When Rand and I went to Toronto to visit Debbie, we spent some time wandering around a bookstore. I saw this book, picked it up and showed it to Debbie, and said “I really wish I’d had this idea first.”

The premise is great–a cute, popular cheerleader from Beverly Hills, who just so happens to be a witch, is plucked from her life and forced to move to Salem and attend witch school.

The execution, though, is just meh. Prudence has little of the likability or charm of the main character in Non-Blonde Cheerleader. It’s also painfully obvious that this is the first book of a series. All that happens is that she makes the cheerleading squad. Oh, and gets kissed by the cute bad-boy of the school just before he gets expelled.

I almost forgot…I was nearly driven crazy by the narrator’s constant use of the word “kewl”. That won’t be dated in, oh, 5 minutes.

And another thing…can you really, in good conscience, name your main character (who is a witch) Prudence after Charmed? (Shannen Doherty’s character was named Prue, short for Prudence…)

I still wish I’d come up with the idea first. 😉