Your magic awakes in your new college town鈥攁nd so does your heart! Can you discover who is trying to steal your power before it's too late?聽
Spellbound: Malachite Coven is an interactive romance novel by Erin Rowlands. It鈥檚 entirely text-based, 150,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
As you arrive at Jasper Falls College, you feel a strange magical power stirring within you. Soon, you鈥檙e invited to join the Malachite Coven, a secret group of mages who share your abilities. Your mother was part of the coven years ago鈥攁nd now, so are you.
Choose your magical specialty: earth, air, fire, lightning, or water. Perform midnight rituals and pore over ancient grimoires full of powerful spells. Delve even deeper to uncover the past that your mother has concealed from you all your life.
But when someone steals the magic of a member of your coven, and it becomes clear that darker forces are at work in Jasper Falls. Can you help restore your friend鈥檚 power and find the culprit before your magic gets taken away too?
(And don鈥檛 forget to keep up with your classes鈥攜ou might not be a mage for long!)
The pull of magic is strong, but the pull of your heart is stronger鈥攅specially when you鈥檙e growing closer to the other members of the coven every day. Which one of them will capture your heart?
There鈥檚 Jamie Arnoult, flirtatious and wealthy, child of Jasper Falls鈥檚 mayor. With devastatingly sharp fashion sense, perfectly-styled brown hair, high cheekbones, and sparkling emerald eyes, Jamie has a reputation as a heartbreaker鈥攂ut there鈥檚 more to Jamie than meets the eye.聽
Or there鈥檚 Blake Evander, competitive and driven in the classroom and sports field alike鈥攏obody else could possibly be the leader of the Malachite Coven. Blonde and athletic with a lean toned frame, startlingly deep blue eyes, and a baseball cap for every occasion鈥攂ut cleans up very nicely when it鈥檚 time for the college gala.
Or there鈥檚 gentle artist Kit Reynolds, who has broad shoulders, a warm brown complexion, and an even warmer smile; generous and friendly, with a quirky fashion sense and the kind of tender heart that hates to even step on a snail on a woodland hike.
Lennon Kobayashi is tall and brooding, always dressed in black with heavy metal playing on headphones鈥攁nd yet deeply thoughtful about social issues, and infinitely gentle as a partner.
But what if you choose River Ortiz, the sweet and studious librarian with lovely wavy black hair who loves soft comfortable flannels? River doesn鈥檛 even know that magic exists鈥攂ut has a shelf full of books about crystals and ley lines. Could you possibly share your secret?
Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, or bi.
Romance the athletic coven leader, the flirtatious heartbreaker, the friendly artist, the brooding rebel, or the sweet librarian.
Grow closer to your mother and seek help from the older generation of mages, or strike out on your own.
Dress to the nines to attend a lavish gala!
Balance your coven and your classes鈥攁nd don鈥檛 fall behind in either!
Sparks fly when you mix magic and romance!