Wednesday, July 10, 2013

HEX HALL by Rachel Hawkins [Review]

My thoughts on HEX HALL by Rachel Hawkins, which won June's Stack of Five vote!
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
Hex Hall by Rachel Hakins
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Supernatural/Paranormal, 323 pages
Published March 2nd 2010 by Disney-Hyperion

Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father--an elusive European warlock--only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.

By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire student on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.

As a series of blood-curdling mysteries starts to converge, Sophie prepares for the biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy all Prodigium, especially her.

This one gets a total BEACH READS stamp of approval.
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5 comments:

  1. AGREED with all of this! Just pure fun! I was lucky enough to read HH right before DG came out...but then had to wait for SB!! I still haven't read the new series yet, eep!

    Such fun!

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  2. Sonia - it IS fun!

    Bonnie - her new series is a spinoff of this one, and though I think this was a stronger first book, they were both super fun, and School Spirits had a lot going on in it - lots of room for series growth!

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  3. Yes to all of this! I KNEW you would love this one since you enjoyed School Spirits. I really did as well, but there's just something about Sophie's awkward humor that I just love and kept me coming back for more. This series has no right to be as good as it is given the story, but I don't even care how she does it, because Rachel Hawkins is a marvel at making me read a book in one sitting and love every minute of it.

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  4. That is EXACTLY it, Heidi! It has no business being as enjoyable as it is, but damn, is it ever?! She's so super engaging!

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