Demonglass

Title: Demonglass
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Series: Hex Hall series (#2)
Published: March 2011 by Disney
Pages: 359

Summary: 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?

My Thoughts: This is one of the few cases where I would not want to be a witch in a book I was reading. It's just way too complicated of a way of life.

Sophie Mercer not only has to deal with boy drama but also with the fact that she's a demon and has some equal parts dangerous and crazy awesome powers, one of her love interests is part of a league of Prodigium hunters (don't you just hate it when that happens?), and that someone is raising demons again even though the handy dandy book o' spells in which this demon-raising spell is in has been sealed and guarded for decades. So yeah, excuse me for not wanting a one way ticket to Hex Hall or Thorne Abbey any time soon.

With all of this drama, there was never a dull moment, which really helped with my current case of reading-slump-itis. It was either action upon action scene or so much witty dialogue that you're head would spin with glee. I loved the sarcasm of the characters and the cute back and forth in their conversations, but it wasn't excessive and didn't feel like it was trying to hard I thought.

However, since it's been about a year since I read the first book in this series, Hex Hall, I had a hard time with remembering certain events or even characters. Like, for example, who the heck is Vix? She pops in and out of the book like a handy-dandy little plot device but I cannot for the life of me remember what purpose she served in Hex Hall other than "love interest" to Jenna in this book and the previous one.

Most of the events that happened in the past novel that affected the plot in this one were explained, especially if they were important, but I just wish that more of the side comments pertaining to Elodie for instance would have gone into more detail.  This is mostly a personal preference since I don't own the first book and because I have a tendency to never read books in a series back to back, which is why I suggest that if you're going to read this series, do it all within a year of each other.

I did really enjoy this book, though.  Rachel Hawkins had me hooked from beginning to end and laughing at the wittiness of the writing and cringing when my favorite characters got in a jam. And THAT ENDING! That. Ending. That ending gets a resounding "OMG WTH" in my book. I hadn't planned on reading the next installment in this series, Spell Bound, for a while but I will definitely be moving it up on my TBR list. I mean what a cliff-hanger. I honestly cannot wait to get my hands on the next installment of this series, Spell Bound. The sooner the better.

In other news, I have used the words "handy-dandy" one too many times in this review but it's just too much fun to say. Anyways, let me know your thoughts on Demonglass! I would love to know y'all's opinions on it and the rest of the books in the series in the comment section below.
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars