So after reading the other reviews for this book on
Goodreads, I really, really, wanted to like it. The main character Sophie
Mercer was witty and sarcastic in all the right ways. Her angst filled crush on
one of the most popular/bad boy persona guys in school was adorable and steamy.
Her devotion to her roommate was fantastic. So why didn’t I absolutely love
this book? Well…
The story takes place at a boarding school for witches,
werewolves, faeries, shape shifters and warlocks called Hecate Hall. The year
Sophie attends they’re just starting a new transfer student program for
vampires and the other species aren’t too happy about it. While dealing with
that, Sophie also learns that she is in danger from three different hate groups
who are out to get her because her father is the Head of the Council. The boy
that Sophie is crushing on – Archer – turns out to be working for one of these
groups, and she finds out after she’s
already fallen for him.
….does this plot sound familiar to anyone else? Except for a
few minor plot points – like the whole Sophie versus Elodie/Anna/Chaston coven
thing, Alice the ghost actually being a demon, and Mrs. Chaston the
headmistress actually being really cool – you’ve pretty much got the plot to the
Evernight series by Claudia Gray.
That’s pretty much why I didn’t 100% love this book. At some points it got
really predictable.
Final Rating: 3 out of 5 stars. Sophie’s character was
funny, I just wish I hadn’t read this plot before.
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