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Aug 29, 2011

Michelle, the Bookshelf Stalker rated it:

I am done. I'm so tired of these type of books, that I'm officially calling it quits (....until curiosity and good reviews bring me back).

Why?

Why must these books have to have the predictable love triangle?

Why not a love square?

I'm serious! Why must there be two guys and one girl? Or two girls and one guy? I know. Twilight started it all but come on! Rachel Hawkins is a good author and well, I r More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Jessica rated it:

Pre-Demonglass:

Dang! I just read Hex Hall, and I want to read this one now. 2011 is too long away.

How come so many people have already read this? NOT FAIR. (pout)

EDIT Oct. 22: COVER!!! WEDDING DRESS!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT Feb. 14: Ya know, if they kept the orginal release date, it would be coming out tomorrow... I want it now.

Post Demonglass:
(SPOILERS TO HEX HALL, not this one though)
What I feel like doing More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Flannery rated it:

I usually don’t give a crap about love triangles. When people are like “Team BLAH!”, I just kind of half-heartedly smile because I couldn’t care less. Except in this series, I actually do. Given the choice between a jerky douchebag maybe-traitor and a sexy, sweet lumberjack-type of dude, I’m gonna go lumberjack every day of the week. I remembered the love triangle from the first book in the series, Hex Hall, but I didn’t remember a lot of the plot before I started the second installment. As it More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Jillian -always aspiring- rated it:

Hex Hall and I weren't the best of friends. I called it out for being a class clown amidst a genre of moody characters, gloomy plots, and angsty romance. It rolled its eyes at me and told me I was not 'with it' enough to get what it was trying to accomplish. We had a big falling out, and I really wondered if I wanted to give its sister/sequel, Demonglass, the time of day.

. . .Okay, I lied. The falling out didn't happen. I actually did like Hex Hall (my review from last summer is More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Vinaya rated it:

You know how sometimes you just take a totally irrational liking to a particular character, and when the story doesn't work out in their favour, you just want to throw the book away? Yeah, that's what happened to me with Demonglass. (Also, why is this book called Demonglass when the demonglass doesn't play any major role in the book?) Before I start the review, I want to make some things very clear. Objectively speaking, this is a great book, and very worthy of four stars. Sophie is still as sna More...

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Jul 13, 2011

Princess Bookie rated it:

My Thoughts: Wow, Wow, Wow, what can I possibly say? I reviewed Hex Hall a few months ago and like I said before, I was hesitate about this series but than I read Hex Hall and I loved it. So of course I was looking forward to Demonglass but I wasn't sure if it would be as good. Demonglass outshined my expectations, it was even better than Hex Hall!!!! We are back with Sophie who has spent the last few months trying to get over that fateful night she lost a lot. Her dad's back in the picture, her More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Anne rated it:

I have been anxiously awaiting Demonglass (Hex Hall #2) since I read Hex Hall last March. Demonglass picks up shortly after Hex Hall left off. Sophie Mercer attends Hecate Hall ,or Hex Hall as the students have come to call it; a school for delinquent Prodigium (witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and faeries) who have had trouble controlling their powers.

In Demonglass, Sophie has decided to go through the Removal after discovering that she is a demon, not a witch like she alwa More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Jo rated it:

3.5 stars.

Warning: Contains spoilers for Hex Hall....

“Somehow, my whole existence had become a really complicated world problem.
I’d always sucked at those.”

Initial Final Page Thoughts.
WHAT. NOOO. COME ONNN.

High Points.
Still so very hilarious. I really want to have a picnic with Ms Hawkins so I can ~~eat sandwiches and get sunburnt~~ just sit and laugh with at her YA pop culture references and snarky wit. I can imagine her being grea More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Wendy Darling rated it:

Still heaps of fun! I love a good paranormal book as much as the next person, but sometimes they take themselves too seriously. I'm happy to report that Demonglass retains the same sarcastic humor and a snappy, action-packed plot that is just as entertaining as the one in Hex Hall.

