Hex Hall Series: Spellbound Book #3

WARNING: KISS YOUR SLEEP GOOD-BYE! IF YOU PICK UP THIS NOVEL.

Sophie finds herself in a place she had never expected in her whole life. She discovers secrets and truths that change the whole battle, that change her. Now that her father has gone through the Removal, she is the only left and the only one who can save them all from the evil Casnoff. Sophie will find herself once again back at Hex Hall and will face Mrs. Casnoff who is bent on sacrificing all the Prodigium and turning them into powerful demons.

Readers will once again zip right through this third and possibly the last novel is the series. Hope this information is wrong and the author will write more. Once again the author brings the story back to a full circle by letting Sophie have the last stand against the evil Casnoff. The author once again lets sarcastic and quirky Sophie steal the scene, our hearts and our laughs. Not to mention the sweet, tingly and sarcastic comments between Sophie and Archer that got our minds Spellbound in the first place.

The author does not leave room for a single boring moment. She hurls her readers into one action and after another. Until we are left standing and panting wanting for more as we are Spellbound in Rachel Hawkins magic of Hex Hall. 

A must read if you want to go to Hex Hall and fight with and against Demonglass while being Spellbound throughout all three books.

Hex Hall Series: Demonglass Book #2

After Elodie's death, Sophie is rattled to the core. She is bent on getting her powers removed for good; even at the cost of losing her life, but Sophie meets her father and he is determined to change her mind. He takes her to England to stay over at the Thorne Abbey, home, for the summer along with Cal and Jenna. At Thorne Abbey, Sophie meets Daisy and Nick. Two demons who don't have any idea of how they became demons. However, The Eye is on the move and Archer is the prime hunter for Sophie. However, things take a drastic turn. When Archer meets Sophie, he does not kill her, but the Council is bent on killing Archer and considering Sophie's feelings is not on their list. Now Sophie has to the fight The Eye and escape the Council if she and her loved ones want to survive.

Demonglass is the second book in the Hex Hall series. This book keeps your mind engaged throughout the whole time. The reader will be thrown in one action to another. He or she won't know what has hit them until they don't put the book down. The plot and the characters are what are driving this novel, more the characters than the plot. The readers will love all of Archers and Sophie's sarcastic comments, and the love and sparks that sizzling between them. The readers will also love the plot and how its entwined with the past. What makes this novel worth reading is that it doesn't stretch anything and the characters are funny and quirky enough that you would want to have lunch with them. A must read for those love want to laugh and smile at everything Sophie and Archer has to say.

This book is full of action, adventure, love, betrayal, friendships and a mind gripping plot that will leave you staying awake at night and saying to yourself Demonglass is one book I shouldn't have gotten near because demonic glass will ensnare you in its plot and characters.

Hex Hall Series: Hex Hall Book #1

Disclaimer: I read this book in a DAY!

Sophie Mercer's life was never normal. She had powers that not very many normal people have. Once her parents realized that Sophie's powers are growing, her father decides to send her to Hex Hall. At Hex Hall on her first day, She befriends a vampire, has a tag along ghost, made enemies with the Trinity, and a wicked crush on a cute warlock. 

A series of freaky deaths has Sophie wrapped up because the prime suspect is her roomie vampire, Jenna. Sophie knows her friend Jenna is not killer. She must prove that Jenna is not the killer before she might victim of the blood sucking killer.

I don't what to say more than that this book is amazing. The plot, the characters, the action, and all the spices in this story are perfect. The pacing of the novel is perfect as well as the storyline. When the reader of this book picks up this novel make sure you have time on your hands because he or she will not want to drop this book. The reason this story is so successful is because the author keeps us on the edge of our seats the whole time. The reader won't know when that last page comes. Highly, highly recommended read if you want thrill, adventure, mystery, suspense, romance, frenemies, friends and freaky moments all the way.

Irises

Kate and Mary are two sisters who love and care for each other more than anything in this world. Kate is the smart, talented and the oldest one. Mary is talented and loves to paint just like her mom. Both grow up in a perfect home with a mother and father. However, a couple of years later the sisters father dies unexpectedly and mother was already in a vegetative state before his death. Now all the responsibilities fall on Kate, but Kate just got accepted into Stanford. The university that her mother wanted her to go to. Now Kate must decide whether she should stay back and take care of her mother and sister or go to Stanford and fulfill her and her mother's dream. 

