Alex Flinn

Tells the story of Kendra, a witch, and the first three-hundred years of her life, including takes on a classic fairy tale, the 1666 plague in Britain, the Titanic disaster, and the story of a modern-day, plain stepsister.

Bewitching

Monicap

Friday the thirteenth!
kaykay, so I just finished Bewitching by Alex Flinn, and may I say, EXCELLENT. As far as modern fairy-tales go, Alex Flinn is my go-to author. Beastly, anyone? A Kiss in Time? unfortuanely, I have no reviws for those books because i read them last year and i didn't review much last year. :( I know, such a shame.
So, going into this story, after part 1, it's pretty obvious this is a quasi-cinderella story. but it's really hard figuring out who is who. Is Emma the evil stepsister or is Lisette? it's told from Emma's perspective, so you'd think, "Duh, Lisette," but it's hard to tell, especially as the story goes on.
I really like how the fairy-tale beauty paradigm is questioned. the paradigm in question being, if someone is beautiful, they must be good. I agree with Emma, it's often the beautiful people picking on and being all-around jerks to the ugly people. 
also, I like how this story makes it clear, the difference between FIRST love and TRUE love. they're not one in the same. yet, often, in fairytales, the princess falls in love once, for the first time, and that's the TRUE love. Or sometimes, even (in Snow White) they don't even fall in love, a hot guy just comes along, sees her, goes "Ooh, hot chick," kisses her and they get married happily-fricking-ever-after. 
Yeah, I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to fairy tales. which is probably why I enjoyed this story so much.

Briar's Reviews

I love myself a little Alex Flynn, and this book did not disappoint.

This book was a nice, quick read that revolved around fairy tales. Much like Beastly, you follow an interesting set of characters in a modern day fairy tale. 

Following the witch from Beastly, Kendra, was an interesting read. While I guessed what was going to happen for most of the book, it was still a refreshing read that kept me wanting to know what would happen with Emma. I could guess every plot twist and turn, but it was a cute read.

I did not like this book as much as I liked Beastly and A Kiss in Time, but it was a good book to help tie Beastly together. 

There's not much I can say about this book other than the plot was predictable, it seemed a little forced for a 300 page novel, and it felt more kiddish than Beastly did.

Good book, not my favourite, but still a good read.

Three out of five stars.

Talia Dominguez 

I loved This book! 
Kendra , the witch, has beeen alive for along time and has helped so many people!!! 
this book was mainly about how she helped the king Louis in the story of the Princess and the Pea, Doria in the little mermaid... and nuch more but all according to Kendra 's own spin off point of view! I loved it!

Bewitching can be a beast. . . . Once, I put a curse on a beastly and arrogant high school boy. That one turned out all right. Others didn’t. I go to a new school now—one where no one knows that I should have graduated long ago. I’m not still here because I’m stupid; I just don’t age. You see, I’m immortal. And I pretty much know everything after hundreds of years—except for when to take my powers and butt out. I want to help, but things just go awry in ways I could never predict. Like when I tried to free some children from a gingerbread house and ended up being hanged. After I came back from the dead (immortal, remember?), I tried to play matchmaker for a French prince and ended up banished from France forever. And that little mermaid I found in the Titanic lifeboat? I don’t even want to think about it. Now a girl named Emma needs me. I probably shouldn’t get involved, but her gorgeous stepsister is conniving to the core. I think I have just the thing to fix that girl—and it isn’t an enchanted pumpkin. Although you never know what will happen when I start . . . bewitching.