| Jinx | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Meg Cabot |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | HarperTeen |
| Publication date | 2007-07-31 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 262 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0060837640 (first edition) |
| OCLC Number | 81854593 |
| LC Classification | PZ7.C11165 Jin 2007 |
Jinx is a 2007 young adult novel by American author Meg Cabot. The novel has darker themes than Cabot's earlier best-selling The Princess Diaries series of novels.[1]
Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch is a sixteen-year-old girl from Iowa. Believing she was born with bad luck, she goes to stay with her Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted in Manhattan, New York, to escape the most recent bout of it. However, the truth is that Jean had cast a love spell on her crush (Dylan) which turned out wrongly and caused him to become stalker-ish.
Her cousin, Tory, is convinced that Jean must join her coven of "witches". Jean denies being a witch, and refuses to join them. This angers Tory, causing her to seek revenge against her. Tory is also jealous of Jean's relationship with Zack Rosen, a hot-looking boy who lives next door. However, it is revealed that Jean might actually be the witch with special powers. Things start to turn bad, when Jean's 'stalker' turns up to her high school spring formal, and Tory and her coven kidnapping Jean for a ritual, but in the end, the real witch wins. Jean realizes that maybe she isn't that unlucky after all and the book ends with her starting a romance with Zack, who reveals he has always liked her back.