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Author: Kim Chance

Book Series: Keeper Duology

Rating: 3/5

Publication Date: January 30, 2018

Recommended Age: 14+ (witchcraft and wizardry… wait that’s that other series, romance, violence)

Genre: YA Fantasy

Publisher: Flux Books

Synopsis: When a 200-year-old witch attacks her, sixteen-year-old bookworm Lainey Styles is determined to find a logical explanation. Even with the impossible staring her in the face, Lainey refuses to believe it—until she finds a photograph linking the witch to her dead mother.

After consulting a psychic, Lainey discovers that she, like her mother, is a Keeper: a witch with the exclusive ability to unlock and wield the Grimoire, a dangerous but powerful spell book. But there’s a problem. The Grimoire has been stolen by a malevolent warlock who is desperate for a spell locked inside it—a spell that would allow him to siphon away the world’s magic.

With the help of her comic-book-loving best friend and an enigmatic but admittedly handsome street fighter, Lainey must leave her life of college prep and studying behind to prepare for the biggest test of all: stealing back the book.

Review: I thought this was a pretty good book. The pacing was great, the story was unique for the most part, and the writing was decent.

However, I do feel that the book was way too cliché for me. The side characters aren’t totally developed and the main character is your typical YA girl. The magic in the world wasn’t really explained and sometimes stuff happened that was really mind boggling. The relationship really irked me too.

Verdict: It was decent and definitely for you if you like the cliché ya fantasy.