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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
I loved Hex Hall, and this was just as good!! Dex was hilarious and adorable. Izzy was great, too. There are even more mysteries ahead :) I can't wait for the next one!
Really liked this one. Definitely had a different feel than the Hex Hall series and exposed us to another side of that world a little more. Great read!
Rachel Hawkins does it again! I can't wait to enjoy the rest of this promising new series!
Entertaining, kind of sad that this series will probably never continue though
The fourth book in the Hex Hall series. Izzy and her mom come from a long line of monster hunters. When a local high school shows signs of being haunted by a vicious ghost, Izzy must endure the ultimate horror - high school. Fans of the series will enjoy this story.
This book is obviously set in the same "universe" as the author's [b:Hex Hall|5287473|Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)|Rachel Hawkins|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1368393885s/5287473.jpg|5354884]series, but, alas, it is nowhere near as good, or at any rate near as good as the first book in that series. (All I've read to this point. Being poor = library for me = I get what I get when I can get it.) Quite generic in terms of characters, dialog, setting, just about any category you'd care to name. Not awful by any means, but surrounded with a stench of yep-she-mailed-this-one-in.
Normally the sort of thing I'd rate at three stars, but that truly awful ending, ick. One character took a sharp turn into out and out sociopath territory, from whence they shall never return. Meh, better spoiler it...Dex's grandmother dies saving his life. How does Dex react? To the death of the woman who raised him his whole life? He, well, doesn't. Ol' Dex just goes Oh, well, better move in with this chick who's friendzoned me and her mother and drop out of high school. NopeNopeNope. Good grief. Nana apparently doesn't even rate a funeral. My sense is that that was just a bit more, and a particularly egregious example, of the rampant unreflected "mail it in to justify my advance"-ism that pervaded this book, but still. WTF?
Normally the sort of thing I'd rate at three stars, but that truly awful ending, ick. One character took a sharp turn into out and out sociopath territory, from whence they shall never return. Meh, better spoiler it...
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I... did not realize this was the beginning of a spin-off and now I am sad
Ya gotta be kidding me??? This isn't a series??? Wha??? I need to know more! More story! More Dex! More Torin!!!!
Seriously, this is my fav book of the whole Hex Hall tales XD Always loved the Brannick family, and finally got a story of theirs! Aaaand more of the mysterious Torin!!! XD
Yeah, def need another book, because have to figure out why Torin says that Izzy is the one to release him, what happens to Dex as he lives with a monster-hunting family...
Seriously, this is my fav book of the whole Hex Hall tales XD Always loved the Brannick family, and finally got a story of theirs! Aaaand more of the mysterious Torin!!! XD
Yeah, def need another book, because have to figure out why Torin says that Izzy is the one to release him, what happens to Dex as he lives with a monster-hunting family...
A great spinoff from another great series!