Hex Hall (Hex Hall #1)

Witches? Check. School for paranormal beings? Check. Mean clique? Check. Hot boy? Check. Must I go on? Obviously deciding to read Hex Hall was a no brainer. Especially since any book that has the slight resemblance to Harry Potter will have me frothing at the mouth. 

Hex Hall is not a book I would recommend if you are looking for a thrilling read that will keep you up well into the night. It's more of a book that you would grab on a rainy Saturday afternoon to pass the time. With it's decent size text and the diction used, this book was a quick and fun read. 

My favorite part of this little number, besides the cover, would have to be Sophie's dialogue with the other characters as well as her own thoughts. Many of the things she says and thinks are ozzing with wit and sarcasm. Hawkins had my laughing out loud. No, seriously. Laughing. Out. Loud. 

I also enjoy how the Hawkins never made Sophie this uber perfect character who automatically fell into the swing of things once she arrived at Hex Hall. Sophie makes countless mistakes from doing and saying the wrong things. It's her ignorance that makes her such a lovable character. 

However, no one was as lovable as Jenna. I felt more drawn to her in that she is her own person. She sticks out like a sore thumb at Hex Hall and embraces her differences rather than attempting to fall into step with the rest of the crowd. Jenna was her own person, who enjoyed her own things, and wore and said what she liked. Yes, she did have inner conflicts like everyone else but she was much better at hiding her distress from others. 

As I have said before, the novel wasn't anything special. It had it's moments and there was some mystery involved but nothing that had me jumping in anticipation. Although, I am thinking that Demonglass will be far better at stirring up my emotional pot because the ending of Hex Hall left so many unanswered questions. 

In Rachel Hawkins book, Hex Hall, we
meet Sophia Mercer.  Sophie is a teenage witch, who lives with her
human mother and is just trying to be a normal high school student. 
When a love spell goes awry, Sophie is sent to Hecate Hall, a school
for misfit Prodigium. Surrounded by witches, faeries, shapeshifters,
and her new vampire best friend, Sophie still finds herself just not
fitting in.  When something starts attacking students and her best
friend is suspect, Sophie must solve these mysteries and rise up to
meet her destiny.  With an absent Warlock father, and family secrets
that Sophie doesn't even know, Sophie finds herself in a heap of
trouble and struggling to find her way out.

I enjoyed reading this story.  I
wasn't in awe, but it was a decent book.  I wasn't completely drawn
into the story, but it was a light and easy read.  I don't feel like
there was enough character development in this book and I was left
wondering a lot about characters.  I'm ok with a mysterious character
here and there, but not when all the characters have an air of mystery
about them.  There was a lot of things that characters did, that were
never explained.  I also never felt sucked in.  There wasn't a lot of
aw moments that you usually find in this sort of book and I didn't
really feel like any of the characters were someone a young adult
audience could relate to.  I feel plot wise, there was some good
moments, but everything just happened so quickly and the journey to big
moments wasn't there.  I enjoyed this book, but I feel there could have
been more to it.  I hope there is some character development in the
next book and that we get to understand Sophie's world a bit better.

Originally posted on my blog Draw A Blank

Disclosure of Material Connection: I got this book from my local public library! I can say whatever I want. :)