Demonglass

Title:

Demonglass

Author:
Rachel Hawkins

Series:
Hex Hall, book 2

About the Author (Reading Writing Rachel):
Rachel Hawkins was born in Virginia and raised in Alabama. This means she uses words like "y'all" and "fixin'" a lot, and considers anything under 60 degrees to be borderline Arctic. Before deciding to write books about kissing and fire (and sometimes kissing while on fire), Rachel taught high school English for 3 years, and is still capable of teaching you The Canterbury Tales if you're into that kind of thing.

She is married to a geologist, which means that they have incredibly strange dinner conversations ("So today at work, I wrote a chapter where killer fog, like, ATE PEOPLE." "Huh. Well, I was chased by an angry reindeer while trying to map parts of Norway." "Um...okay.")

Rachel also has a little boy whose main hobbies are playing video games, running around in circles, and plotting his Future Intergalactic Take-Over.

When not writing books, Rachel enjoys reading, travelling, and knitting (very terribly.)

Book Summary (Goodreads):
Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch. That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (a.k.a. witches, shape-shifters, and faeries). But then she discovered the family secret, and the fact that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth.

Turns out, Sophie's a demon, one of only two in the world-the other being her father. What's worse, she has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is precisely why Sophie decides she must go to London for the Removal, a dangerous procedure that will either destroy her powers for good-or kill her.

But once Sophie arrives, she makes a shocking discovery. Her new housemates? They're demons too. Meaning, someone is raising demons in secret, with creepy plans to use their powers, and probably not for good. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they're using Archer to do it. But it's not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she?

I'd Recommend to:
Young (pre-teen or early teenage) fantasy fans looking for a quick read  

My rating:
3.5/5

My Thoughts:

This book was much easier to read than the past few books I've read. I enjoyed that aspect and read it in 2 days lol 

I did think it was a bit boring and didn't really know what the plot was but as I mentioned, it was an easy read and it was also a nice escape. 

When I first started reading this I was like "oh no I think this must be the second book in the series" but nowhere on either cover, the inside covers, the author bio, or any of the extra pages (not directly the story) including the copyright page (that normally lists all books in a series in their copyright date order) did it tell me which book in the series it was, just that it was part of "a Hex Hall novel". Because of that, I want to give it only 3/5. But even though it bored me, I did like it and would give it a 4/5 for writing so I compromised and gave it 3.5/5. I really wish I would have known it wasn't the first because at times it was very obvious I missed some big parts by not starting at the beginning, but she did do a good job of making sure I wasn't completely lost and that it was acceptable to start with the second book. I don't feel a very strong desire to seek out the third book except for the fact that I need to always finish what I start and I am interested to see which boy she ends up with. 

Overall, it was a very quick and easy read and a good escape from reality so I would recommend the series to youngsters that enjoy fantasy worlds with witches, warlocks, demons, and vampires.