Thursday, July 22, 2010

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

I've been reading several books at once, but finally just picked one to start and finish. It wasn't a bad choice if I do say so myself. And obviously I do. This was a very easy, but entertaining read.

Hex Hall is about Sophie Mercer, a teenage witch. Sophie, trying to help a sad classmate, has a spell backfire and is punished by being sent to Hecate, a boarding school for "freaks". Sophie finds herself to not fit in easily, only befriending her roommate, the outcast vamp. And discovers that her up-bringing by her human mom in the human world has severally stunted her knowledge and potential, making her feel even more the black sheep. Soon, murder is afoot, an unrequited romance is abrewing, and Sophie's genealogy is ascertained.

While it's not a deep book, and it's pretty much more of the same, it's still fun and I look forward to the sequels.