A review by lunaroo
Spellbinder by L.J. Smith

3.0

Spoiler If you want to enjoy these books you have to get over the soulmate principle. I remember, reading these books as an early teen, feeling awed and hopeful and utterly fascinated by it and the concept of falling in love, just like most teenagers. As adults, sure, we roll our eyes, but let's not forget how fun it was to feel like something like this was so real and tangible and possible.

That being said, this is another story of a teen finding her soulmate and going through a minor ordeal and having to break ALL the laws of the Night World in order to save/be with their forbidden human soulmate. I'm expecting (and sorta kinda remembering) that this will eventually lead to some kind of revolution where these laws are no longer valid because if something doesn't change, a lot of moon-eyed teenagers are about to be executed.

This is the first book of the series to focus on witches. We met Thea and Blaise briefly when Poppy and James (Secret Vampire, #1) stopped in Las Vegas. I'm really looking forward to seeing them again, and many other witches.

Like in the other two books, I was surprised at the serious of some of what went down. Blaise is kind of out of her mind. I was impressed by her pride and her bravery at the end, but the way she toyed with people was some Nancy-from-The-Craft kind of shit.

It was quick, it was mostly cute, it was a teenage paranormal romance!