Brendan is also a deejay (cool job) and he buys her a diamond Claddagh ring (generous guy) and picks her up in a limo (generous guy with style). He gives her his hoodie when it's cold, which is the sign of a true gentleman. He is awesome because when they're out, he only does a couple of shots and then drinks water for the rest of the night so that she doesn't feel uncomfortable about only having one beer.

He is 'spellbound' by Emma as soon as he sees her. Her witchy schoolmate looked up some information online and said so.īrendan lives in a multi-million dollar home in Manhattan, where he has an entire floor to himself. This really, really sucks, but her boyfriend is hot so there's got to be a way to make it work. But her dead twin brother occasionally pops up and makes the lights go out and warns her that their relationship is cursed. None of this actually has anything to do with the story except that it explains why she is living in the most expensive city in America without a whole lot of adult supervision.īecause she has a necklace that has the same symbol as something Brendan owns and has a couple of weird dreams, Emma is sure that she and Brendan are soul mates who have been searching for each other for 1000 years. Emma is embarrassed by all this so she lies to everyone about where she came from, although she actually doesn't seem very upset that her entire immediate family has been wiped out. Emma doesn't like to drink because she was in a car accident with her drunk step-daddy, which is why she's now living with her aunt, who gives her money and doesn't set a curfew. Then her mom got sick but found a boyfriend to marry so her daughter wouldn't have to be alone. (This might be a metaphor.) Her daddy left when she was six and her twin brother died when she was fourteen. She feels 'absolutely crushed' when she walks into a classroom and he's not there.Įmma likes music and she likes to run. When he blows hot and cold, she gets upset. Immediately after she meets him, she starts obsessing over everything he says and talks about him with literally everyone she knows. Here's what we know about the main characters:Įmma is a high-school junior who lives near Central Park. Here is a sketch of the story, with some spoilers. But on page 15, Emma meets Brendan and everything goes downhill from there, because her whole life, including the scant paranormal aspects of this book, then revolves around getting him. There's a little bit of set up that explains Emma's nervousness over attending an exclusive school in a new city, plus some funny one-liners that make her seem pretty likable. The beginning of this book is pretty good.

Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz