And I wanted to shake Eliza by the shoulders every time she pushed Harrison away. Eliza's journal plays such a big role in Ominous, yet we barely see her write in it! And despite the curse playing a big part in Ominous, in The Book of Spells it's basically an afterthought that nobody places stock in.Īlso, although I love to hate Noelle's overconfidence and bitchiness, I just hated Theresa Billings. There's a real inconsistency between the girl Reed sees and reads about in Ominous, and the girl we see here. were the same age as Reed and co., but they act like 14 yr olds in the Book of Spells. In Ominous I got the impression that Eliza and co. The other girls are emo over the girl dying a second time, and Theresa, Eliza and said witchy maid bespell them to get over itīesides being bored, I took issue with a few other things in this book. They exorcise the demon, but it curses them They enlist the help of the witchy maid to bring her back to life The Billings girls discover spellbooks and start doing witchcraft She's in love with Theresa Billings' fiancee Apparently everybody likes her sister May the best A girl called Eliza goes to Billings School for Girls In fact, I'll do that now and hopefully save someone the pain of reading this book. Hell, it could be one page of bullet points and the reader would get the idea. This book is 75% filler in my opinion, and I honestly think it'd be better as a short story. I put the book down so many times and had to really force myself to pick it up again and finish it. I think I have some sort of reflex where I instantly fall asleep as soon as I pick up one of these old school texts. The Book of Spells is set roughly during this period, and as such it bored me to death. I should note that I dislike period texts such as Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice and Jane Eyre, where women just roll around trying to find husbands or are schooled in how to be a lady. I thought I would enjoy reading about Elizabeth and how the curse had originated, but I didn't.
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