Summary from GoodReads:

Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch.

That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered the family secret, and that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth.

Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world—the other being her father. What’s worse, she has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is precisely why Sophie decides she must go to London for the Removal, a dangerous procedure that will destroy her powers.

But once Sophie arrives she makes a shocking discovery. Her new friends? They’re demons too. Meaning someone is raising them in secret with creepy plans to use their powers, and probably not for good. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they’re using Archer to do it. But it’s not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she?

My Review:

I’m in the minority here.  I took this book with me on a trip for airplane reading on the way out and was… massively disappointed.

It may just be that my tastes have changed, but I chuckled and enjoyed Hex Hall and just.. found that Demonglass lost its charm.

Demonglass picks up right where Hex Hall left off, Sophie is involved in a forbidden romance with a bad boy for her – something that is becoming all too familiar a plot point for me lately.  While the story had its ups and downs, they were more like kiddie-rollercoaster ups and downs and felt forced to me.  I did not feel any sort of connection to the characters and found myself disliking Sophie more and more as the story progressed.  By the time I reached the “cliffhanger” ending I was done with the book and will not be picking up #3.

I wish this book had the charm and wittiness of Hex Hall, but it didn’t and as much as I hate writing negative reviews I really can’t find anything positive to write here.  I was sitting on an airplane, without any other sort of amusement and found myself putting it down several times to thumb through magazines and read advertisements.  That’s a deal breaker for me, and so I’ll write this series off unfortunately.

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