A spellbinding image or sound is one that is so fascinating that you can think about nothing else. Gray describes in dramatic and spellbinding detail the lives of these five ladies. = gripping. extremely interesting and holding your attention completely = riveting
attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
If you are spellbound by something or someone, you are so fascinated that you cannot think about anything else. His audience had listened like children, spellbound by his words. extremely interested in something you are listening to