I have weird feelings about this one. It's a transition book. I know I love the ones to come, and the following events (though I hate them.) I love the ones before. But this one? It's just sad and cringey. Well, Mia is sad and cringey. But you know what? That's so real. She screws up.

Thank you to people finally calling her out on the Precious Gift BS though because I really can't with that though. Legit, that might be my least favourite aspect of this series.

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After Mia submits a writing piece in which her father tries to tell her she's a princess, and then ninjas come in and attach them, and Mia saves them all:

"F. Mia, while this is highly imaginative, in no way does it satisfy the assignment, which was to describe a beloved pet. -C. Martinez."

I'm not crying you're crying. ( )

Mia is actually vapid. I hoped it would get better from the last book, but it got worse.

I expect a little ridiculousness from teenagers. I remember quite well how ridiculous I was. But Mia is actually vapid. ( )

I read this for a class and wasn't very impressed. This book was not very believable. The main character is very naive about the repercussions of her actions, and has a very strange, unconvincing mixture of views about virginity, which is a big part of the book.

In this installment, Mia is still a mess - which is kind of the fun of reading these books. As she overthinks everything, all of it falls apart around her and she has to pick up the pieces, learn to deal, or let it all get to her and she does many of these.

If you have not read the other books in the series, this review might be a bit confusing.

Mia is still acting like a child in the beginning of this book when she realizes that she is put in the wrong classes, but really she is over-reacting, as always, and I think that she needs to realize it is all really for the best - sadly she doesn't. I found this to be annoying, Mia is privileged and normally has her problems solved for her by the help of others, but she was really whiny about this and just because you think you are great at something doesn't mean you shouldn't want to start at the beginning.

The the book got a little sad, Mia is trying to deal with the fact that Michael wants to better himself and move internationally to work on a project - and it is sad because it does not really click for her that he is doing it for both himself and to better himself for her.

As most these books are, this one again was funny, but as we get further into the series I wanted and expected so see more growth out of Mia and did not get a lot of that. This plot was much more active than a lot of the others though, so I give it props for that. ( )

I was a little disappointed in this installment. First of all, it was rather short for not being one of the "in between" books. Second of all, it seemed to end too abruptly. I understand cliffhangers, but this was was like out of nowhere.
I started feeling like Lilly was going to redeem herself with her sympathy for Mia and then she turned right around and started being a witch again. And while I understand her being upset at the end of the book, I would think that a "best friend" would at least listen to what Mia had to say about what happened.
Mia and Michael...why? My heart is breaking... I have to start book 9 like right now. ( )