The only thing that gets this book two stars is that, rather than sticking to the done-before theme of teenager-suddenly-finds-out-she's-a-witch, Mlynowski switches things up a bit and gives us teenager-suddenly-finds-out-that-her-younger-sister-(and her mother)-is-a-witch.Why did the magical powers skip Rachel, and go straight to her younger sister, Miri? Her mother explains that it could be because Miri is more mature than her older sister. Rachel demonstrates her lack of maturity throughout t...

AWESOME!!!!! So interesting so AWESOME!!!!!! u guys gotta read it! (NOW!!!)

I finished this one yesterday at a sleepover so I apologize for the late review. And it is going to be super short.AGE RECOMMENDATION: 5-6/10 Check my profile to find how I rate.PARENT NOTE: Sweet Romance. READER NOTE: Don't try this at home...LANGUAGE WARNING: Some language. I don't remember how much but I feel like I remember some.

Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.comBeing fourteen is hard work--and nobody knows that better than Rache Weinstein. She's got a major crush on the two most popular guys in school, Raf and Mick; she's been dumped by her best friend since preschool, Jewel, and instead has hooked up with not-so-popular Tammy; she's got the rhythm of a baboon and so didn't get to audition for her school's all-important fashion show; she's a quasi B-lister instead of a coveted A-lister; her dad is getting ready to mar...

This book is an insult to every witch series involving teenagers that has ever existed.Typical book involving teenagers being told not to do something, doing it anyway, and not caring about the consequences. Rachel is the most shallow, selfish character I've ever had the misfortune to read about. Her mind is nowhere I ever want to be again.Such a waste of a potentially interesting idea.

I swear to god this girl never learns

Not bad.. just not for me... Can't seem to connect with the MC and her narrative is not working for me. I loved Mlynowski's book Gimme a Call, but this one is just not my style.Sorry....(Note: Did not finish this book. Got to the point where Rachel is plotting to break up her dad's impending wedding with the STBSM by using her sister's new found powers as a witch, and she's also contemplating on how else she can benefit from this situation.)

oh my godI remember this fucking bookI read when I was like 10 or something

Rachael was annoying as so many have already said. Otherwise, the book was ok and kind of funny at times.

Trite, predictable, and with a main character so shallow that if you filled her with water, you couldn't get a puddle out of the deal. Spilled milk has more depth. I weep for the state of teen fiction that this not only got published, it's the first of a multi-book series.

Interesting twist but this book wasn't for me.

You’ve heard this all before – self-absorbed teen girl wants desperately to be A-list, finds a way to get in with that group, starts treating her other friends and family like crap because she must maintain her status or die. Lots of conniving and manipulation and lies, then it all falls apart, girl left with only her wits and a lot of apologies to make all around. Ends abruptly.That was the general plot line. Except that there's witchcraft. I can’t STAND to read things like this. I know that ba...

First off I have to start by saying that Sarah Mlynowski is a genious. I have read many books of hers in the past, though most of them have been her women's fiction, this was my first YA novel of hers and even though I rated it at 3 stars, I still really enjoyed it, but I think it lacked in a few aspects.I thought this book started off great. The characters in this story are awesome. I really liked Rachel as the main character and Miri is quite possibly the coolest young witch around. I even lov...

What a humorous book! I don't know if I was supposed to find this book as funny as I did, but I laughed so often, I'm sure my family thought I was crazy!Rachel & Miri get into such trouble trying spells when they're not supposed to and the side effects they see are just hilarious. The fact that these girls are quite young and navigating this new world (although Rachel is doing it though Miri) made it even more funny because the problems they saw as so big were not nearly so big.I did think that

Oh boy. I wasn't expecting this book to be a masterpiece, but this was also not even close to what I was expecting from this. Rachel has a lot of things on her mind. She wants to be popular, is eager to gain a boy's affection, is desperate to figure out how to get rid of her soon to be step-mother, and is wondering what she needs to do to gain a couple more cup sizes. Then, she finds out her younger sister is a witch and she comes from a line of witches. Now Rachel is wondering why her sister go...

Maybe 2.5I read this in high school for the first time, and I'm still annoyed with Rachel. She is the most self-obsessed teenager I've ever come across, and it's just not cute. I remember being 14 and reading this, thinking that she needed to pull her head out of her ass and stop being so selfish. Girl needs a serious attitude adjustment, and it had better happen by the end of the series. Most of the other characters are horrible people, except for maybe one or two. We can keep those ones, the r...

Rachel is the main character in this book. it is told in a first person perspective. Miri, Rachel's sister just figured out that she is a witch. Rachel also figured out that her mom was a witch but never told anyone about it. Rachel and Miri tried to get STB(Soon-to-be-step-mother) to say that she hates them and her dad with the truth spell but it didn't work. All she said was how much she loved her dad and the sisters. I think that this book is similar to another book i read which is called Tr...

This was an extremely fun and super funny read (or, listen, because I audiobook-ed it), and just an all around good time. Bras and Broomsticks is about Rachel, a freshman in high school, and her quest to become an A-lister in school with the help of her younger sister’s newly awakened witch powers. Because she comes from a family of witches. You get it. As you might have gathered from the nature of her quest, Rachel is super immature, since she’s, you know, 14 years old. So I didn’t mind her im...

this book STANDS the test of time. literally what more could u want in a YA novel? there's magic. sisters. crushes. and a family navigating the aftermath of divorce ?? BIG win

Pretty immature but I still kinda liked it.