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caeralee's review against another edition
3.0
Better than the first for sure but author still leaves a lot of holes that arent filled. Backgrounds are very shallow making it hard to understand why a character is even in the book.
breezy610's review against another edition
5.0
pretty good. Scout finally admitting that she has something for Micheal and he her.
jgurniak's review against another edition
5.0
After finishing Firespell I ran to the library to get this one and loved it just as much. Scout still remains my favourite character.
kathydavie's review against another edition
3.0
Second in The Dark Elite urban-fantasy young adult series set in a contemporary Chicago and based in a girls' boarding school.
The Story
Lily is settling in to school and her new Adept status pretty well, heading out with Scout most nights to fight the Reapers. Although, that one Reaper boy, Sebastian Born, he's an odd one. Helping her out like that. Wanting to teach her. Giving her hints. What's up with that?
In the meantime, Lily is wading through vampires at night, stealing minutes to be with Jason, worrying over her parents while sneaking about the headmistress' office, and giving it right back to the brat pack as she learns more about her particular brand of magic.
The Characters
Neill's characters have healthy combination of stereotype and reality to them although I'd like to see more tension and depth to them.
My Take
Neill does a lovely job of teen slang and I love the snark between Lily and her friends. I'm rather suspicious of Lesley; there's an odd feel of evil about her!
Neill raises a number of questions in this second installment. Just what research does SRF fund? Why does Sebastian seem so sympathetic one moment and toeing the party line the next? Just what is it that Nicu feels about Victoria? Whose side are her parents on? What's the deal with the other Enclaves being told a different story about Scout's rescue?
The relationships at school are too tame. Lily easily has Jason for a boyfriend. Although, Neill does create what I consider an extremely minor problem between them. I mean, gimme a break, they're only 16. It's not like they're going to have a lifelong love affair! There's a teeny bit more tension between Scout and Michael while there's a bit more between Victoria wanting Creed who seems more interested in M.K. It'll be interesting to see what happens at Sneak.
Then there's the school's defenses. It seems pretty wide open. What is it that keeps the Reapers out as well as it does??
The Title
The title was a blip on the radar. Only once is Hexbound mentioned in the story.
The Story
Lily is settling in to school and her new Adept status pretty well, heading out with Scout most nights to fight the Reapers. Although, that one Reaper boy, Sebastian Born, he's an odd one. Helping her out like that. Wanting to teach her. Giving her hints. What's up with that?
In the meantime, Lily is wading through vampires at night, stealing minutes to be with Jason, worrying over her parents while sneaking about the headmistress' office, and giving it right back to the brat pack as she learns more about her particular brand of magic.
The Characters
Neill's characters have healthy combination of stereotype and reality to them although I'd like to see more tension and depth to them.
My Take
Neill does a lovely job of teen slang and I love the snark between Lily and her friends. I'm rather suspicious of Lesley; there's an odd feel of evil about her!
Neill raises a number of questions in this second installment. Just what research does SRF fund? Why does Sebastian seem so sympathetic one moment and toeing the party line the next? Just what is it that Nicu feels about Victoria? Whose side are her parents on? What's the deal with the other Enclaves being told a different story about Scout's rescue?
The relationships at school are too tame. Lily easily has Jason for a boyfriend. Although, Neill does create what I consider an extremely minor problem between them. I mean, gimme a break, they're only 16. It's not like they're going to have a lifelong love affair! There's a teeny bit more tension between Scout and Michael while there's a bit more between Victoria wanting Creed who seems more interested in M.K. It'll be interesting to see what happens at Sneak.
Then there's the school's defenses. It seems pretty wide open. What is it that keeps the Reapers out as well as it does??
The Title
The title was a blip on the radar. Only once is Hexbound mentioned in the story.
yodamom's review against another edition
4.0
YA) This book takes off from where the last book finished. Scout and Lily are still in school, still fighting the Reapers, but new evil's come and really challenge the team. Vampires that are not the sparkly sweet hearts from other YA books and something just gross and unknown to our heros. They have to figure out haw to live through this, what they are trying is not working. Jason and Lily continue to develop a relationship, but some truths are revealed that may end it all. I am most interested in Sebastian's future role in the story.
This 2nd book was much better than the first. I am looking forward to the third
This 2nd book was much better than the first. I am looking forward to the third
shhchar's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book--I flew through it really quickly. Lily and Scout are back, fighting crime in the underground tunnels of Chicago. I won't go through the whole story line; because for the most part I loved it all.
Here is what I DIDN'T love:
The back of the paperback novel is literally the description of the FIRST book, Firespell. Not Hexbound.
They never explained Hexbound (the title's meaning) it was mentioned once as Scout, Lily, Cheer-reaper and the French Hornist were underground. . . But never fully explained.
The climax was long coming, and really not much of a climax.
But I'll still stay tuned for the next books! Let's hope we hear more about Sebastian as well!
Here is what I DIDN'T love:
The back of the paperback novel is literally the description of the FIRST book, Firespell. Not Hexbound.
They never explained Hexbound (the title's meaning) it was mentioned once as Scout, Lily, Cheer-reaper and the French Hornist were underground. . . But never fully explained.
The climax was long coming, and really not much of a climax.
But I'll still stay tuned for the next books! Let's hope we hear more about Sebastian as well!
amym84's review against another edition
4.0
I love Chloe Neill's writing. I love the worlds that she has created in both her Chicagoland Vampire series and in this series The Dark Elite. I thought that this book seemed a little too short with the conflicts not really being present until the very end. I thought that there were instances that raised questions to be answered in later books, and that's what I mainly felt this book was. The book leads you on in the storyline, introducing new information to be pondered and questioned, and hopefully answered in Charmfall out in January '12.
But all the things that were in the first book that I loved were in this book as well. I love the interaction between Scout and Lily. I love the way the Neill write her female friend characters. They are always people the I wish were real so I could be friends with them too. It's one of the main reasons I keep coming back to this series.
I also like the world the Neill has created. She does such a great job at being descrptive, yet not drooling on too much about landscape or architecture, I really want to live in the worls that she creates.
We get to see a little from other Adepts in this book not just group 3 which is nice since they are supposed to be all over the city. We also learn a little more about Lily's parents and Jason's "secret".
I will continue to read this series, again, I just would have liked a little more storyline instead of it feeling all centered towards the ending. I look forward to Charmfall. Until Then!
But all the things that were in the first book that I loved were in this book as well. I love the interaction between Scout and Lily. I love the way the Neill write her female friend characters. They are always people the I wish were real so I could be friends with them too. It's one of the main reasons I keep coming back to this series.
I also like the world the Neill has created. She does such a great job at being descrptive, yet not drooling on too much about landscape or architecture, I really want to live in the worls that she creates.
We get to see a little from other Adepts in this book not just group 3 which is nice since they are supposed to be all over the city. We also learn a little more about Lily's parents and Jason's "secret".
I will continue to read this series, again, I just would have liked a little more storyline instead of it feeling all centered towards the ending. I look forward to Charmfall. Until Then!
xvicesx's review against another edition
2.0
I'm sad to rate something by one of the more amazing authors I know as a mere average but for a YA novel, I really think Neill has a lot more to offer. I mean, she writes fantastic books, what's up with this washed up series? I seem to keep reading it only in hopes of some kind of development into Neill's usual captivating style. Sad.