A spin off to the much loved Hex Hall series, Rachel Hawkins gives us School Spirits. Finley has disappeared and Isolde and Aislinn seem to be the only Brannicks left, when after 6 months of following clues and suspects lead to nothing, Aislinn decides, to return back to their ways. Ideal is a small town in Missisippi, with a haunting of its own, which is Izzy’s next task.
Adjusting to a normal life (for us that is) is hard for Izzy. It’s a constant turmoil of how to fit in with the school and keep a low profile. For someone like Izzy who has never been to school and never had friends other than her older sister (who is missing) it is hard. What she finds surprising is how quickly she makes friends and even develops a crush. Torin(guy in the mirror) and Izzy try to guess the power behind the ghost, taking help from the PMS(Paranormal Management Society). But it turns out that this haunting is not as easy as it seemed.
This book is totally different from what I expected it to be. Izzy is lovable, but I missed Sophie’s Sarcasm. Though Rachel Hawkins tries to make it funny, it is nothing like Hex hall. The characters I feel are not as well developed, and Torin is the only one who makes you want to read the sequels. And since the book does not deal with other prodigium, basically is about a ghost haunting it feels like a sublime version of R.L Stine books, except with a happier ending.
Hex Hall
Think supernaturals are cool…?? Then this book is definitely for you. I love all things witches, shifters and fae. Put them all in a single book and it is bound to be good. Add in a little forbidden romance, kick ass powers and lots of sarcasm….and Ta –da you get Rachel Hawkins’ ‘Hex Hall’.
Raised by her mom, and always on the run from what she doesn’t know Sophie Mercer is sent to Hecate a.k.a Hex Hall when a love spell for a classmate goes horribly wrong. Situated on an isolated island, this juvie for supernaturals, is the new school for Sophie. And if being sent wasn’t enough, she manages to make the 3 powerful witches hate her, befriends the only vampire who happens to be an outcast among them, gets attacked by a were (almost) and develops a futile crush on the most gorgeous warlock all on the first day not to mention ending up in a semester long detention in the following week. But sadly for Sophie this isn’t all the trouble that she gets into.
Witches are getting hurt, and the only suspect is her roommate and best friend Jenna, and though Sophie tries to think of every plausible explanation, which doesn’t include her no one is ready to listen. Also she seems to be haunted by a ghost, which is supposed to be impossible not to mention all those spells which still go wrong and what was it about demons?
I love Sophie’s sarcasm in the book, the way she always has a quip for everything. And like every fangirl, developed a total full blown crush on Archer Cross and then on Cal(read the sequels, and so will you) and cute vampire with pink strip, sweet. And even though you might hate the trio witches…let me tell you that Elodie is awesome later…
This book is for all those who like YA fiction and are looking for a quick read.
And I know you won’t sit quietly until you finish the whole series.
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