I wanted to love it but I just couldn’t. Storylines felt forced, characters lacked depth and even reading it as a mindless witchy fall relax read had me struggling to finish it. It was a hard pass.

What to say, oh what to say. I have so many thoughts swirling after just having finished this book. Reunion, forgiveness, love, power, lessons learned, truth and honesty, those are all themes within this truly powerful end to the Sisters of Salem trilogy. I was in tears at the end, with a smile on my face. I cannot wait to have a physical copy of this book because this trilogy is worth all the rereads!!! These witchy sisters will forever be some of my all time favorite characters.

This book has a bit of it all. Sisters being reunited, Demigods being introduced to the modern world (which was very entertaining) and Magic just to name a few. This was a nice way to wrap up the Sisters of Salem Trilogy.

Hex You is the third book in the Witches of Goode Family series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. The series follows the adventures of twin sisters Mercy and Hunter, direct descendants of their town's founders, the Goode family. After their mother's death at the hands of a vile demon, they have become the guardians of the Gates to various underworlds—ancient passageways between their world and realms where mythology prevails and the worst of creatures reside.

In Hex You, Mercy and Khenti are trapped in the Ancient Egyptian Underworld and require Hunter's assistance to escape. But, while Hunter seeks for a means to save them, another evil threatens Goodeville. Amphitrite is still on the horizon, and she intends to get revenge on Hunter. The gates are progressively deteriorating.

Reading this was not pleasurable for me. The writing was too advanced for the intended audience, yet felt unfinished. It was tough for me to keep track of all of the different characters and their corresponding plotlines. The ending was rushed and incomplete.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced reading copy in exchange for my honest review.

I didn't realize this was part of a series, which may be why I struggled with it. Many plot points felt forced, and characters weren't as developed as I'd expected (especially when I realized there were prior books). Then ending seemed a bit too neat. The girls felt a bit more like bullies than characters that I wanted to connect to.

I wanted to love it. I really did. I wasn't a big fan of the whole Amphitrite storyline from book 2 and it continued with Hex You. Ugh. So much just felt forced and over-the-top. The ending wasn't what I was expecting. As a whole, Hex You was entertaining to a point and I didn't absolutely hate it or DNF it, so I give it 3 stars.

Wow this book was just so good and so easy to get lost in. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I just didn't want the story to end. I just couldn't get enough of these wonderful characters and I just loved getting to see their journey. I will most definitely be reading more stories from this wonderful author.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from St. Martin’s Press and #NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

The final book in the series and I wasn’t disappointed. It wraps the story up nicely.

Hex You
by P.C. & Kristin Cast
YA Fantasy Paranormal
NetGalley ARC

The final book in the Sisters of Salem catches up with Mercy as she is trying to escape the Ancient Egyptian world. Hunter, not only is trying to heal the other gateways but now needs to help her sister escape.

First, this book was better than the first two, but it wasn't that great. On the plus side, there wasn't graphic adult content as there was in the first book, though it was mentioned. That, and with some violence, I can't recommend this book, or series, to any reader under sixteen.

It read as if it was aimed at tweens, or younger. With how dumb-downed the writing was, I had a hard time remembering that these girls were sixteen. They acted and talked more like ten-year-olds. Even the adults/parents in the story acted like kids.

The story wrapped up the series really easily, with the mysteries and the solutions 'ah-ha' moments, but left just enough room for a spin-off... *eye-roll.

Things that irked me: feeling as if I was a seven-year-old being lectured on the magical plot of the story, and how the twins preached to their friends was wrong. But then again Em also acted like a blonde dimwit, and that was how she was treated.

For being magical and gifted, the girls, I feel, were snobs and just inches away from treating everyone else as if they were stupid pieces of dirt that weren't good enough to dust their shoes. Not my ideal for someone with magical powers tasked to protect me and my town. I could see them turn into the bullies, 'kneel to them or they'll Merrily curse you.'

2 Stars

I was not particularly fond of the Hunter/Amphitrite storyline in Book Two, which remains a major focus of the third book. Also, the third and final book in the trilogy starts off with the worn-out trope of Christians believing witches are worshippers of Satan and need to be destroyed. However, despite the somewhat inauspicious start, the third book was enjoyable. With the assistance of Hunter, Mercy escapes the Egyptian underworld, accompanied by demi-god Khenti. Mercy and Hunter start to repair their relationship. Hunter also admits to and tries to rectify some of the mistakes she has made, which have had rather significant consequences for family and friends. Khenti's introduction to the wonders of the modern world is quite amusing, especially the internet and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The interactions between Khenti and Xena are also quite good. The reader will learn more about the true powers of Xena, which are greater than the Goode sisters realize. Hunter will discover something about herself that will have profound consequences for her and Mercy and be critical to defeating Amphitrite and the Nure-Oona, as well as healing the five sacred trees and keeping the gates to the underworld closed. The way the authors chose to end the trilogy was somewhat surprising, but also fitting.

I received a copy of the e-book via NetGalley in exchange for a review.