot more if Brooklyn hadn't fallen to the temptation of popularity so fast and actually listened to those that actually cared for her, and their warnings. She was also very selfish during the book, which was annoying. I can understand though the want to be popular, but with the stuff they pull I thought she could have said no earlier and done the right thing instead of waiting.

I didn't enjoy this book very much, I wanted more actual witch stuff and not the same old high school drama crap.