The sisters relationship in this novel is real touching. Readers will continue to read this book wanting to know what Kate decides because we know that she is caring and not heartless. Kate does come off as heartless and selfish, but she isn't. Kate is the most 3 dimensional character in this novel. Mary is somewhat of a quiet character. She speaks up when her aunt decides to think Kate is heartless. I wasn't impressed with Mary, but Kate is definitely interesting. She grows a lot in this novel. The author definitely works on Kate and makes her a character worth taking the time to see how she grows at the end and tackles some real tough decisions. 

This book hooks the readers right from the prologue. Readers will want to know what Kate decides; even though, we know the answer is obvious. A real gripping and heartbreaking read where the readers are hurled into a laundry full of boys, faith, hard decisions, love and growth. Time tests these girls where they have to decide what they want to do with their mother and what to do when they find out they will lose their home. The author will take the readers on an emotional coaster ride where it stops at an ending that was unexpected. This book deserves to be picked up and read knowing that you won't stop until you don't see what happens at the end.

Girls Don't Fly

Some girls just have it hard. They have to juggle school work, part-time jobs, boys, drama at school, and more drama with boys. Myra is one of those girls who has that on her plate and more. Myra is a smart, pretty and hard working girl. She is also known as a doormat. She does everything you tell her to do. The first love of her life dumps her in the beginning of the story, but later become a rival in a competition for a trip to the Galapagos Island. Myra also has to babysit her 4 younger brothers and work part time as well, but then her older sister comes home pregnant and left behind by her boyfriend and that complicates Myra's life even more. Moreover, the competitors teacher, a grad assistant from a local university, has his sight set on her. He thinks Myra has the potential to win this competition more than the others. Now Myra is more determined to get out of her house and fly by winning this competition.
We don't see these kind of people as senior high school students, usually characters like these are parents, college students, or someone else, but not a high student. The strong characterization and intense plot really pack a punch in this story. There isn't a single moment in this book where your mind will wonder or your eyes will droop. You will constantly be rooting for Myra to get through her day and win that competition so she can sock it to her ex boyfriend. You will say at the end that girls can fly and they can fly high.

Wherever you go

When you hear the title wherever you go, I am sure you are thinking stalkers or something, but this story is far from a story about a girl who is being stalked. Sure Holly, the protagonist, is being stalked by her boyfriend Rob, but the thing is this guy is dead. Rob died in a car crash, and now is haunting her because he wants to tell her something but can't find a way to communicate with her. Then he discovers that her grandpa can communicate with him, so Rob starts talking to him. However, Jason, Rob's best friend, comes into Holly's life and now he is in love with her. Rob must deal with Holly moving on, and Holly must deal with taking care of her family,  having a shot again at romance and having her dead "ex" boyfriend try to communicate with her as well.

This story is told in three different point of views. One from Rob, the second from Holly, and the third from Jason; even though, Holly is the main character of the story. The plot of this story develops quite well because we get to see Holly recovering from her grief of her losing the love of her life while dealing with a new guy in her life. She also has so many responsibilities at home that it does not allow her to really focus on her own life as well. We also get to see Holly, Rob and Jason grow as people as well. All three learn valuable lessons of life at the same time moving on from the past and embracing a new and possibly a better future. A highly recommended read because this book will have you taking it wherever you go until you don't see the end of it.

Green Heart

Green is the name of the protagonist, and let me tell you she is brave. It might not look like that at first, but she makes a 360 degree turn halfway through Green Angel. She is a girl with mental and physical strength, with a good heart, with a great understanding of people and the world, and with something some of us might not find in hard times and that is beauty and what we already have. Green learns to trust people and move on despite what the fire took from her. Yes, a deadly fire just like the Colorado takes lives of many people including Green's whole family. At first, she wallows in her pain and that is given, but then her heart starts to heal as she realizes that others have lost someone as well. She learns to spend joy and help others, especially with her tremendous green thumb. Green is a powerful character that will have any reader wanting to be just like her. 

Green Heart combines two novels: Green Angel and Green Witch. Green loses her family in Green Angel and then she records stories about people who have lost tremendously in Green Witch. However, in Green Witch, she records the story of the fabled witches of the town. She learns what has happened to them and how they aren't any special, just some women who have lost tremendously just like the townspeople. Both stories have good pacing of the plot and it isn't boring. That is to say that it isn't fast paced either. The plot just moves at a steady pace and Alice Hoffman writes not in the way we are use to reading books with dialogue and this book does have dialogue, but its in italics and there isn't too many dialogue in here. Two great novels that I recommend everyone to read.