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Enchanted, Inc. (Enchanted, Inc. #1)
by
Shanna Swendson (Goodreads Author)
DON’T MESS WITH HEXES
Katie Chandler had always heard that New York is a weird and wonderful place, but this small-town Texas gal had no idea how weird until she moved there. Everywhere she goes, she sees something worth gawking at and Katie is afraid she’s a little too normal to make a splash in the big city. Working for an ogre of a boss doesn’t help.
Then, seemingly out o...more
Katie Chandler had always heard that New York is a weird and wonderful place, but this small-town Texas gal had no idea how weird until she moved there. Everywhere she goes, she sees something worth gawking at and Katie is afraid she’s a little too normal to make a splash in the big city. Working for an ogre of a boss doesn’t help.
Then, seemingly out o...more
Paperback, 308 pages
Published
May 31st 2005
by Ballantine Books
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Enchanted, Inc. was on my mental list of to read books for a while. After reading a heavier fiction book I thought something a little less deep would be nice. That's when I picked up this delightfully, light-hearted read. At first I wasn't sure I would enjoy it. So many had compared it to Harry Potter and Im one of the few people in the world who did not fall in love with that series. Not that I hate it, I just don't love it. Luckily I gave this one a try. Shortly after finishing it I ordered th...more
I loved this book! It was such a lighthearted fun read I think it only took me one day. It is a fantasy book, but it takes place in the 'normal' New York, NY world and it made me believe it could happen. I really enjoy fantasy anyway, so it may not be for those that don't enjoy reading about magic, but it took it in such a different direction. The heroine has no magic, but has a lot of business savvy and that made this so different than other 'magic' books that i've read.
re-read 2/28/13
re-read 2/28/13
One of my friends from college told me about this book and told me I just *had* to read it. I'm always looking for book recommendations, so I found a copy and read it. I promptly fell in love with the characters and the story--whimsical and practical all the the same time. As soon as I finished reading it I think I started again, and I've read it many times since then...when I'm not lending my copy out to people to introduce them to the wonderful story!
This chicklit novel is brilliant! I've never heard that Magic can have a company..
wow. i couldn't believe i actually liked this kind of book. i mean, okay i do like chicklit and i do like fantasy books. but when the two combines? i didn't think it would be that appealing.
meet Katie Chandler, a girl from Texas who moved to New York and she thought she was crazy because she kept seeing things like fairies, gargoyles, etc while other New yorkers seemed to not think that that kind of thing was strange. Until one day Katie got a job at MSI, Inc (short for Magic, Spell, Illusions,...more
meet Katie Chandler, a girl from Texas who moved to New York and she thought she was crazy because she kept seeing things like fairies, gargoyles, etc while other New yorkers seemed to not think that that kind of thing was strange. Until one day Katie got a job at MSI, Inc (short for Magic, Spell, Illusions,...more
When Katie Chandler left small-town Texas for NYC, she knew it was going to be a whole different world. She just didn't know how different. After several months of "seeing things" (like people with wings on the subway, walking garden gnomes in Central Park, and gargoyles that come & go from the church down the street from her apartment) Katie discovers she's not going crazy. Turns out magic really exists, but she's immune, so she sees through magical folks' illusions. This rare talent lands...more
It’s Bridget Jones meets Harry Potter in this enchanting tale of fantasy, humor, and adventure. Katie Chandler has no love life, can barely afford her rent, and has a horrible job. Until one day an odd e-mail about a job pops up in her inbox at work. She thinks it’s just spam and deletes it, but it continuously shows up. After having a really bad day at work, she takes a chance and checks it out. It sounds like the deal of a life time. But she meets Owen Palmer and Rodney Gwaltney for the job in...more
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I asked for this whilst I was still coming down from my ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ high. I’d decided to go for books I normally wouldn’t go for because I could be missing something great.
Enchanted Inc. was slow to start but I stuck with it because I didn’t want to send it back unread. It got better after around about 60 pages in though.
