Review of Charmed by Michelle Krys

Advance Review of Michelle Krys' Charmed

Release Date: May 26th, 2015

Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:

Indie has spent the last few weeks frantically searching for Paige. She's tried every spell imaginable, but witchcraft has gotten her nowhere, and she's going crazy with guilt. Despite what her warlock boyfriend, Bishop, tells her, Indie knows it's her fault her best friend was kidnapped by the Priory. And with the Priory destroyed, finding Paige feels more hopeless than ever-especially when Indie discovers that Paige isn't even on Earth. She's trapped in Los Demonios, an alternate dimension of Los Angeles filled with evil paranormals. No one who has gone there has ever come out.

Fueled by terror and loyalty, Indie is desperate to find a way into the underworld prison. She'll worry about getting out later. But facing the dark world's most dangerous witches and warlocks on her own means keeping her plan hush-hush-and forging alliances with some sketchy people, including a seriously sexy sorcerer.

Sometimes a witch must keep secrets from the people she cares about most. And sometimes she isn't the only one with secrets…

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I'm writing this review on a day that has not been the greatest, so seeing as how my mind is a little jumbled from some family stuff that is going on, I am hoping the review does not reflect that. I do find that when I am having a bad day, though, a great book tends to make me feel at least a little bit better.

This book is the sequel to Krys' first book, Hexed, about a girl who finds out that she's a witch when her mother is kidnapped and tortured to find a powerful spellbook. The main character, Indigo (Indie for short), is a strong female role model for teen readers. Although she separated herself from her former best friend, in book 1, after finding out that she had slept with Indie's boyfriend at the time, Bianca is still a character in book 2, but she has become her human arch nemesis. I say human, because there are other more villainous characters in this story, but Bianca is the only nemesis without powers.

Hexed ended on a cliffhanger when we found out in the last chapter that Paige, Indie's one and only true friend, was kidnapped by the man she had just killed. Sadly, he was the only person who knew her whereabouts. This is the main plot point in Charmed. While Paige may have been the first missing person we knew about, many teens start to go missing in their town. The first 100 pages are about Indie and her new boyfriend Bishop searching for Paige, while the rest is all about trying to save her.

This book brings a lot of new characters into the story, as well as some competition for Indie's heart. We find out why Aunt Penny never came to Indie's rescue, what really happened to the missing teens, and the truth behind Indie's family history. There is quite a bit of action, as well as some self discovery in magic. If you enjoy books about witches or magic, you will surely love this book.