Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn’t as confident.
Sophie’s bound for one hell of a ride—can she get her powers back before it’s too late?
Wow. That's all I got for this one. It was intense, cliched and probably the equivalent of a soap opera in a book series. I liked all of the Hex Hall trilogy, but this one takes the cake.
Sophie is pretty much useless at the start of the book, and can't stop complaining about it. That was ANNOYING AS HELL. The whole 'I miss everyone who maybe died, but I'm not sure if they really did or not' thing was killing me, but since I enjoyed the other books so much I kept going. It was sooooo worth it!
The love triangle was shattered (thank god) and the whole series was tied up in a nice ending...which I did and didn't like. This book had an ounce of realism but the rest was so totally convienient that it turned me off. I was hoping that the ending could be at least somewhat realistic. Sophie happened to have this, or did that or met this person who knew this other guy who helped them out in the end.
The writing was nowhere near 5-star quality, but overlooking that, I could feel Sophie's predicaments and relate to them easily enough. There was no 'Sophie is sad'; the author made you feel sad in a way without directly saying that. Yay!! And on top of that, the world that the Prodigium live in is expanded which was really interesting. There was also a how-demons-came-to-be history lesson in there which I totally enjoyed.
Of course, like any cliche, the bad guys aren't that bad--they're just doing what they think is right. Because daddy told them too. *yawn*
Lastly the main thing that bugged me is listed below, it's a spoiler so ignore it if you haven't yet read this book. This might sound like a negative review overall but that's only because I didn't want to give away the good parts, because I think people should still read this book. It's a good completion to a good series. Every book's got its issues but if those are overlooked you can thoroughly enjoy Spell Bound. 5 stars :)
*****SPOILER*****
Ok, so when Soph and her friends walk into hell. Someone should have died or whatever, because I know she's freaking powerful but the point was to make her go alone. Then they went all scooby-gang on her and friends til the end apparently seemed like a good idea. That is totally going against the whole plot line. I get that the author was trying to make a mushy moment, but in my opinion it failed miserably. The stupid school kids should have been punished for their mistakes, not live through going to hell because they're friends with a demon. LAME...but then it got better ;)
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