I loved the idea of the main character being so normal that, that for Magic, Spells and Illusions Inc. (the company Katie works for) was kinda like...more
I asked for this whilst I was still coming down from my ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ high. I’d decided to go for books I normally wouldn’t go for because I could be missing something great.
Enchanted Inc. was slow to start but I stuck with it because I didn’t want to send it back unread. It got better after around about 60 pages in though.
I loved the idea of the main character being so normal that, that for Magic, Spells and Illusions Inc. (the company Katie works for) was kinda like...more
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Aug 16, 2012
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DON’T MESS WITH HEXES
Katie Chandler had always heard that New York is a weird and wonderful place, but this small-town Texas gal had no idea how weird until she moved there. Everywhere she goes, she sees something worth gawking at and Katie is afraid she’s a little too normal to make a splash in the big city. Working for an ogre of a boss doesn’t help.
Then, seemingly out of the blue, Katie gets a job offer from Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., a company that tricks of the trade to the magic c...more
Katie Chandler had always heard that New York is a weird and wonderful place, but this small-town Texas gal had no idea how weird until she moved there. Everywhere she goes, she sees something worth gawking at and Katie is afraid she’s a little too normal to make a splash in the big city. Working for an ogre of a boss doesn’t help.
Then, seemingly out of the blue, Katie gets a job offer from Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., a company that tricks of the trade to the magic c...more
After reading a few dark novels about sociopaths and serial killers, I desperately needed a recovery book. So when Christina (A Reader of Fictions) mentioned recommended Enchanted Inc., I picked it up from the library immediately. It just sounded like oodles of fun with a dash of romance and magic thrown in...and that was exactly what it was. Although I adore a fun chick-lit novel any day, the last one I read was Sophie Kinsella's I've Got Your Number about six months ago, and I didn't realize h...more
This book is boring. When i picked this up i thought that this is going to be a light and fun read with comedies thrown in the way.
I was wrong. This is a dead bore.
Katie Chandler is a good ol' Texas girl in a big bad New York. she start seeing things that are not supposed to be, but chalked it up to weirdness of NYC. So she get the surprise of her life when she was interviewed by Owen, Rod and Trix who claims to be wizard and fairies and they wanted to recruit her. Apparently, people like her w...more
I was wrong. This is a dead bore.
Katie Chandler is a good ol' Texas girl in a big bad New York. she start seeing things that are not supposed to be, but chalked it up to weirdness of NYC. So she get the surprise of her life when she was interviewed by Owen, Rod and Trix who claims to be wizard and fairies and they wanted to recruit her. Apparently, people like her w...more
I can understand why this book causes bookstores headaches. It's packaged like a paranormal romance novel (cutesy title, magic references, the cover) and reads like chick lit (girl from small town Texas moves to NYC with some friends from college with the goal of making it big and/or getting regular dates for weekends). The "romance" is really just a recounting of bad dating experiences until she learns that magic is real when Merlin the Magician hires her to work for his company. At that point,...more
From September 2005 SLJ:
Sex and the City meets Harry Potter in this fanciful novel about Katie Chandler, a 26-year-old small town girl who has moved to New York to make her mark on the business world. Having long viewed herself as a non-exceptional, “everybody’s little sister” type person, she is unprepared for the adventures that await her when she is approached by MSI, Inc. with a once-in-a-lifetime employment offer. Thinking the offer falls into the “spam” category, she ignores the overtures...more
Sex and the City meets Harry Potter in this fanciful novel about Katie Chandler, a 26-year-old small town girl who has moved to New York to make her mark on the business world. Having long viewed herself as a non-exceptional, “everybody’s little sister” type person, she is unprepared for the adventures that await her when she is approached by MSI, Inc. with a once-in-a-lifetime employment offer. Thinking the offer falls into the “spam” category, she ignores the overtures...more
Pertama kali tertarik sama buku ini adalah karena covernya baguss.. xixixi..
tapi pas aku baca summary, bisa dibilang ga gitu menarik.
beda "chemistry"nya pas baca twilight ato harry potter yg langsung kepengen baca saat itu juga.
