Despite all that, readers will admire her spunk, loyalty, intelligence, and realism. Sophie is self-deprecating, unpopular, gets bullied, makes poor decisions, and is at times, vengeful and mean.

I love the character development and that no character is all good or all bad. With or without the cliff-hanger ending, I can’t wait to read Demonglass. Hex has a healthy dose of romance and a certain creep-factor that I did not expect. I LOVED this story am really excited to recommend it to my middle school Harry Potter fans (particularly girls). All are very similar to Harry Potter.ĭespite the similarities, I am going to disagree with reviewers who say Hex Hall is too much like HP. You have a boarding school for witches, in a remote location, a protagonist unfamiliar with her own family history, mysterious attacks on students, faculty members who pooh-pooh student warnings of evil penetrating the school walls, ghosts interacting with students, a teacher who “has it in” for the protagonist, etc. That said, I am sure other reviewers have criticized Hex Hall for being too-similar to Harry Potter, and I can kind of see that argument. Other reviews could taint my opinion or make me think someone else’s opinion is my own. WHAT I LIKED: As a rule, I do not read other reviews of a book until I write and publish my own review. When Sophie’s roommate is implicated in a series of attacks on students, Sophie is determined to find the true culprit. Not only is her father the head of the prodigium council, he's the most powerful warlock in the world, and Sophie is his heir. 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.SUMMARY: After a spell on Prom night goes horribly wrong, teen witch Sophie Mercer is forced to attend Hecate, a school for delinquent witches, warlocks, shapeshifters, faeries, and vampires. Meanwhile, Sophie has a more personal shock to grapple with. Three powerful enemies who look like supermodels a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock a creepy, tag-along ghost and a new roommate, who happens to be the most-hated person and only vampire on campus. Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her friend Jenna is the number one suspect. By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard. 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 Hecate Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward prodigium, a.k.a. Her non-Gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father-an elusive European warlock-only when necessary. Goodreads says, 'When Sophie Mercer turned thirteen, she discovered that she was a witch.

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