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Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she is a witch. Her non-gifted mother has been supportive, consulting Sophie’s estranged father—a warlock—only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it’s her dad who exiles her to “Hex Hall”, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, fairies, and shape-shifters.

By the end of her first day, Sophie has three new enemies, a futile crush on a warlock, a tagalong ghost, and a vampire roommate. Worse, Sophie soon learns that an unknown predator has been attacking students. As a series of blood-curdling mysteries converges, Sophie prepares for the biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy all Prodigium, especially her.

Short and Sweet Review

When Sophie was 13 she discovered her witch. Sophie is now 16 and after her last spell goes wrong she gets sent to Hecate Hall a school for witches, shapeshifters, and faeries. At Hex Hall Sophie meets her roommate Jenna, who is a vampire and unfortunately is being blamed for the death of a student. While at Hex Hall Sophie also becomes the enemy of three of the most popular girls and she learns that someone has been attacking students.

Sophie struggled a lot at school mainly because unlike the other students she hasn’t been practicing magic as long as the other students have. Most of the students hate Sophie because her father is the head of the council, which is awful mainly because Sophie has never met her father so she really doesn’t know a lot so it makes her seem like she’s pretending to be clueless when she really has no clue about what’s going on. Sophie meets Anna, Elodie and Chaston, three of the popular witches who happen to want Sophie to be a member of their coven but when Sophie declines they end up making things even harder for her. Sophie also meets Archer a very handsome warlock but he already has a girlfriend, Elodie. I think that Sophie and Archer had chemistry so it was upsetting that he was already taken. During the school year a few students get attacked and sadly everyone is pointing the finger at Jenna. I thought it was great that Sophie stuck by her side. We see Sophie grow as a witch and we learn a lot about her family history. I liked how everything progressed and seeing Sophie’s interactions with the other characters and how the mystery of the attacker slowly unfolded.

I love how the book ended and I’m excited to see what will happen in the next book.