Sophie Stone doesn't want to leave the bright lights of LA for the dreary little burg of Mythic, Massachusetts. So why, then, does she feel eerily ...
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Mar 11, 2010
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Apr 22, 2011
TheInnocentButler
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My take: Read another paranormal YA book. This one is seriously boring. The writing is of the "tell, not show" school of thought. The lone item I liked--the main character is the daughter of a horror movie director and his muse. I could imagine if Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter moved to New England and how their kid (who, in this case, is far more interested in shopping than paranormal activity) would fare. This book was a "Did not finish" for me. It wasn't bad,
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Apr 17, 2008
Nian
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Seriously. Why do authors (first time novelists or not) continue to use the name-tag introduction? I’m so over that, but it seems like authors have this weird idea that beginning your story with, “Hi! My Name is ________” is a good way to capture your reader’s attention. Fact: it’s not. A story like that—according to me, anyway—will start my review with negative thoughts. And with an introduction like that, I never expect the books to be great.
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Jun 08, 2011
Kate (VerbVixen)
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Hex Education: Not as Riveting as It Sounds
Hex Education- Emily Gould and Zareen Jaffrey
With a suggestive title like Hex Education and such an adorable cover, I expected so much more from this book. I found the plot predictable and the overall reading too juvenile for my liking. I thought the idea of the home-coming, the movie background, the family goth sensibilities were all good ideas, but it was really the coven members with all their charm that redeemed this book a bit. More...
Hex Education- Emily Gould and Zareen Jaffrey
With a suggestive title like Hex Education and such an adorable cover, I expected so much more from this book. I found the plot predictable and the overall reading too juvenile for my liking. I thought the idea of the home-coming, the movie background, the family goth sensibilities were all good ideas, but it was really the coven members with all their charm that redeemed this book a bit. More...
Jan 03, 2011
Meg
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I've read some of the other reviews for this book, and I have to agree with the recurring theme-this book's pretty shallow. With predictable endings, a whole lot of suspending belief and the "save the world" crap, it's definitely a filler book-great for when you just need to read something dumb, or are between books (as in, ACTUAL books). Definitely not a book worth rereading or buying-but it's not the worst trashy novel to emerge.
Jul 19, 2011
Kristib
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i loved almost everything about this book but the ending was a little disappointing. i was expecting something much bigger than what was delivered. the book, as a whole, reminded me of one of those cheesy 30 minute specials shown on ABC family around halloween. i would have loved another chapter or two, or for the ending to be a little more drawn out.
Sep 19, 2011
Xyra
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Seemed to me like Mean Girls meets Sabrina, The Teenage Witch only with the numbers reversed. In this case the foursome are cool and good while there is one severely twisted girl and one evil warlock.
The girls struggle with their new found powers, but in the end they do fulfill their destiny.
The girls struggle with their new found powers, but in the end they do fulfill their destiny.
Dec 22, 2011
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com
Sophie's in for a rough year.
Not only have her parents decided to move across the country, but they're heading to the hometown of her father, Mythic, Massachusetts, a popular destination spot for horror fanatics.
She has no desire to be away from Los Angeles and couldn't be less interested in her parents' and the town's horror obsession.
However, she's about to change her mind. Sophie soon meets a gr More...
Sophie's in for a rough year.
Not only have her parents decided to move across the country, but they're heading to the hometown of her father, Mythic, Massachusetts, a popular destination spot for horror fanatics.
She has no desire to be away from Los Angeles and couldn't be less interested in her parents' and the town's horror obsession.
However, she's about to change her mind. Sophie soon meets a gr More...
Feb 09, 2012
Carmen
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I really wanted to like this book. From the blurb on the back cover, it sounded like it could be interesting. I think if it had been aimed at an older audience, I would have liked it more. While it wasn't horrible, it wasn't great either. It was just ok.
