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A review by roseqveen
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
3.0
Briefly this book has made a spot on my online book shelf. The plot was interesting in a way that says "if you don't have anything better to read... HERE I AM!" I went into this book with a slightly biased mind having just came off of my Harry Potter book series hangover (now THAT'S a book!) Anyway, there were only a few things I actually enjoyed about this book.
---- contains Spoilers like most of the review i do. Please consider whether or not you would like to ruin the book before continuing------
This book starts with a teenage girl named Sophie. She lives with her mother (since her father left) and has always been a bit peculiar. She finds out that she is a witch and is forced to go to a boarding school for magical beings {Witches, Warlocks, fairies, werewolves, vampires, etc.} She initally hates it, but befriends the school's outcast (aka only vampire in the school) and develops a major crush on the school heartthrob. (classic chic-lit right?) Well, not exactly. Sophie learns that there are several organizations and groups that have one purpose: to destroy all Prodigium {Magical beings}. The worst is an organization called The EYE. Sophie discovers near the end of the book that she isn't a super-powerful witch, but a super-powerful demon. She also has a great shock in the knkowledge that her almost- sort of- boyfriend (aka school heartthrob: Archer) is a part of the EYE.
I personally loved the love interet and funny remarks. However, due to language and sexual references (none very extreme though) I had to give this book a lower rating than I would have liked. Some of the content just seemed inappropriate to me. (and that's saying something) However, besides that, I did enjoy this book. It just doesn't take a spot in some of my favorite books of all time.
---- contains Spoilers like most of the review i do. Please consider whether or not you would like to ruin the book before continuing------
This book starts with a teenage girl named Sophie. She lives with her mother (since her father left) and has always been a bit peculiar. She finds out that she is a witch and is forced to go to a boarding school for magical beings {Witches, Warlocks, fairies, werewolves, vampires, etc.} She initally hates it, but befriends the school's outcast (aka only vampire in the school) and develops a major crush on the school heartthrob. (classic chic-lit right?) Well, not exactly. Sophie learns that there are several organizations and groups that have one purpose: to destroy all Prodigium {Magical beings}. The worst is an organization called The EYE. Sophie discovers near the end of the book that she isn't a super-powerful witch, but a super-powerful demon. She also has a great shock in the knkowledge that her almost- sort of- boyfriend (aka school heartthrob: Archer) is a part of the EYE.
I personally loved the love interet and funny remarks. However, due to language and sexual references (none very extreme though) I had to give this book a lower rating than I would have liked. Some of the content just seemed inappropriate to me. (and that's saying something) However, besides that, I did enjoy this book. It just doesn't take a spot in some of my favorite books of all time.