Dan pas ak baca, ceritanya kaya langsung ke tengah2 gt, ga ada awal yg jelas.
rada maksa deh, masa Katie pindah ke NYC tiba2 bisa lyat hal2 magical. Uda gitu,, Merlin dibawa2 pula.. kesannya jadi maksaa bangettt... kaya cerita tentang kehidupan kantoran yang dibuat jadi ma...more
tapi pas aku baca summary, bisa dibilang ga gitu menarik.
beda "chemistry"nya pas baca twilight ato harry potter yg langsung kepengen baca saat itu juga.
Dan pas ak baca, ceritanya kaya langsung ke tengah2 gt, ga ada awal yg jelas.
rada maksa deh, masa Katie pindah ke NYC tiba2 bisa lyat hal2 magical. Uda gitu,, Merlin dibawa2 pula.. kesannya jadi maksaa bangettt... kaya cerita tentang kehidupan kantoran yang dibuat jadi ma...more
Jan 12, 2011
✿Michelle✿
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Readers who enjoy pnr chick-lit, wizards etc...
Recommended to ✿Michelle✿ by:
Diane
I would describe this book as "paranormal chick-lit." In addition to being a quick, and easy read, it was funny, and the characters were likeable. It was so refreshing to read a story where the humor wasn't overdone, and the heroine wasn't a total air-head in need of constant saving, or an extreme tough girl. In fact, all the characters were "just right" in my opinion. I'll most likely be reading the next installment in this series sooner rather than later.
Katie Chandler left small-town Texas for the big city. She knew New York was weird but seeing people with wings seems just a little too extreme. Katie is afraid she may be a little too normal. However, Katie learns she is immune to magic, which is good because she can see through illusions and spells and detect magically disguised henchmen. This makes her invaluable to the company of Magic, Spells and Illusions, Inc., headed by the immortal Merlin. MSI is gearing up for a battle between the forc...more
I picked up this book from the library based on the Recommendations tab here at Goodreads.
It's not quite like any other book I've ever read. Which is good that the author can come up with a unique concept. In a way, this did make me think of M. M. Kaye's "Ordinary Princess" in the Katie Chandler is a ordinary person. Completely devoid of magic. And completely filled with common sense and the ability to discern what the people around her are doing. Her super-power is her ordinariness.
Katie is fr...more
It's not quite like any other book I've ever read. Which is good that the author can come up with a unique concept. In a way, this did make me think of M. M. Kaye's "Ordinary Princess" in the Katie Chandler is a ordinary person. Completely devoid of magic. And completely filled with common sense and the ability to discern what the people around her are doing. Her super-power is her ordinariness.
Katie is fr...more
Great book!! I tend to read non-fiction or heavier fiction so this was a nice change. I do enjoy chick lit but often the plotlines are the same old thing every time. This book feels more unique & is truly a fun read. I finished it in a day, something I hadn't done in a long time. I have every intention of reading the rest of the books in the series.
Note: I was thrilled to find out that this book was optioned for a movie. *keeps fingers crossed*
Note: I was thrilled to find out that this book was optioned for a movie. *keeps fingers crossed*
Light-hearted but definitely enchanting read. Enchated, Inc. is a company that sells spells. OUr heroine, being ordinary, literary, was recruited to work for it. The whole concept of her 'being ordinary' which i am not in the mood to explain how, actually did make sense.