Dec 06, 2010
Jennie
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Nice book, I liked the main character. I thought the parents were amusing and I liked the rest of the coven. I also liked the introduction to magic. I think I was a tad old for this book, but I still enjoyed it and I'd read sequels if they existed.
Nov 21, 2008
Lindsay
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YA GOULD - witchcraft, girlfriends, high school, fashion, clean read
Sophie Stone, LA-born and bred offspring of a horror movie director, is dragged to a tiny Massachusettes town for her freshman year. Mythic is her father's hometown and has quite a history of witchcraft. But when things start happening as she thinks of them, Sophie worries there's more to the myth in Mythic than she imagined. Sloppy writing, nothing very compelling here. For fans of the clique novels. 12+
Sophie Stone, LA-born and bred offspring of a horror movie director, is dragged to a tiny Massachusettes town for her freshman year. Mythic is her father's hometown and has quite a history of witchcraft. But when things start happening as she thinks of them, Sophie worries there's more to the myth in Mythic than she imagined. Sloppy writing, nothing very compelling here. For fans of the clique novels. 12+
Feb 17, 2012
Linda
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What would you do if your parents moved all the way across the country just before you started high school? That is exactly what Sophie Stone’s parents did. As if it isn’t bad enough that her father is the renowned horror director Spooky Stone. He has dragged her back to his gothic hometown founded by witches running from persecution. Sophie luckily falls in with a group of fashionable girls at school. When weird things start happening around her, Sophie finds out that she is a direct desc
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Apr 08, 2011
Anna
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This was a cute younger young adult novel. There was nothing inappropriate in the content, which is nice to see. It was light-hearted and fun.
Oct 01, 2008
Linda
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Hex Education By: Emily Gould & Zareen Jaffery
Hex Education was a very enjoyable read from the first page to the end. I didn't want this story to end. The plot of this story kept my interest the whole time while reading this book.
This story has a little bit of everything. Good witches, bad witch, spells, good friends and wonderful characters you will not forget.
I would love to read more books by these two authors.
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Hex Education was a very enjoyable read from the first page to the end. I didn't want this story to end. The plot of this story kept my interest the whole time while reading this book.
This story has a little bit of everything. Good witches, bad witch, spells, good friends and wonderful characters you will not forget.
I would love to read more books by these two authors.
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Jun 22, 2009
Paige Y.
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Honestly, I think that many teenage girls will like this one but I found it to be really shallow.
Jun 18, 2011
April
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Pretty good, general teen magic but it has a twist to it. And it's a series which is always a plus for me because I read so fast. Definently worth a read if you like the whole fantasy genre with a teen outlook, which I happen to be a big fan of.
Oct 28, 2008
Julie
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Spoiler Alert. I can't like a book where the only guy who treats the female main character with respect is suddenly revealed to be the evil plotting wizard, and the guy who acts like a total jerk gets the girl in the end. Plus it was too close to the Wicca side of magic for my tastes. If the book hadn't been such a short piece, I wouldn't have even finished it.
Jul 12, 2008
Cory
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This was interesting enough . . . decent teen fiction. I can see that girls who are interested in witchcraft and romance would like it. However, the ending was so anticlimactic as to boggle my mind.
Nov 20, 2011
Jeannie
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The book was just bad. The main character, Sophie, is always complaining throughout the book. She just never stops, I mean it. So I just gave up on her and the book. DO NOT READ THIS I MEAN IT.
Jan 04, 2008
Nikita
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I only picked up this book because the co-editor of my favorite website "Gawker" wrote it. I would have liked it better if I were a young adult...but I'm not. Thank God.
Jan 18, 2009
Alicia
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Good witchy novel. Basic story of the new girl vs. popular girls in a creepy town. I def. would read again.
Sep 25, 2008
Arrianna
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I probably wouldn't read "Hex Education" ,simply because it wasn't that interesting.
Sep 15, 2008
hiilovemarkhoppus
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It was really short and the ending was predictable and crappy.
Feb 19, 2012
