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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Jinxed by Amy McCulloch
4.0
It took me two days, two days before I was annoyed that this was a buddy read and that I couldn't read more than 70 pages a day. I'm not made for buddy reads when good, pleasant, nice books are involved, it seems. Luckily, a lot of others had the same thing and we collectively decided it was okay to finish the book today, if you could.
This book contains a lot of elements that I really love in fiction: We have a very exclusive school that you really want to attend, we have companions to fall in love with (I WANT A BAKU!), we have battles and teams, we have bets and we have girls being bad ass and romantic subplots being nothing but subplots. I mean, there is actually not that much NOT to love.
But what I especially loved were the characters and the plot. Let's start with the characters: At the beginning of the book both Zora and Lacey are told to be smart. What I really loved is that this is backed up during the book. All characters in the book are not just described as smart, they really act smart and are smart. But, the true scene-stealer of the book is Jinx himself. It's impossible not to fall in love with him and his character and his vividness.
What makes the plot clever, is that nothing really comes out of nowhere. Everything is foreshadowed, sometimes in a throw away line, but still. There are no magical life hacks appearing out of nowhere, no magical abilities or talents all of a sudden showing up. It's all there, from the very start, for everyone to see and read.
There is only one thing I didn't like about this book: The Cliffhanger! So, when does the second book come out?
This book contains a lot of elements that I really love in fiction: We have a very exclusive school that you really want to attend, we have companions to fall in love with (I WANT A BAKU!), we have battles and teams, we have bets and we have girls being bad ass and romantic subplots being nothing but subplots. I mean, there is actually not that much NOT to love.
But what I especially loved were the characters and the plot. Let's start with the characters: At the beginning of the book both Zora and Lacey are told to be smart. What I really loved is that this is backed up during the book. All characters in the book are not just described as smart, they really act smart and are smart. But, the true scene-stealer of the book is Jinx himself. It's impossible not to fall in love with him and his character and his vividness.
What makes the plot clever, is that nothing really comes out of nowhere. Everything is foreshadowed, sometimes in a throw away line, but still. There are no magical life hacks appearing out of nowhere, no magical abilities or talents all of a sudden showing up. It's all there, from the very start, for everyone to see and read.
There is only one thing I didn't like about this book: The Cliffhanger! So, when does the second book come out?