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A review by thehodgenator
Spellbound by Jacqueline West
4.0
Olive is back, and she has a bit more to contend with in this sequel. The new little boy next door is odd, the guardians are acting even odder, and her parents are, well...mathematicians.
If this was not enough, now she must find a spell book to help her release Morton from Elsewhere. Luckily she has three trusty guardians to help keep her out of trouble (and away from that book), or are they as trustworthy as they appear?
Readers will not spend as much time in Elsewhere in this sequel, but they will have enough of it to make it worth their while. Olive is on the hunt for the spell book, and she is determined to find it with the help of the three guardian cats or not. Her motivation is not a selfish one - it is steeped in 100% concern in helping Morton join the world of the living. But what happens if and when Olive finds that book - and when Olive realizes that nothing really is as it seems.
The strength with this novel lies with its core character - Olive - but also with the minor characters. If you've read the previous novel, you will be pleased to see where West takes the reader.
If this was not enough, now she must find a spell book to help her release Morton from Elsewhere. Luckily she has three trusty guardians to help keep her out of trouble (and away from that book), or are they as trustworthy as they appear?
Readers will not spend as much time in Elsewhere in this sequel, but they will have enough of it to make it worth their while. Olive is on the hunt for the spell book, and she is determined to find it with the help of the three guardian cats or not. Her motivation is not a selfish one - it is steeped in 100% concern in helping Morton join the world of the living. But what happens if and when Olive finds that book - and when Olive realizes that nothing really is as it seems.
The strength with this novel lies with its core character - Olive - but also with the minor characters. If you've read the previous novel, you will be pleased to see where West takes the reader.