Sophie is spending some time on her father's estate to figure out whether she's going to keep her awesome but pesky powers, and she's still secretly pining for her missing demon-hunter crush, Archer Cross. More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Ab rated it:

This book was great! The first one was OK, but this one was just great, I really enjoyed it and even laughed out loud -- A LOT! Sophie is an awesome character, a badass chick with some scary whoa-powers, and Jenna, her best friend who happens to be a vampire, also awesome (and she's totally an 'out' lesbian with a girlfriend and everything!). Aside from the awesomeness of non-male main characters, Sophie's sarcastic wit and commentary are AMAZING!

For example, the following phrases ar More...

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Jul 13, 2011

TheBookVixen rated it:

Why I Read this Book: When I finally got around to reading Hex Hall, it had been sitting on my shelf for 8 months. I wasn’t exactly looking forward to reading it but when I did, I was pleasantly surprised. There was a bit of a cliffhanger at the end, so I was glad to have Demonglass in hand when I finished. Sophie made a pretty big decision at the end of Hex Hall and now, in Demonglass, the reader gets to see how that decision is carried out.

What I Liked: Archer fans will be happy wi More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Catie rated it:

This is a funny, light read (although things definitely took a turn toward the serious at the end). When I read the first book in this series, I really appreciated its snarky humor and all the little jabs it takes at young adult paranormal fiction. It’s not that I didn’t want to read the second installment, but I did find myself sort of wondering: how long can a series be maintained as a parody? I mean, even The Naked Gun only made it to 33 1/3 and the necessity of the third movie is arguable More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Angel rated it:

REVIEW FOR DEMONGLASS BY RACHEL HAWKINS

*I'm very sorry if my opinions differ from everybody else's. I understand that we all have different opinions. Thank you for considering that. :)

Demonglass was a disappointing novel after Hex Hall. I imagined more of the excellent character development that the previous book had, and an original plot and premise from the now cliched romance stories of today. Sadly, there was little, if none of that.

Demonglass takes off right a More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Chantel rated it:

Fans of HEX HALL are going to love the way the story develops in DEMONGLASS. There's breathless action, and even more breathless, swoony romance, and a cliffhanger that made me both want to high five Rachel Hawkins and also, maybe yell at her a little. No spoilers here. Y'all are going to have to wait until March:)

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Aug 29, 2011

Teall rated it:

I just finished Hex Hall and as a result WISH this book was already available....I cant wait to see what happens next!!!!!!

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Aug 29, 2011

Emily rated it:

I read this book in the space of just a few hours this morning. This was largely because there were some parts I had to skim-read. I am so so disappointed in this sequel to Hex Hall, it's been a wishlister of mine ever since I put the previous book down and I honestly believed I would love it - it's even set in my homeland after all!

But I couldn't get into the story... well, there actually didn't seem to be a whole lot of story. Basically, Sophie goes to hide out in the English co More...

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Jul 13, 2011

Danny rated it:

This was a wonderful and perfect second book in a series. It's not often a second book is so good, but Demonglass managed to pull it off!! I think I said it already often enough but I somehow loved stories that involve boarding schools and such. But what makes this series stand out is the wonderful tone the characters have.

Sophie is one tough and sarcastic main character and I LOVE her snarkiness above everything else. But still, she's just a young girl trying hard to come to terms wi More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids rated it:

I enjoyed Hex Hall but I LOVED Demonglass! There's new characters, emotions run higher, there's a fabulously darker mythology and a new setting.Put your seat belts on as Sophie, along with Cal and Jenna are headed to London! Not only did I adore the setting, but the wit and sarcasm that I love about Sophie in Hex Hall multiplies with her father in the picture and these two had me laughing out loud quite a few times. Who ever thought a man who's the head of the Council could be so witty and sarca More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Brent rated it:

Rachel Hawkins has the amazing, dangerous ability to make me giggle like a 5-year-old girl. She did it with HEX HALL, when I was at a funeral. It was a sad, sad day, and I knew I’d be at the funeral home for 6+ hours. So I grabbed any book I could find. HEX HALL was one of them. I read the entire thing there, unable to control my wild laughing. Everyone thought I was a heartless psycho. You’re not supposed to laugh at those kinds of events. (Thanks, Rachel!)