OUr heroine moved to New York from a small town in Texas. After six months of staying in New York, she is still wierded out by what she thought were just some weird constumes not knowing they were real deal; like fairy wings etc...more
OUr heroine moved to New York from a small town in Texas. After six months of staying in New York, she is still wierded out by what she thought were just some weird constumes not knowing they were real deal; like fairy wings etc...more
I read an absurd amount of books and so I often find myself picking random books by authors I have never read before and hoping for the best. Usually the books turn out to be lackluster if not down right horrible. I was pleasantly surprised that this book turned out to be a fun quick read. Swendson was able to suck me into the story immediately. The world she created was actually something I had not seen before which is rare these days. Swendson combines the right amount of humor, drama, romance...more
Jun 03, 2009
Valerie
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People with nothing else to read
Recommended to Valerie by:
List of books to make into movies
Very cute premise--NYC is a hotbed of magic, but only a few humans with no magic in them are able to see through the illusions to reality. Corporate magical types need those humans to double check contracts and such to be sure there are no spells slipped into them from the other side. A fast read and not as fun as it should be--clearly there are a whole slew of sequels, so no resolution in the first one...and not much reason to find the second one.
Our heroine is a bit of a Mary Sue--only her tal...more
Our heroine is a bit of a Mary Sue--only her tal...more
May 29, 2011
Dimity
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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I read this chick-lit fantasy novel as a “palate cleanser” after some of the heavier reading with depressing themes I’ve been doing lately. I very rarely read books of this genre so I can’t really compare it to others of its ilk, although from what I have read the “single girl in New York with jerky boss” seems to be a very common setup.
Despite having what I thought was an utterly unlikable protagonist who spends most of her time bemoaning her lack of appeal and “complete ordinariness”, I liked...more
Despite having what I thought was an utterly unlikable protagonist who spends most of her time bemoaning her lack of appeal and “complete ordinariness”, I liked...more
I've looked forward to reading this for ages, and I was not disappointed. This is one of the sweetest chick lit I've read to date. The heroine Katie is of a rare breed in that she's grounded and a truly good person. The hero Owen is utterly adorable, I'm not gonna lie, I have the biggest fictional crush on him <3 !! I do hope that he and Katie will have their happy ending.
As for the book, it is a delight. It is marketed as a mix of Harry Potter and Sex in the City - a description that's not f...more
As for the book, it is a delight. It is marketed as a mix of Harry Potter and Sex in the City - a description that's not f...more
My copy of 'Enchanted Inc' looks somewhat like a truck ran it over. It's dog-eared and has coffee stains and ink marks and I wouldn't have it any other way. It's a fun book, a great pick-me-up on a bad day, and has ended up being the light travel reading that I've taken on way too many trips (including stretched out on the grass in Central Park -- it certainly made the setting of the book come alive!)
Two of my favorite genres are urban fantasy, and chick lit. This book pretty much hits all the...more
Two of my favorite genres are urban fantasy, and chick lit. This book pretty much hits all the...more
The premise of this book was interesting and in the hands of a different writer it may have really been enjoyable, but this was merely passable. The main character is irritating, and by irritating I mean Bella from Twilight irritating. Well, maybe not quite THAT much. She spends most of the novel talking about how ordinary and plain she is and how hot a co-worker is and whether or not he is interested (despite overwhelming "evidence"--according to her--that he is NOT). Ugh.
The magic element of t...more
The magic element of t...more
I won all four of these books from a contest at I Heart Monster, a great book blog I frequently read for recommendations on what to read next. I started with the set immediately and in order and I was fascinated by the story line. I being a southerner myself instantly connected with the main character Katie Chandler, and the small town girl in the big intimidating city story line. I have hopes that Swendson’s publisher will pick up at least one more book for a nice finish to the story, there are...more
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A little girl learned to amuse herself by making up stories in her head. She turned everyday activities into exciting adventures, and she made up new adventures for characters from her favorite movies, TV shows and books. Then one day she realized that if she wrote down those stories, she'd have a book! But that was crazy, she thought. Real people don't become novelists. That w...more
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A little girl learned to amuse herself by making up stories in her head. She turned everyday activities into exciting adventures, and she made up new adventures for characters from her favorite movies, TV shows and books. Then one day she realized that if she wrote down those stories, she'd have a book! But that was crazy, she thought. Real people don't become novelists. That w...more
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