Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins

Talk about terrible timing...Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. With her powers locked inside her, Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies--the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that's what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn't so sure. The only known spell that can help Sophie regain her magic is at Hex Hall--the place where it all began, and now the headquarters of the evil Casnoffs. Together with her best friend, the vampire Jenna; her boyfriend, Archer; her fiance, Cal (yeah, her love life is complicated); and a ghost for a sidekick, Sophie must battle an army of demons. But even iwth her friends at her side, the fate of all Prodigium rests on her shoulders alone. Sophie's bound for one hell of a ride....Can she get her powers back before it's too late?

Rating: 4.5 stars

Wow...this was a great series. The characters were witty and likeable, unless you were supposed to hate them, in which case you did just that. Even Elodie, who you were supposed to hate in the first book, actually became likeable in the third. Well, she was tolerable at least.

I don't know what I was really expecting from Hex Hall, judging by the cover (which seemed a bit tacky) I was kind of expecting another witch/wizard type of thing with a good against evil kind of plot.

I didn't get that, I got humor, excitement, sorrow, pain, and loss. I suppose I would classify this series as a light and fuzzy series, a nice series if you're looking for a nice, comfortable, happy book to read. With a twist, two hot guys, and a smart ass ghost.

Sophie was a fun character with realistic and understandable feelings. After reading a horror of a book just a few days ago, she was a nice change. She was so down-to-earth and blunt, she wouldn't try to convince herself that things weren't going on around her, she took it like a real woman (cue sexist laugh in the background) and sucked it up and moved on with her life. Except with Archer, it was plain out obvious she was smitten with him as soon as he entered in the first book.

On top of all that, Sophie's powers were pretty bad ass. She seemed a bit pathetic in the first book, with Elodie doing way better than her all the time and everything, but she came back with a vengeance in Demon Glass and Spell Bound, especially.

Archer was the perfect match for Sophie. She needed someone who she could hold a witty conversation with, and Archer was that guy. I was on Team Cal in Demon Glass, but Archer definitely won me over in Spell Bound.

(Spoilers lay ahead, ye be warned) I loved Cal, and even though I didn't think he'd end up with Sophie. He was a sweet guy, and he truly cared about Sophie, and I was pissed when he died. Like, WTF Hawkins? You couldn't have given him a happy ending, no, he had to die. Uncool, man, uncool.

He speaks truth

I liked Jenna, she was cool, in a super girly pink loving vampire way. XP she was pretty awesome, and she was always right, like, about everything. It was a bit creepy, but it suited her character. I'm glad she lived :D

I liked this series, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants a nice, fluffy book to read.

xxAvalon