Review: Bewitching by Alex Flinn

Bewitching (Kendra Chronicles, #2) by Alex Flinn
338 pages, Library Book (hardcover)
Finished on 16/6/2012
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Some Historical Fiction, Some Realistic Fiction, Coming of Age
Synopis via GoodReads:

Bewitching can be a beast. . . .

Once, I put a curse on a beastly and arrogant high school boy. That one turned out all right. Others didn’t.

I go to a new school now -- one where no one knows that I should have graduated long ago. I’m not still here because I’m stupid; I just don’t age.

You see, I’m immortal. And I pretty much know everything after hundreds of years -- except for when to take my powers and butt out.

I want to help, but things just go awry in ways I could never predict. Like when I tried to free some children from a gingerbread house and ended up being hanged. After I came back from the dead (immortal, remember?), I tried to play matchmaker for a French prince and ended up banished from France forever. And that little mermaid I found in the Titanic lifeboat? I don’t even want to think about it.

Now a girl named Emma needs me. I probably shouldn’t get involved, but her gorgeous stepsister is conniving to the core. I think I have just the thing to fix that girl -- and it isn’t an enchanted pumpkin. Although you never know what will happen when I start . . . bewitching.

Motivation to Read It: I've loved everything I read by Flinn, so there wasn't really much hesitation. That and the cover had "Beastly" on it. It was a done deal before it even started.

Review: Beastly and Cloaked were really good, so I knew when I saw Bewitching that it would most likely be just as awesome. I can say without faltering that this was better than both of them

Honestly, I'm not sure who the main character was supposed to be -- Kendra or Emma. I would think it ws Emma, but Kendra wasn't as MIA as she was in Beastly. Emma lives with her mother and her stepfather, who she doesn't even think of as a stepfather because they are so close. All of a sudden, insert Lisette: the biological daughter of Emma's stepdad who is coming to stay with them now that her mother has passed away. From the beginning Emma's told her daughter to be careful around Lisette, that the girl only wanted to take her stepdad away from them. Emma should've listened to mother's intuition.

The book actually begin with Kendra telling part of her own historu, which was really interesting. Also, there were points where Kendra would interrupt and tell a little about her previous not-so-successful bouts of generosity. I liked Emma's part a little better, though, because it was quite longer (as it was supposed to be). There were a lot of times when I was wondering how Emma could be so blind as to Lisette's intentions once she had gotten settled into her new home. I mean, they were obvious. But everything was really great! I was always wanting to know how Emma was going to handle each situation.

The charries were awesome as well; I think Travis was mt favorite even though he wasn't mentioned that much. He was barely present at all once he was introduced to readers, even after he and Emma got together. However, he was so sweet, and even though all the girls wanted him and he was a big shot, he wanted the girl that was reading the most unlikely thing (which he had surprisingly read, too) at his party. I just wish there were more guys like him.

I really liked this book, and I seriously believe that if you have ever read Beastly or any of Flinn's other books, you would really enjoy this one as well.

Satisfying eBook

Beastly by Alex Flinn

Beastly

By Alex Flinn

Publisher: HarperTeen, 2007

200 pages, paperback

Date Finished: 23/5/2011

Genres: young Adult, Fantasy, Coming of Age, Some Action

I am a beast.

A beast!

Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright. I am a monster.

You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll, stay this way forever ruined unless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly...beastly.
~from goodreads.com~

~First Line: "Welcome to the first meeting of the Unexpected Changes chat group."
~Last Line: " 'May I have this dance?' "

Review: The first and foremost reason that I wanted to read this book was because of the movie hype. If the movie is anything like the book, I will love the film!


Our main character, Kyle Kingsbury, is rich, popular, good-looking. Everything a kid could hope for. He also has one of those snotty attitudes, and because of this, a witch turns into, well, a beast. The only way  for him to be turned back into his handsome self is for him to find true love and be kissed by her. For Kyle Kingsbury, this wasn't an easy-as-pie task that could be solved with daddy's money.


I loved how when his looks changed, he changed his name as well. Adrian is a good name. It fit for him once he changed his wats. It was weird but interesting to read about someone that was locked away from the rest of human life. Although, in modern-day New York City, you can't exactly go out in public looking like a beast and expect people to keep their cool.

Kyle -- Adrian -- met some really awesome people while he was locked away. Well, actually he only met two people: one that lived with him as a tutor, and the other was sort of brought there against their will. But the person still contributed a LOT to the story!

I am super-anxious to see the movie now! Sadly, I'll hav eto wait till it comes out on DVD. But that's fine. More time to read Cloaked. :)