When Sophie More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Isamlq rated it:

I’m stealing a term from a blurb on another book and applying it to Demonglass. This sequel, is definitely unputdownable. The first book had me expecting a lot of one liners and snark from Sophie. Said book left us with a dead frenemy, a boyfriend on the run and newly discovered demon status. To say that I had been anticipating this sequel, is an understatement. Now that I have read it…. I am a tad disappointed. Wait, I lie! I absolutely, positively loved it.

Demonglass is an excellen More...

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Jul 13, 2011

Shanyn rated it:

If you thought Hex Hall was good, you're in for a treat with Demonglass.

I will admit, when starting this book I couldn't remember the fine details of Hex Hall, but the author does a nice job of recapping events as they come up in the context of Demonglass. This leaves Hex Hall #2 at a perfect place to expand upon what we know, what we remember, and even the small nuances we may have forgotten.

The story of Demonglass is quite a bit more complex than Hex Hall, as it should More...

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Jul 13, 2011

Bry rated it:

The first book in the series was awesome. It set up a great world, some fantastic characters, a love interest and a twisted plot. There was emotion, action, intrigue. Then there is the second book in this series. It's what I call a filler novel.

This book spent the first half not answering any of the questions I had from the first book, You would think when that would happen it would be because the action was so intense you didn't have time for info dumps. Sadly that was not the More...

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Jul 13, 2011

Kelsey rated it:

The one thing that crossed my minded when I finished Demonglass was "OMG!". Demonglass has totally blown my mind! And not just with humor, but with action and intensity.
I was disappointed with the ending of Hex Hall, but this totally made up for that.

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Jan 29, 2012

Judith rated it:

Right, so this one wasn't a favorite. I read it because I liked Hex Hall, the characters of Sophie as well as Cal and thought to give Demonglass a try, but this second installment certainly did not meet my expectations. I don't understand what some of my friends on here mean when they say it was awesome/better than Hex Hall because it lacked a lot of things in my opinion.

Rating: 2

Setting: Hawkins did not take advantage of her setting at all, in my opinion, and made little of More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Cait rated it:

Oh, wow. What did I think of this book? if I could put it in one word it would be superawesomeamazingohmygoodnessI'mgoingtohaveaheartattack :P

It was just so much better than Hex Hall, the characters really got rolling, and Sophie really started to be that independent character that I've been looking for. She gets more into her magic, with a little added comedy (the doritos accident). She really starts to get past the attitude of what many people would feel like if they had a power that More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Nely rated it:

For some reason I always have issues with the second book in a series. Demonglass is the exception to that rule... this book was AHHHH-Mazing! Oh yes, for those of you who have already met Sophie Mercer then you know she is not merely a witch, but something much more powerful. The story picks up right after Hex Hall ends and you know how that ended. Sophie waits for her father, hating what she is and looking for answers. She remains the bright, yet stubborn girl we have all come to know an More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Kristy rated it:

Just warning you, this might be the worst review I have ever written... I cannot seem to gather my thoughts in clear precise sentences.. ridiculous, I know!!

Fans of the mother-book

will love this. It picks right up where we left off. The story itself is a little bit more deep and intense at parts than the 1st book. For a sequel, this is great. I'm ready for the next installment.. NOW!! (I think Sophie's mom has a few tricks up her sleeve for the next book)

I have to say t More...

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Nov 11, 2011

Nikita rated it:

Seriously, all the things I was planning to say while reading this book just completely vanished and were forgotten after I've finished reading this until the last page! It's INSANE!!! I just can't put this book down, even when I was in the car! I have to warn everyone whose planning to read this series. It's captivating!

And with the guys! Oh my gosh the guys, Cal and Archer! This is (I think) the first time that I'm really in a dilemma on whose team I am!! I can't choose between the t More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Soph...*Lock&Key* rated it:

This book........she......he.....sad.....ugrrrr

Damn that cliff hanger, cant wait for the next one though :)

ohh and just to state the obvious. I am team Cal.

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Aug 29, 2011

♥ ĸαяα ♥ rated it:

Six Words:
I NEED THE NEXT BOOK NOW!!!!!!

Nope, that doesn't cover everything. Another four words:
I LOVE ARCHER CROSS!!!!!!

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