Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com

Jean, aka Jinx, is the most unlucky person ever to live. Jinx says this about herself: "If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all."

And that only gets worse when she arrives in New York.

After her ex-boyfriend begins stalking her, she moves from her little town in Iowa to New York City to live with her aunt and uncle. Her cousin, Tory, Jean quickly realizes, is not the same as she was five years ago, when they would climb trees together and swim in the river. On her first day in New York she sees Tory hanging out with her friends, drinking and doing drugs.

What Jean doesn't realize at first is that Tory thinks she's a witch.

So what was it that made Jean leave her home? What's up with Tory and this whole "witch" thing?

JINX is Mrs. Cabot's best paranormal book yet! Jean is so funny, klutzy, and naive that it's impossible not to love her! I just could not put this book down after I turned the first page! I was even laughing when I read the first paragraph! Yet another great book from Meg Cabot, as expected! ( )

Jean “Jinx” moves in with her aunt and uncle after an incident back home. Upon arrival, she learns her cousin Tory (now refers to be called Torrance) thinks she is a witch. Tory reminds Jean that their great-great-great-grandmother was also a practicing witch and stated that one of her descendants will also be a witch. Naturally Tory believes it’s her, until Jean saves Zach’s, Tory’s neighbor and crush, life.

Having read most of Ms. Cabot’s young adult novels last year, I was looking forward to reading Jinx. Unfortunately, this book didn’t grab me as her previous novels did. The mystery behind Jean’s move to live with her aunt is obvious as is the reason her family calls her Jinx.

What really stood out to me was how similar the characters are with the characters from The Princess Diaries series. For instance, Jean reminded me of Princess Mia; Zach was a good guy like Michael; Tory was mean like Lana. At one point, I actually started seeing the Princess Diaries characters instead of these main characters. From this, I thought the plot seemed “a bit familiar” and too formula-based.

Jean, the protagonist, came across as boring and naive. I often found myself wanting to shake her and say “Can’t you see what’s going on here?” It was so frustrating to see Tory repeatedly take advantage of her and for Jean to remain passive so she wouldn’t hurt Tory’s feelings.

Although Jinx is not a favorite of mine by Ms. Cabot, I still plan to read my way through her young adult collection. ( )

Jean has an issue with luck. Actually they avoid each other entirely! Jean has such bad luck that her family had nicknamed her Jinx.Jinx has decided to try and put all of her bad luck behind her when she moves to Manhattan to live with her Aunt and Uncle. Unfortunately Jinx doesn’t quite fit in with her trendy cousin Tory and her friends.Tory has been practicing witchcraft with a small coven of her friends ever since she heard the story of the families "possession" of the craft. Once Tory realizes that Jinx also posses the gift she invites her to join her coven. Knowing the kind of bad things that playing with magic leads too, Jinx refuses.Tory takes the refusal as a snub and sees Jinx as a threat. It also doesn’t help that Jinx has befriended Zach, the cute neighbor boy, who Tory has had a long time crush on. So now Tory makes it her personal goal to make Jinx miserable. When Tory finds out how Jinx’s gift exceeds her own, she will stop at nothing to have it! There is a cauldron bubbling over with jealousy if you ask me!Meg had written yet another fast-paced, funny read and of course included her blend of wit and romance! It was a fun supernatural read! If you are a Meg Cabot fan you won’t be disappointed! ( )

Although the undertones of magic filled the story, it was your typical story of a girl who has everything she wants but doesn't know it. She thinks she's Jinxed, but her cousin knows better and tries to destroy her new life because of it. This book was one you could easily get wrapped up into - a good mixture of teenage drama, witchcraft, and blooming love. ( )

This is a story about a small town teenage girl who moves to the city and lives with a cousin. The cousin and her friends are all into witchcraft, but its pretty much all show and costume and they never really do much. This was a fun book but the ending was pretty predictable. ( )