Chloe Neill

When she is forced to attend a fancy boarding school in Chicago, Lily Parker discovers that her roommate Scout is part of a group of rebel teens who protect Chicago from demons, vampires, and dark magic devotees called Reapers.

A Novel of the Dark Elite

Firespell

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Okay, this book’s description kind of gets you all worked up for Lily to be some major mojo magical badass.
For the first looong time in the book, she’s just plain old normal and un-magical.
And then, she’s magical, bu her power is pretty lame-ass.
That doesn’t stop her from acting like a badass, though, which is why I like her. 
And then her power turns out to be pretty badass anyway, so, it’s all cool in the end.
Plus, you know, as much as I love vampires, I am a complete sucker for werewolves. I love pretty much every werewolf I come across, no questions asked. vampires, angels, demons, witches, and other assorted magical creatures, yeah, I usually like ’em, bu sometimes I hate ’em.
With werewolves? I’m pretty much guaranteed to love them.
Okay, and also, there were two moments in this book that were so hilarious: Flip flops and unicorns. I won’t say any more than that, you’ll just have to read it yourself.
This book only gets four stars because as much as I want to, I can’t give EVERYTHING five stars, plus, this book was kind of dim in comparison to the previous book I read. 
Off to read the next one!

Enda en boarding school-bok -- dere har kanskje fått med dere at jeg er helt hekta på bøker om boarding schools i det siste. Firespell likte jeg veldig godt. Den var utrolig lettlest og hadde noen spennende partier -- særlig i siste halvdel av boka. Det var artig å lese om de forskjellige karakterene og for én gangs skyld: INGEN FORHASTET ROMANSE. Det “største” som foregår i denne boka er håndholding, tror jeg. Den handlet mer om det som skjer i katakombene, the Dark Elite og folkene der, og jeg har veldig lyst til å skaffe meg Hexbound så fort som mulig, sånn at jeg kan lære mer.

As the new girl at the elite St. Sophia's boarding school, Lily Parker thinks her classmates are the most monstrous things she'll have to face. When Lily's guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So was St. Sophia's. Lily's ultra-rich brat pack classmates think Lily should be the punchline to every joke, and on top of that, she's hearing strange noises and seeing bizarre things in the shadows of the creepy building. The only thing keeping her sane is her roommate, Scout, but even Scout's a little weird - she keeps disappearing late at night and won't tell Lily where she's been. But when a prank leaves Lily trapped in the catacombs beneath the school, Lily finds Scout running from a real monster. Scout's a member of a splinter group of rebel teens with unique magical talents, who've sworn to protect the city against demons, vampires, and Reapers, magic users who've been corrupted by their power. And when Lily finds herself in the line of a firespell, Scout tells her the truth about her secret life, even though Lily has no powers of her own - at least, none that she's discovered yet . . .

Siobhán

Firespell is the first in a new series called the Dark Elite by Chloe Neill. It's a very interesting story and would have been a very quick read for me if I hadnt been so unwell ='(

It really had me drawn into the story from the get go. Being set in a boarding school it kinda had that Harry Potter feel which is a compliment because I love Harry Potter. Being set in a school is has a mishmash of characters, strong, weak, nerdy, mean. It has it all. Lily is the main character and she is a great read, she is strong and independent. I real role model for younger readers. Her best friend is Scout, who at first is very mysterious but as the story develops we find out more (trying so hard not to give spoilers here lol)

One aspect I really liked was that is so not a romantic book. There is a love interest for Lily in the form of rather yummy yummy Jason. However, the story line isnt revolved around that (thank god).

Firespell is full of mystery and packed with action from very early on in the story. A fantastic read for anyone who enjoys books with a strong action pack story line with a dynmatic group of characters.

Bring on Hexbound next year!!!!

Rhiannon Mansfield

Jacalyn Boggs

Haley Kordus

Jaden Scott

Elizabeth Neill

Sahi K

New Girl. New School. Old Evil. From the author of the Chicagoland Vampires novels. A new series about a boarding school filled with something worse than homework. Lily's parents have sent her to a fancy boarding school in Chicago filled with the ultra-rich. If that wasn't bad enough, she's hearing and seeing bizarre things on St. Sophie's creepy campus. Her roommate, Scout, keeps her sane, but keeps disappearing at night. When one day Lily finds Scout running from real-life monsters, she learns the hard way that Scout is involved in a splinter group of rebel teens. They protect Chicago from demons, vamps, and dark magic users. It's too bad Lily doesn't have powers of her own to help. At least, none that she's discovered yet...

Firespell A Novel of the Dark Elite

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