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Spell Bound (Book #3)

Summary:

"Hailed as “impossible to put down,” the Hex Hall series has both critics and teens cheering. With a winning combination of romance, action, magic and humor, this third volume will leave readers enchanted.
Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn’t as confident.
Sophie’s bound for one hell of a ride—can she get her powers back before it’s too late?"

After DemonGlass ended I could not WAIT for Spell Bound. The ending was just such an AWESOME cliffhanger, so I couldn't even imagine where Spell Bound was going to begin and honestly, I think it started  off flat and maintained it throughout the book. It was too sweet and felt like it could have been a Disney movie (with demons) Everything was too simple and easy, no real excitement. Which was overall disappointing.

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Princess of the Silver Woods By Jessica Day George

Edgewood By Karen McQuestion

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Frostbite By Richelle Mead

Shadow Kiss By Richelle Mead

Project Princess By Meg Cabot

Princess In Training By Meg Cabot

The Princess Present By Meg Cabot

Party Princess By Meg Cabot

Second Helpings By Megan McCafferty

Spell Bound By Rachel Hawkins

City of Fallen Angels By Cassandra Clare

Scarlet By A.C. Gaughen 

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Torment By Lauren Kate

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A Kiss In Time By Alex Flinn

White Cat By Holly Black

DemonGlass By Rachel Hawkins

Rumors By Anna Godbersen

Gift

A Place of Yes By Bethenny Frankel

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Bright Young Things By Anna Godbersen

Eclipse By Stephenie Meyer

Demon Glass

 

Demon Glass is the 2nd book in the what I believe would be the Hex Hall Series By Rachel Hawkins and although I didn't give the 1st book an amazeballs review.. the book was still intriguing enough for me to  want to read the next book and I am most glad I did! 

[SPOILER ALERT If You Have NOT read Hex Hall and want too,  this part of the review will give some shockers away]

Demon Glass follows Sophie as she copes with the fact that the person she loves is actually a demon hunter and the fact that Sophie herself is in fact not a witch but a Demon. After, a few troubling issues at Hecate... Her Dad requests that she move to England and live with him and the council for the Summer. Jenna joins the trip, as well as the hunky groundskeeper Cal. Soon there ensues a love triangle, a little spy work to solve a demon farming mystery and so forth.

[END SPOILER]

Anyways, maybe that wasn't a spoiler.. but Hey! I don't want to risk anything! Overall, I was pleasantly surprised with the book. I definitely enjoyed it more then the first one. Although still cheesy in ways and kind of predictable. I feel that Hawkins definitely found more of her own voice in this book... and the cliffhanger was perfect. I felt so much more invested in the characters this time around and towards the head I was really worried for them. As far as the cliffhanger mentioned.. I did not see it coming... I for some reason felt that their would only be two books and the story would end there, so I was shocked when it ended with an opening for a third book... which I am  more excited then ever to read!  I want to know more!

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The Goddess Test By Aimee Carter

Although I have read "meh" reviews on the book, I am still interested in reading it and that is mainly because I like the  whole Goddess, Greek Mythology, YA concept .

 Demon Glass By Rachel Hawkins

Although, I wasn't in LOVE with  Hex Hall, I was intrigued and entertained enough to want to read Demon Glass and see where the story goes. Plus, I have to know what happened to Archer.

Abandon By Meg Cabot

Ok, I know nothing about this book and honestly I don't care. It was written by Meg Cabot which is automatic awesomeness.

Hex Hall

I had heard a lot of positive buzz on Hex Hall, and the sequel to the book Demonglass. Especially, since I was going to see her at Hicklebee's back in March and purchase her book, get it signed and all the fun stuff, that is seems every book blogger does, but me. Not that I don't want to, they just seem to fall on the most inconvenient days for me. Anyways, with all the positive buzz, I was happy to stumble upon this book, when I visited the Library.

The premise of the book is pretty simple, human "witch" named Sophie Mercer, exposes herself (her magic people!) to humans a few too many times and gets sent to a reform school for other magical creatures, known as Prodigium. While there she is asked to join another witches coven headed by the uber bitchy, pretty, typical mean girl character Elodie, and becomes close to her roommate Jenna who happens to be a Vampire. Quickly, Sophie learns that, Jenna's friend and previous roommate Holly was murdered. To make matters even more fun.... Holly was apart of Elodie's Coven and most of the school thinks it was Jenna who killed her. Sophie struggles to learn about the magic world and how to properly use her powers, while being tormented by Elodie for being so pathetic and to make matters worse Sophie has began crushing on the school heart throb and bad boy, who also happens to be Elodie's Boyfriend. Soon another student is attacked and the school is on high alert trying to figure who has committed the crime, as well as everyone blaming Jenna and all that fun stuff.

I am going to be honest I wasn't instantly in love with this book. The book isn't exactly TOO original, although yes, it does have a new-ish spin on things. I also, felt Hawkins.. was trying to sound a little too much like Meg Cabot, which I felt didn't work for this book.. it wasn't awful, it just felt like she was trying too hard. Overall, though as I read the book did get better and is a nice simple, cute, easy read. I would definitely recommend this book to a younger audience, because although not completely a juvenile book, I felt all in all it had that vibe. So, if you looking for a quick summer read, or a book for your next book report then this book will work out perfectly. I also noticed, that on both book covers, there is a black cat, but in this book their is no black cat... I don't really understand that but who knows. I am excited to read Demonglass, because Hex Hall did leave a lot of set up for this book to be phenomenal and out shine the first one.

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The Luxe By Anna Godbersen

Envy By Anna Godbersen

Hex Hall By Rachel Hawkins

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My Zoo Family By Helen Martini