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A review by audreychamaine
Firespell by Chloe Neill
3.0
When Lily Parker finds out that her parents are going to Germany on sabbatical for two years, she's excited. At least, until she learns that it means she will be leaving her public school in upstate New York to go to an intimidating, private all-girl's boarding school in Chicago. There she meets her new bff, Scout, a very rich, yet misfit student, garnering the hatred of a group of popular, mean girls. While this all sounds pretty standard, things take a turn for the strange when it becomes apparent that Scout is involved in some strange fight against monsters under the streets of Chicago. Lily is inevitably pulled into this struggle, setting up further books in the series.
Firespell doesn't really do anything new, by placing a normal girl into a school where things are not what they seem, and thus exposing her extraordinary hidden abilities. For what it is, this is a good, fun, quick read. There is an X-men quality to the characters' abilities, and potential for some good character development. Neill has also baited the reader with a mysterious sub-plot involving Lily's parents, so it will be nice to see how that develops later in the series. Overall, Firespell was a solid, if not overwhelmingly awesome, book and I look forward to reading more.
Firespell doesn't really do anything new, by placing a normal girl into a school where things are not what they seem, and thus exposing her extraordinary hidden abilities. For what it is, this is a good, fun, quick read. There is an X-men quality to the characters' abilities, and potential for some good character development. Neill has also baited the reader with a mysterious sub-plot involving Lily's parents, so it will be nice to see how that develops later in the series. Overall, Firespell was a solid, if not overwhelmingly awesome, book and I look forward to reading more.