A review by chrystalo
Bewitching: The Kendra Chronicles by Alex Flinn

2.0

I love fairy tale adaptations. I really do. I love when they take the story you know and love and turn it into something else that you can know and love in a different way. Unfortunately, this book ws not one of those adaptations that I loved. I read a lot of YA fiction, and this one was especially juvenile. The voice of Emma, I guess, could be expected to be a little younger than I'm used to, but there was no excuse to make the voice of Kendra, a witch who's been around for hundreds of years, as unsympathetic and naive as it was. I really wanted to feel more for these characters, but there wasn't a single one that wasn't a caricature of itself. There was no depth there. There was no hope that even though these people were making mistakes, they were working ultimately from what they thought was best, or that they felt some guilt about what they put each other true. I'm kind of bummed because the story took so many detours (probably because the author couldn't think of more story to include, if I'm being honest). A 2 star rating is somewhat generous. I'm going to try another book by this author, but my expectations are very low for what could have been a very promising premise.