Saturday, August 3, 2019

Taís's Book Review: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins





Description:

Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged fatheran elusive European warlockonly when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.



Taís's Review:

Hex Hall is the sort of story you are left with when a classic trope has been sucked-dry of any originality. The magical school filled with monsters felt like a cheap knockoff of Hogwarts, and the main character Sophie Mercer is a basic cliche of an angsty teenager pinning for the most popular guy in the school.

Despite my disappointment concerning the unoriginality with the storyline, I read on so that I may find out who was behind the murder sprees in the boarding school. Soon that even lacked the excitement as the main character's attention seemed to fixate on the boarding school's drama rather than worry about the killer's identity or the fact that her fellow classmates are being murdered. The suspense to the murder was so nonexistent that I found myself just wanting to finish reading this book, no longer caring to find out who was the killer, so that I may review it and end my boredom.

Granted there were a couple of twists I did not see coming, including the ending, the intensity between the events lagged and I felt that the dialogue was just used as a filler. While on the subject of fillers, the group that is dedicated to killing the Prodigium, among some of the other plotlines, seemed to be just thrown in and does not considerably tie in at the end. Even though some of the loose ends should most likely be divulged later in the series, all the climaxes fell flat in this book.

Overall, I would say this book is not my cup of coffee and is most likely suited for young adults who do not mind reading stories pumped out onto fan forums in the magical school genre.


Verdict: Verdict: ☕

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About the Author: Rachel Hawkins (www.rachel-hawkins.com) was a high school English teacher before becoming a full-time writer. She lives with her family in Alabama, and is currently at work on the third book in the Hex Hall series. To the best of her knowledge, Rachel is not a witch, though some of her former students may disagree....















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