The Charmed List, Julie Abe
The Charmed List, Julie Abe
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The Charmed List
A Novel

Author: Julie Abe

Narrator: Natalie Naudus

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2022


Synopsis

"The best friends to enemies to lovers story I needed in my life! The Charmed List utterly enchants with its delightful characters and heartfelt themes of family, friendship, and first love. I adored this fun-filled and swoony road trip romance with a magical twist!" – Axie Oh, author of XOXO and The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Sometimes you need a little magic to fall in love.

Ellie Kobata has spent most of high school on the sidelines, keeping her art Instagram private and shying away from the world. She can’t even tell her only friend, Lia, who she really is: Ellie is part of a secret magical community, and no one outside of it can know it exists. The only person Ellie could fully relate to was Jack Yasuda – her childhood friend who mysteriously started to snub her a few years ago.

But before senior year, Ellie is ready to take some risks and have a life-changing summer, starting with her Anti-Wallflower List – thirteen items she’s going to check off one by one. With this list, she hopes to finally come out of her shell; even though she can’t share her full self with the world. But when number four on Ellie’s list goes horribly wrong—revenge on Jack Yasuda—she’s certain her summer is cursed. Instead of spending her summer with Lia, Ellie finds herself stuck in a car with Jack driving to a magical convention. But as Ellie and Jack travel down the coast of California, number thirteen on her list—fall in love—may be happening without her realizing it.

In The Charmed List, Julie Abe sweeps readers away to a secret magical world, complete with cupcakes and tea with added sparks of joy, and an enchanted cottage where you can dance under the stars.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

About Julie Abe

Julie Abe is the author of many books, including the EVA EVERGREEN and TESSA MIYATA middle grade series, and the young adult novels OUR CURSED LOVE and THE CHARMED LIST. She has lived in Silicon Valley, spent many humid summers in Japan, and currently basks in the sunshine of Southern California with never enough books or tea, where she writes stories with a spark of magic.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on January 31, 2023

Sending my 5 billion magical stars to this extra cuteeeee story of extremely huggable, absolutely likable two main characters Ellie and Jack! It was pleasure to walk in the memory lane of Jack and Ellie to understand how they become each other’s person, how they become best friends, what kind of adv......more

Goodreads review by Heather Adores Books on August 28, 2023

4.25⭐ Genre ~ YA Publication date ~ July 5, 2022 Page Count ~ 297 Audio length ~ 7 hours and 32 minutes Narrator ~ Natalie Naudus POV ~ single Featuring ~ teens, friends to enemies to lovers, road trip, magic, first love, cute Ellie is shy and feels invisible, so she creates a summer bucket list before he......more

Goodreads review by Era ➴ on May 19, 2022

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me an ARC! Guys. Why am I getting into romcoms now. Who am I. What’s happening. The Charmed List is a cutesy, contemporary romance brimming with hidden magic and spells. It’s a best-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers plus a road trip and some forced proximity, and s......more

Goodreads review by Debra on July 03, 2022

Charming! Ellie Kobata is part of a magical community that no knows exists. She must keep that part of herself secret, even from her best friend, Lia. The only person that she relates to is Jack Yasuda, her former childhood friend who snubbed her years ago. Ellie is ready to make some changes. She no......more

Goodreads review by kaitlyn on March 05, 2022

i’d like to thank netgalley, wednesday books, and julie abe for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! this book is a cute and light-hearted read that i enjoyed a lot. the charmed list follows ellie as she sets out to complete her summer “anti-wallflower” list. she ends up stuck with h......more