Oh come on! I wanted to like it, but the writing ...were annoying, sloppy and boring..
The characters weren`t interesting.
Nothing interesting had happend even when i hit the 30% mark.

i never ended up downloading this, i've been reading other reviews on this and it sounds pretty good, so i might go get it~

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Just loved this book and recommend it to everyone.

Funny, engaging, great characters, a different take on magic. I really liked this one and will look for more in this series.

Initially, the premise of a young, down-on-her-luck witch with a penchant for destruction intrigued me. I love strong female characters and that’s exactly what I expected Cassandra to be. Likewise, I also enjoy a good slow-burn romance, and with four love interests, I thought for sure I was in for an epic tale of love and magic. Ultimately, I was left pretty disappointed. It was a struggle to make it all the way through A Class of Conjuring. I struggled with a lot of things – the spelling/grammar errors (which sometimes included the completely wrong word, i.e., ‘invested’ instead of ‘infested,’ ‘distant’ instead of ‘distance,’ etc.) and the odd timing of things were amongst my biggest issues with the book. It often felt like we missed out on whole chunks of the book because the timeline jumped from Cassandra’s first day at the academy to a month in and flowed progressively faster.

This book was something I personally classify as “tell not show,” meaning we were told a lot of things, such as ‘Cassandra was consoled’ rather than “shown” her being consoled via dialog and a comprehensive scene. Things were briefly mentioned and then swiftly dismissed. It contributed to the overall rushed feeling of the book and left me confused about the depth of the characters’ reactions and personalities.

I also didn’t completely buy into the “chosen one” idea. It felt like Cassandra never really proved that she had this extraordinary magic that everyone thought she had and her complete lack of sympathy when it came to her path of destruction frustrated me. It seemed to inspire a pity party more than anything – calling herself “witch of destruction” several times throughout the course of the book. Several times the characters brushed off (or even laughed about) Cassandra’s “mishaps” – all of which ended in massive property damage, huge financial losses, and, in some cases, deaths.

Another thing I didn’t buy into was Cassandra’s intimate relationships with the four guys in her life – Braeden, Oliver, Dash, and Kyler. There was no chemistry between any of them and Cassandra and, overall, it felt like the book was reaching too hard for the sexy RH romance label. All the talk of a “connection” between the five of them was a little redundant, especially because it was never expanded on – only a few brief mentions of being able to feel one another. Also redundant was the use of the word ‘cackle’ or ‘cackling’ when it came to a specific character. Seeing it repeatedly was maddening, so I just had to mention it.

Ultimately, I felt like A Class of Conjuring had a lot of potential and still might with some rewrites and a more thorough editing job.

ARC from NetGalley

DNF at 15%

I can't rate this book. I barely read it, but it was bad. It was shockingly bad. The writing is incredibly amateurish and juvenile, but then there is this weird hard left into lustiness that is like.. totally inappropriate at the time? Not like dirty, but just the entire tone changes. It's just bad.

They mix 3 ingredients together, and then suddenly the most important moment of life passes between their eyes, and they know that their relationship is forever changed.

Immediately next: "I glanced at the other three men who were our age, who I was beginning to be drawn to." Wat?

This book seems to be poorly aimed at a YA audience, but teenagers are smarter than this. It's insulting. It's also hard for me to take things seriously with names like Braedon and Kyler.

I had a hard time really getting into this book. Cassandra annoyed me. She wasn't able to control her magic but she still thought she should be able to use it in danger situations. In the very beginning she causes a huge disaster and get mad that she is forbidden to help clean it up WITH HER MAGIC the thing that caused it in the first place. So I struggled with her for most of the book. It did eventually get better but just a heads up, she is not pleasant.

This book is deffintally not what I expected! Is really all I can say, the level of intenseness of this book is just amazing! I couldn't put it down! This book is not like any other book, you really can't compare it to anyone else.

I love to read reverse harems, witchy books, academy settings - and this book has all of that. Unfortunately, it didn't really work for me. I like the characters but the way the talk is very unbelievable and super repetitive. There were moments of cuteness and some sexiness - but I really had a hard time with the language. It didn't feel natural and it pulled me out of the story.

I do think there is a lot of potential here and I can see some people really enjoying it, but it wasn't really for me.

A Class of Conjuring was fast and action packed novel with reverse harem elements.

I really wanted to like this book, but I felt the characters weren't that well developed, a bit overkill use of fantasy tropes such as "the chosen one" (or it was poorly written), the plot was really thin and apart from a few sex scenes, it wasn't that much of reverse harem in this book.

This book had a lot of potential, but it just fell flat. I just hope the second book is a little bit better.

Umm hello hottnes! It's a fast, action packed bundle of joy and it cept me reading and turning page after page. Can I please have bfs like that? I mean it's not too much to ask for right? For some reason I don't know why it feels like if Hogwarts, The Wizards of Waverley Place had a sexy spinn off

Please note: I received a digital ARC of this book (via NetGalley) from its publisher in exchange for an honest and fair review.

A Class of Conjuring by Evie Wilde is the first book in the Enchanted Academy Series. This was s super fun and fast read. What originally pulled me in was the cover art. The cover is eye catching and immediately lets me know i'm going to be immersed in a world of magic with a female protagonist. The combination of the bright purple and bright blue color scheme is both striking and intriguing. In short, Magically Delicious!

