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I did something really strange the other day. I actually had the chance to read something from my huge TBR pile. I just paged back in my Kindle, and picked one. Turns out it had been there since August, and I actually have no memory of buying it, you know, cause of that one click thing. I ended up having a really good time reading this book, and decided to review it.

If you like witch books, especially witch books about someone that has no idea that they are a witch, then you might really like this one. Christina is eighteen, and a townie in a resort town on Cape Cod. She’s in a dead end job, working at a ice cream store, Scoops, and has no idea what she is going to do with herself now that high school is over. She’s got self confidence issues, is very defensive with everyone, and has no friends her own age, except for a loser, cheating, boyfriend. Reese has it all, she’s a beauty, is thin, rich, and getting ready to go to Harvard. She’s everything Christina isn’t, but for some reason comes to work at Scoops, and befriends Christina. This also coincides with Christina manifesting blue sparks out of her fingertips, and causing some pretty bad storms. She only tells Reese, even though her close friend Bridget, owner of Scoops, and her late mother’s friend, should have been her first choice. The two girls start playing around with spells. Something bad happens, and Reese gets knocked into another world. This is the story about what happens to Christina when she decides to use glamour to take over Reese’s life until she can find a way to get her back.

I mostly really liked the character of Christina. She’s full of sarcasm, which I like, but at times, she started to make some really bad decisions, and I started to not like her. But that’s kind of when life lessons came into play-usually a good thing. Bridget was an interesting character as well, and probably my other favorite in the story. I think that’s because she’s a good person, one that looks for the good in people, even when they are doing wrong. As Christina’s surrogate mom, she excelled in that. Reese wasn’t in the story as much, but is the catalyst for most of what happens, so was very necessary to the story. Matt, a young man working at Scoops, was a good person as well, and one that could see the good in Christina. He only has a small but pivital role in the story, and it mattered. There is of course a villain in this story. I don’t want to say any more than that because of spoilers.

Will Christina manage to get Reese back, or will she take over Reese’s life completely? That’s the question here. Is there even a way to get Reese back, is another question to be answered. Along the way are some surprises, and actually some life altering moments for Christina. There’s other witches, both good and bad, and even a demon. I thought this book was well thought out, and executed by the author, and read it really quickly. I don’t know if it’s going to be a series, but it certainly could be, and if it becomes one, I will definitely be reading it.(RabidReads,com)


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Glamour Andrea Janes 9780615959238 Books Reviews

I couldn't put this book down! It was such an amazing tale on the subject of witches! I surely do hope there is a second book because, spoiler, it ends with a cliffhanger!
The writing is good, it's the story I don't like. It just didn't do it for me. I had trouble connecting with the main character. I really wanted to like it and it wasn't the writing that was a problem, this particular story line didn't grab me.
What a witchy treat! I really enjoyed this book. I do admit the beginning was a bit too teenagerish for me, but it set an understanding for the rest of the story which needed to be laid down. I came to really like the characters and enjoyed the emotional roller coaster ride that the main character Christina went through. This is a quick read that allows you to escape reality and wish that you too could have magical powers!
Could make a neat series too ;)
A very engaging YA urban fantasy novel. Strong voice with plenty of snark, interesting setting and a twisty plot with some intriguing character dynamics. (Nice cover design, too.) I read a lot of urban fantasy although I'm not too fond of witch stories (despite a trip to Salem, MA at Halloween) but Christina's character was just too compelling. So far this year, I've read nearly 12 books including Stephen King, Lee Child and Bernard Cornwell but this is the one that has been most difficult to put down. The edgy style gives it appeal far beyond the teen demographic. Some of the POV shifts were awkward but clear.
Give me a teenaged girl who doesn't know she's a witch and I'm immediately going to think Sabrina, the Teenaged Witch. I'm not sorry. I’m just a product of the era. But this concept receives a reworking in Andrea Janes' Glamour.

Christina, the witch who doesn't know she's a witch, lives in the summer tourist area of Cape Cod and works in the ice cream shop of her deceased mother's best friend, Bridget. Christina is your average student and average girl who was born and raised in the small shore town, thus making her somewhat reasonably enraged when Bridget hires a rich, good looking, smart, and out of towner, Reese for the summer. And as Reese gets on Christina's nerves, her powers act up exponentially until the point where she unwittingly banishes Reese to another dimension. While feverishly trying to get Reese back, Christina glamours her appearance to be that of Reese so people don't realize she's gone missing.

The story was rather interesting and apart from the revelation of Christina being a witch, I wasn't reminded of Sabrina, which makes me happy that it wasn't too derivative of previous work. There were a decent amount of allusions to contemporary trends, music, and things to make the characters and situations relatable. I did find that there were some consistency issues in the narrative--Chapter 19 being a good example. I also felt that the narrative was trying a little too hard to be cinematic with the "what Christina didn't see" sections. I feel that if that information was to be included, it could have been handled either through the entire book utilizing a different narrative point of view or more fully fleshing out those "what Christina didn't see" sections to make them worth the effort. I also found that Christina's overall attitude toward the outside world and those around her irksome--the type of person you'd want to avoid having in your life.

Overall, I'd give it a 2.5 out of 5 stars.
I did something really strange the other day. I actually had the chance to read something from my huge TBR pile. I just paged back in my , and picked one. Turns out it had been there since August, and I actually have no memory of buying it, you know, cause of that one click thing. I ended up having a really good time reading this book, and decided to review it.

If you like witch books, especially witch books about someone that has no idea that they are a witch, then you might really like this one. Christina is eighteen, and a townie in a resort town on Cape Cod. She’s in a dead end job, working at a ice cream store, Scoops, and has no idea what she is going to do with herself now that high school is over. She’s got self confidence issues, is very defensive with everyone, and has no friends her own age, except for a loser, cheating, boyfriend. Reese has it all, she’s a beauty, is thin, rich, and getting ready to go to Harvard. She’s everything Christina isn’t, but for some reason comes to work at Scoops, and befriends Christina. This also coincides with Christina manifesting blue sparks out of her fingertips, and causing some pretty bad storms. She only tells Reese, even though her close friend Bridget, owner of Scoops, and her late mother’s friend, should have been her first choice. The two girls start playing around with spells. Something bad happens, and Reese gets knocked into another world. This is the story about what happens to Christina when she decides to use glamour to take over Reese’s life until she can find a way to get her back.

I mostly really liked the character of Christina. She’s full of sarcasm, which I like, but at times, she started to make some really bad decisions, and I started to not like her. But that’s kind of when life lessons came into play-usually a good thing. Bridget was an interesting character as well, and probably my other favorite in the story. I think that’s because she’s a good person, one that looks for the good in people, even when they are doing wrong. As Christina’s surrogate mom, she excelled in that. Reese wasn’t in the story as much, but is the catalyst for most of what happens, so was very necessary to the story. Matt, a young man working at Scoops, was a good person as well, and one that could see the good in Christina. He only has a small but pivital role in the story, and it mattered. There is of course a villain in this story. I don’t want to say any more than that because of spoilers.

Will Christina manage to get Reese back, or will she take over Reese’s life completely? That’s the question here. Is there even a way to get Reese back, is another question to be answered. Along the way are some surprises, and actually some life altering moments for Christina. There’s other witches, both good and bad, and even a demon. I thought this book was well thought out, and executed by the author, and read it really quickly. I don’t know if it’s going to be a series, but it certainly could be, and if it becomes one, I will definitely be reading it.(RabidReads,com)