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Jun 01, 2011

Mary rated it:

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 t More...

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Jun 29, 2010

Andrea rated it:

This is a fun, "take-me-away" book. I loved the whole series!
They have great characters, and it's in NYC (I heart NYC) and
a really fun story. Like modern day fairy tales, it's just fun! :)

(there are a ::few:: swear words, why do they always do that?)

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Aug 03, 2011

Anki rated it:

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!

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Oct 18, 2010

Tealen rated it:

This is a fun series that I stumbled upon. It is lighthearted and a fun book to read. Books 2 and 3 follow up really well, and I almost like them more. I can't wait to read number four.

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Oct 23, 2011

Natasia Angel rated it:

This chicklit novel is brilliant! I've never heard that Magic can have a company..

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Oct 23, 2011

Angelia Fransisca rated it:

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, More...

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Jan 31, 2012

Heather rated it:

A little quirky, a lot fluffy, but overall a delightful, fun read. I'll be sure to pick up the next in the series soon! Katie was a character that you couldn't help but cheer on. And there were several adorable (yes, adorable is the perfect word) guys here and for very different reasons.

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Mar 30, 2009

Erin rated it:

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 More...

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Jan 25, 2009

BizarreLibrary rated it:

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 More...

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Sep 02, 2011

Laura rated it:

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 t More...

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Aug 28, 2011

Kim rated it:

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 ov More...

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Oct 18, 2010

Nica^^ rated it:

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 kehidupa More...

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Jan 12, 2011

✿Michelle✿ rated it:

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.

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Jan 20, 2010

Viccy rated it:

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...

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Dec 31, 2007

Amelia rated it:

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*

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Feb 23, 2009

SandraE rated it:

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, ro More...

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Jun 03, 2009

Valerie rated it:

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.

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May 29, 2011

Dimity rated it:

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 ordinarin More...

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May 16, 2009

An rated it:

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 descri More...

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Nov 06, 2011

Kandi rated it:

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.

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Aug 03, 2009

Pam rated it:

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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Mar 15, 2010

Jess rated it:

I really enjoyed this one!!!

Katie Chandler is a woman from a small town in Texas that now lives in NYC. She is as ordinary as people can get and works as a personal assistant to a really terrible boss. After all the horror stories that Katie has been told about NY, she is still shocked to see how much people in the city ignore things around them. Katie has seen people with wings, people who seem to call subway trains with a flick of their wrists, and people who just act strange. The More...

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Sep 16, 2011

Matia rated it:

I have been looking for light fantasy to read, as opposed to dark fantasy. This book seems to fit the bill. The setting is a modern New York City, but the heroine finds that she has unique abilities: she is so ordinary she can do no magic at all. I thought the story creative. The romantic sub-plot remains unresolved by the end of the book but there are at least 3 more books in the series, so maybe something happens eventually. (After all, Shanna Swendson has written romance novels.)

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Jul 10, 2009

Kris rated it:

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Oct 12, 2009

Robin rated it:

I liked this book, and that was before I even found out it was the first in a series. Generally, I hate chick-lit books. You know the kind I'm talking about. Girl moves to New York. Girl, despite having apparent fashion and common sense of a brick has impossibly glamorous job working for fashion magazine, as the devil's assistant. Girl whines about wearing pretty clothes, going to parties, working, and having left home. after 7 billion pages of relentless whining, girl marries first male c More...

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Sep 02, 2009

Julia rated it:

I'd like to give this book a 2.5 out of five, because it was a little better than OK, but not engaging enough to rate a three.

This book was definitely "chick-lit", but one of the few where the heroine is not greedy, whiny or annoying. Or all three.

There's magical creatures in Manhattan, but you have to be either magical yourself, or completely non-magic in order to realize this. Katie is recruited by Magic, Spells and Illusions Inc. because she is not magic at More...

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Jul 01, 2009

Kaitlynn rated it:

i honestly loved this book, but i hate how it just ended! i wanted to keep reading it. i have a problem where i get too emotionally involved with characters in what im reading. this is probably why i love series, because i can keep seeing the characters and their relationships develop. as for this book, it's honestly a great read, but i wanted more after it was all said and done.

haha so i just wrote this and then i started doing research on the author... yeah there are more books More...

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Feb 23, 2010

egelantier rated it:

definitely miss, mostly because i was expecting urban fantasy and it turned out to be chicklit with some generic magic thrown in, and i don't really like the genre. heroine oversells her 'oh i'm so boring and ordinary' spiel at the beginning and then, in a shocking twist, turns out exactly as boring and ordinary as advertised, in a sense that i couldn't remember anything about her after closing the book. plus the second repetition of 'omg my boss is so shy! yet dangerous! yet sweet! yet awesome! More...

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Oct 04, 2011

Kelly rated it:

A very creative and perky read. I really enjoyed reading the book and was compelled to finish it in one go (always a good sign).

I thought the book was really cute and liked the main character well enough but I was torn between a 3.5 and 4 star rating. I went with the 4 due to the creative idea behind the story however, I would have to say that Swendson needs to work on her pacing.

While the beginning of the book was pleasant and surprising the ending was a bit rushed and dis More...

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Dec 29, 2009

Anggia rated it:

Hmmm, benernya 3.5 bintang mungkin
Overall ceritanya menarik, beda sama chicklit2 lain (haha padahal chicklit juga baca seiprit)
Ceritanya tentang Katie Chandler yang bisa melihat makhluk2 fantasi kayak elf, peri, dll yang lucunya si tokoh utama ini ga nyadar kalo cuma dia yang bisa melihat makhluk-makhluk tersebut. Dikiranya gaya orang-orang New York memang berbeda dengan Texas tempat dia tinggal sebelumnya.

Sampai akhirnya Katie direkrut kerja di MSI (Magic Spells and Illu More...

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