We follow the story of disaster prone witch, Cassandra Clarke who has no control over her powers or spell casting. One catastrophic event after another lead to her getting enrolled in the The Enchanted Academy as a last resort to gain some kind of control over her powers. Cassandra enrolls with super hot bestie Braedon. Of course once at the academy three more hot males all vie for Cassandra's affections and friendship. This leads to a reverse harem situation that to be honest felt a bit forced. I would have also like more details on why certain things happened. Despite that this book was still an action-packed, fast-paced, sexy and funny read. It kept me flipping pages all the way through.

A Class of Conjuring has plenty of action, magic, mayhem, lust, and of course an evil enemy who wants to take over the world. Evie Wilde has built a fun magical system that makes this world feel unique from other series. I recommend this book for anyone interested in magic, action, reverse harems, plot twists, and a plain old good time! Published by Wisteria Lane Press, A Class of Conjuring is available for purchase from all major booksellers. I give A Class of Conjuring 3 1/2 out of 5 gems. I'm looking forward to reading the next installment in this witchy series.

I really wanted to like this book. The description sounded interesting and the cover was good. The story is about an emerging witch, Cassandra, who is apparently “the chosen one” to save society. There is an evil archmage stealing magic and only Cassandra can save the world. Unfortunately she can’t control her magic and has destroyed several cities and done a lot of damage elsewhere. She and her best friend/mentor Braeden are sent to a magical academy for training. They are both attracted to each other but do nothing about it. At the academy we’re are introduced to Dash, Oliver and Kyler. They are all instantly attracted to Cassandra and she to them but they don’t do anything about it. At this point my eyes were rolling. The characters are shallow and aren’t well developed. The plot is thin and not really fleshed out. If this had been edited at all or tested on a group of readers, it is not apparent. Sorry this one is not for me and I could only get through 50% before I decided to quit reading. I very rarely don’t finish a book but I couldn’t continue reading this. Unfortunately, I already downloaded the next book and I don’t want to read it either, sorry Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

I really thought I was going to like this book. I even requested book two already on Netgalley as well because I was soooo sure I'd like it. I disliked it so much that I had to DNF it 😭

Writing style: This was my biggest problem with the book. The writing just didn't make sense at all. It was so very sloppy. It's like the author just wrote her first draft and never looked back on it.

Characters: I kept forgetting who was who and what they looked like. They seemed to have proper personalities when they were first introduced but then they acted completely differently later in the book. I absolutely hate it when characters aren't written consistently.

Story: We have our typical chosen one at a magical school trope, but I generally love books about witches so my opinion on the chosen one trope shouldn't have mattered. With all my opinions on this book, I also got annoyed with the badly written chosen one trope and I just couldn't get past the cliché.

Reverse harem: This book is supposed to be a reversed harem romance... 1) there's no romance to be found anywhere, only unanswered lust. 2) she's not necessarily interested in all the dudes, just the one...

I think it's very clear I did not like this book. I definitely won't be reading book 2. A DNFed book always gets one star from me and this time is no different.

I was given a copy of this book through netgalley and I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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I was pretty excited to read this book. The plot had so much potential. A girl with uncontrollable magic going to a school to learn control only to find out she is the chosen one meant to stop the big bad. While at the school she meets the 4 men who are to be her guardians and they train to defeat the enemy.
But the story just fell flat for me. The writing felt rushed and often felt like pages were missing. The events in the story always felt sudden and out of place. I also really wanted the MC to embrace her power and be confident and strong but again and again she was useless and expected the men to do everything for her. Again, the idea behind the story had great potential to be amazing and I really wanted to love the story but I just could not get into it.

Cassandra's magic has always been a little unstable. Great power doesn't always mean great control and though her intentions are good, magic messes are the hardest to clean up. After a particularly destructive battle, Cassandra is given a choice - go to the Enchanted Academy or have her powers bound. Cassandra chooses the first, and with her best friend Braeden, embarks on a new adventure. But she may be walking into more trouble than she expected when students begin to have their powers stolen and a new evil in rising in the distance. Even with the help of her new friends - some of whom she is instantly drawn to, she may not be able to stop what's happening.

First off this is a reverse harem novel - for those unfamiliar with the term it refers to a polyamorous relationship between 1 woman and multiple men. If this is not your cup of tea, I would not recommend this novel to you since most of the character development stems from Cassandra trying to understand what her relationship with these men will be. There is explicit sexual content in this novel - though no multiple partner scenarios.

I enjoyed the mystery elements of the plot and the magic system. I would like to see more character development - especially with Cassandra's beaus.

Where to start with this one. The general idea behind it wasn't bad, but the execution fell short. I suspect that some proper editing might have made a big difference. There were so many errors and clumsy sentences that it did make this hard to read. It's a shame, as I said, I think that I would have quite enjoyed this if the writing had been better.
There were a couple of other problems with the book. It seemed at points as though some of the plot had been missed out. I didn't really understand why they all felt this 'connection' that they kept going on about. It seemed to come from nowhere and hadn't really got anything to back it up.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This book describes in a stirring way the development of a young witch, whose magic generates as much collateral damage as benefit. To minimize the former, she is sent to a renowned school of magic together with her best friend. There she meets three other boys, with whom she builds up a deep connection and by whom she is supposed to be protected, even if the reason still remains unclear. Exciting duels and an unsolved secret tempt you to want to read on.