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Apr 30, 2010
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”The purpose of Hectate Hall is to protect and instruct shapeshifter, witch, and fae children who have risked exposure of their abilities and therefore imperiled Prodigium society.”
Hex Hall is the reform school for paranormal children. Hidden away on an island in Georgia, children are sent to Hex Hall to learn how to control their abilities. Our heroine Sophie Mercer is sent to Hex Hall after an unfortunate love match attempt at a high school prom.
You’ve got to love Sophie. She was raised by her ...more
This book got 4 stars instead of 3 by surprising me with the ending. Many times in YA books, they are super predictable, so I appreciate something outside the box. Hecate is a boarding school for witches, fae and shifters who have exposed magic to humans. Sophie is sent there and feels behind as she was raised by her human mother. She also ends up with the only vampire in school as her roommate. There are the obligatory mean girl/witches and the crush, but at this school one student has already
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It was fun. A YA book told from the viewpoint of a very typical teenage girl who just happens to be a witch. If you look, you'll see it's published by Hyperion, which is part of Disney Book Co., and it has a somewhat feel good Disney vibe to it, even though if I think about it, there were some unpleasant events and imagery, but yeah, still had the vibe.
Overall, a book you can just pick up and enjoy as a quick, light read :) ...more
Overall, a book you can just pick up and enjoy as a quick, light read :) ...more
I liked this well enough. It was a fast read but the ending was really predictable. I think the second one will be better, it was good for an author's first book. I wish it went a little more in depth with Sophie's relationships but overall it was good.
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I really did like this book, it was a fun read. What I liked most about it, was that it was a fast past to me.I read it in a day. I couldn't put it down and I can't wait to get my hands on the next book.
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Jun 23, 2010
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