The Charmed List

A Novel

By: Julie Abe

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

"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 listeners 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.

©2022 Julie Abe (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Really Nice Read

That was the cute read I needed this summer, I really liked it a lot
The story is about Ellie and Jack, both come from families that are aware of the existence of magic, they were best friends but something happened and Jack ditched Ellie and they never spoke since, this summer Ellie plans to prank jack but the prank goes awfully wrong and her punishment is spending the summer with Jack practically alone to go to a magical convention to sell their product, and with the course of the summer they rediscover themselves and what happened between them
I liked the Magical Realism in the story, it added some flavor to the story without overwhelming me because I was really looking for a light cute read .. it was simple and straightforward nothing new as far as the story goes but I liked the overall vibe of it .. really nice

Adorable YA

Inclusive representation (why do most commonly known magic books feature white main characters?)
Charming story about friendship, young love, and coming of age
Very soft and unique magic, easy for anyone to suspend disbelief and jump into this world
100% recommend this book for anyone looking for a heartwarming read!

Magical

Loved thus story! I really appreciated how the magic was modest and not over powered like how magic tends to be represented. Enemies to lovers is also a favorite trope of mine though this was more friends to enemies to lovers, but that doesn't change how good the book was.

Fantastic Book

Ellie and ack must take a road trip to deliver some magical products. During the trip they make a truce to get along. I love the enemies to lovers trope. I like the part were the enemies start to warm towards each other. When they finally come together it just warms the heart. I really liked the characters, Ellie is so relatable. I love road trips, it was nice to hear about one. I hope Julie Abe will write another romcom.