Spellbound (Spellbound, #1)

by Cara Lynn Shultz

[wyvernfriend]

There were times when this didn't quite work but overall this was a good read. Emma Conner has had a hard life, her mother in the last year leaving her with her drunk of a stepfather who almost killed her in a car crash. Now she's living with her aunt in New York and going to an exclusive Upper East Side prep school, it's a chance at a new start.

She's drawn to Brendan Salinger, a rich boy who is very handsome and with whom she feels a connection. She's having strange dreams and lights are going off when she walks by, there's something strange going on but can she work out what's happening and stay alive?

It was fairly typical of it's type but well done for all that, it lost some points over page 270 where he, in one page, gave her a Claddagh/Clauddagh/Claddaugh ring. It's CLADDAGH, it's a place in Galway, there is no excuse for getting it right first time and then goofing within 4 paragraphs. Just Google It.

Having said that, this was the only break in the suspension of disbelief for me so I'm happy enough overall with the story.