2B Tuesday #65

Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Series: Hex Hall, #1
Release Date: February 1st 2011
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Format: Paperback
Pages: 323
Genre: Young Adult - Fantasy, Paranormal

Author: Website  Goodreads
Buy it: Amazon | The Book Depository
Add it: Goodreads

Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father-an elusive European 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 decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.

By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.

As a series of blood-curdling mysteries starts to converge, Sophie prepares for the biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy all Prodigium, especially her.

I found this book on discount at Half Price Books so I decided to pick it up. I know it is a pretty popular book and I believe there is a spin off series out now. I don’t think I have ever read a book about witches so this will be something new for me. It has a solid 4 star rating on Goodreads which is pretty impressive. Hopefully I can get to this one next year.

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts?

Bookish Buys & Weekly Wrap-up #19

This is where I show everything I that I bought, borrowed, or just added to my bookshelf over the past week. I throw together Showcase Sunday and Stacking the Shelves in one post.  I also include a wrap-up of everything that was posted to the blog this past week.

Showcase Sunday is hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits, and Tea. For more information about how this feature works and how to join in, click here.

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Team at Tynga’s Reviews. For more information about how this feature works and how to join in, click here.

{Borrowed}

I am starting to get obsessed with the library again. This is bad news for my TBR pile.

Undercurrentby Paul Blackwell

By the Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters

Keep Sweet by Michele Dominguez Greene

{Review}

The first two are from Edelweiss. I need to stop downloading review books…. The third book was sent from the publisher. 

The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine

Don’t Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley

The First True Lie by Marina Mander

This Week on Laura’s Adventures in Bookland

{Features}

2B Tuesday #64 – Hate List by Jennifer Brown

Wishlist Wednesday #73 – The Lake and the Library by S.M. Beiko

{Reviews}

Torn True Love by K.D. Ferguson

Twisted (Deathwind Trilogy, #1) by Holly Hook

Poor Little Dead Girls by Lizzie Friend

How was your week? Let me know in the comments!

Review: Twisted by Holly Hook

Twisted by Holly Hook

Series: Deathwind Trilogy, #1
Release Date: December 15th 2013
Format: ebook
Pages: 202
Genre: Young Adult – Fantasy
Source: Author for review
Author: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads
Buy it:Amazon

Add it: Goodreads

Sixteen-year-old Allie isn’t like other girls. Instead of spending her summer break sitting around on the beach, she takes the epic vacation of a lifetime.

Tornado chasing.

And she’s not disappointed. Just a few miles from the town of Evansburg, Nebraska, Allie meets her dream of seeing a tornado. In person. She can’t wait to tell her friends back home. Never mind that her parents are going to kill her.

But her dream soon turns into a nightmare, and a strange event leaves her shocked. Confused. When she returns home to Wisconsin, something’s…different. Allie now bears a curse so awful, it could destroy everyone and everything she’s ever known.

With her best friend, Tommy, Allie must return to the plains to find a way to reverse it. She enters a world that she had never imagined, where she becomes a pawn in a fight to save the people of Evansburg from her fate…or to destroy them.

This book follows around Allie, a sixteen year old who is obsessed with storms. She has loved watching bad weather ever since she saw her first bad thunderstorm at the age of ten. She saves her money to go on a tornado watching tour with her Uncle. When the something on the trip goes horribly wrong, Allie knows something happened to her but can’t explain what. Then when helping out at an open house with her two best friends, she finds out something horrible happened that will change her life. I really liked Allie. She had so much change happen at once and she took it all in a way that I would expect someone to.

Her friend Tommy, who was probably my favorite character, takes her back to the place it all started to try and figure out what has happened to her. She finds out she is not the only one with this curse, and something far worse is about to happen if she doesn’t do something to stop it.

The story grabbed me right from the start. It is very fast paced and I had no problem getting through it in a few hours. There is action, suspense, romance, and almost constant betrayal from the one person she should be able to trust. This story has a little bit of everything! I’m a glad that romance was not a main aspect in this book either. It is definitely there but only during the times that are appropriate. It’s not a main focus. It’s not insta-love either, which is a major plus. There are hints at a possible love triangle but they never really came into play. There may be more to it in the next book.

Speaking of the next book. I will definitely be reading it! This is apparently a spin off to another series that the author has written. I didn’t know this until I started writing the review. I was never confused about anything so I think reading this without reading the Destroyer series will cause no problems. I definitely recommend it!

My Rating:

*This book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.