I received a free copy of this book from netgalley.com in exchange for and open and honest review .
About : Paige Thomas moves to a new town with her family after her older sister Amber dies in a drunk driving accident . As any family would be in the wake of this tragedy her family is in shambles, her dad who is a cop is a zombie in his own world who rarely speaks to anyone and her mom pays attention to her youngest sister Mellissa and ignores Paige completely .Mellissa has developed a fear of riding in cars because of the accident and when she is forced to ride in one she cries uncontrollably .Paige feels alone after moving to a new place and starting at new school right before fall when she joins a group of other outcasts: Mackenzie ,Sofia ,Renee and Santana.
They welcome her with open arms but each of the girls are unhappy, they each crave something they don't have, Mackenzie -her true love Cole who is in love with another ,Santana -whose family is broke living off teacher/banker salaries , Sofia who is constantly picked on by kids at school and has no friends, Renee's father abandoned her and her mom and Paige wants her father to snap out of his comatose state and pay attention to her like he did when her older sister was alive . Well isn't it a blessing that her new friends practice magic. Mackenzie comes up with and idea to cast a spell to get each of them all what they want . Little do they know magic comes with a price and not all friends with seemingly good intentions are made of sugar and spice .
What I liked : The story line and each of the girls wants were very realistic in the realm of what teenage girls would want nothing was way out there like wanting a magic talking unicorn or winning the lottery every month for life .I was happy with the amount of dark twists in the book there were little things to lighten the mood but when it got dark it stayed dark right up until the end .This book wasn't rushed in anyway either it took the time to cover everything description detail mood and to develop each and every character .
What I didn't like :I did say that the book wasn't rushed but it was very drawn out in a way that I didn't feel it needed to be, especially more towards the end as we were getting toward the wrap up of the main story finished I found myself cringing at the fact that there were more pages. I didn't hate this book or anything to that affect it just seem a little too long .I was also agitated by the character stereotypical outlines and personalities for example Sofia wears all black all the time ,likes goth bands (Not that there's anything wrong with that.), her class mates call her Wednesday and she lives above a funeral home which her parents run and own she so desperately wants friends but makes no effort to change .
I don't expect people to change for others , if you are content with who you are own it. I was just bothered by the fact that she was always upset that the other kids in her class didn't like her, she had a group of friends who accepted her so I guess I was just hoping and waiting that she would dust off the rain cloud and get a move on . I understand why she didn't otherwise her role would have diminished and the author would have had to think of something else or her but it was just so cookie cutter and in the box I did multiple face palms while reading this book .
Overall: The story line and plot were original to me I haven't read a book that has the sort of idea or tone that this book took on. The book was a little long winded at times but the ending was pleasing . The characters though a bit one dimensional except for that one who surprised me a bit were entertaining and interesting to see what would happened kind of way. This is also the perfect fall October creepy dark read if your looking for something to make your heart pound and chills to cascade over your arms this is a good book for that.
Good news ! This book is available now Published sept 15th 2016
This author can be found on good reads
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7712730.Matthew_S_Cox
His website :http://www.matthewcoxbooks.com
I would like to thank netgalley.com once again for sending me the book for review
