Witches. Witches. Witches. 
 Have you figured out what drew me to this book yet? I have always been fascinated by witches and just that whole concept of having the power to make anything happen. My first 'witch love' in literature is Laurie Faria Stolarz's Blue is for Nightmares series, which I will forever adore. I thought I would adore this book, as well, but I am actually a little disappointed. The witch element is not at all disappointing, if you're like me and into witches, because there is a lot of fantastical spell casting going on, but the overall story and development of characters/relationships just didn't grab me like I thought they would. 
 The opening completely pulled me in with how original, detailed, and hilarious it is. The main character, Sophie, finds another character, Felicia, crying in the bathroom on prom night, so, Sophie, being a witch, casts a love spell (that causes her to be sent to Hecate Hall) which makes a guy Felicia wants as her prom date become head over heels for her. What happens next literally had me laughing out loud. Sophie's "simple" love spell turns Felicia's dream guy into a complete love-struck psychopath. Carrie prom, indeed. The only problem with this opening is that it doesn't last long enough. Unfortunately, the rest of the book didn't pull me in as well. 
 As I touched on above, I didn't really feel a connection to the characters or to their relationships; I didn't fall in love with them. The main romance-Sophie and Archer-is kind of bland, and I don't really like the way they happen, which is pretty unoriginal. Let's just say, I'm not a big fan of two love interests getting "trapped" together in a confined space or being partnered up for something in class (yes, both of these happen with Sophie and Archer.) I just thought How convenient. *eye roll* Archer also doesn't really stand out from all the other male love interests I've read. He's your typical gorgeous guy (well, warlock) who all the girls drop to the floor for, begging for things to be done to them that could qualify for an NC-17 rating. I'm just not a fan, and I don't fall for such guys in real life. 
 While I didn't fall in love this time around, I know this is still a good story, because it has a lot of elements I like besides witchcraft, including murder, mystery, big scary houses, spooky woods, graveyards, and romance (even though that is kind of ehh.) There are also several things in here that reminded me of the movie The Craft, which I love, of course, so that's always a good thing. I'll definitely read Demonglass, because something tells me I'm going to like this series more and more as I continue. Hopefully...