Southern Fried Wiccan Review

This is the story of Cilla. Cilla is a 17 year old military brat.  Her parents are deployed overseas and she is left with her grandmother to care for her.  It isn’t all that bad, so she thinks.  While in the south, she discovers Wicca and Magic.  Great….But not really….
She starts her new school and has to share her locker with who?  The “Goth Girl”.  Why don’t we know her name?  We don’t know it, because apparently she doesn’t like her, but still she goes with this “Goth Girl” to a coven “the Wiccan Clan”, that she isn’t even sure she has the guts to attend. Interesting….Why would she do that? Cilla starts believing in her new ability to conjure magic. 
We find out that Goth Girl is really Val midway through the book.  That is just strange. 
Emilio is introduced. Typical, popular boy who “awakens her inner goddess”. What is that about? 
Miranda, the popular girl, who can’t stand her, because Emilio likes Cilla and not her. 
The Play:  The school will be reproducing the play Macbeth for the end of the school year play.  Is this play really haunted as they are lead to believe?  The twist is that this version of Macbeth has 3 witches that will be played by Cilla, the Goth Girl and Miranda.  During the play Miranda releases the Goth Girls snake because she is jealous.  Emilio seems to like Cilla.  Cilla and Goth Girl get blamed for it.  Emilio takes blames. No one really cares, it’s Cilla vs. Miranda… Very nice.
Towards the end of the book Cilla goes to her second meeting of the Wiccan Clan.  There she decides to worship Artemis who is the god of Courage. 
I felt that this book had potential.  I was really interested in the story line and wished it would have been read by a few prior to release.  It really could have made for a great book.  I just felt that the book was a bit slow and the plot was not properly developed. I was unsure what the Wiccan Culture had to do with her and her self-discovery.   The Wiccan Culture was not really discussed and some of the parts in the book needed that for a better overall understanding.   
What about the Magic?  There was no magic.  More information would have made for a better book.    I am sorry for being a bit harsh.  I love all books, but I had an incredibly difficult time with this one. 
Thanks NetGalley for the opportunity!