Reviews

Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins, R. Khokins

sam_hartwig's review against another edition

5.0

So I've just finished and I hate how the book has ended because I want to read the next one now!!! There's so much that has been left open and I really want to find out what happens next! Rachel Hawkins writes a fantastic book, at the end of each chapter I was wanting more and the intensity of everything that happened at the end had my heart beating fast. As a little side note, I liked that we got to know her dad in this book and as always Sophie's sarcasm was hilarious and lightened the book up at times. Highly recommend this series.

laurahappily's review against another edition

2.0

I liked this one better than Hex Hall, but this too had its problems. The pop culture references weren't as frequent, thank goodness, but an annoying love triangle emerged. Worse, Sophie clearly has no thoughts for her actions and how they could hurt her loved ones. It's hard for me to care about Sophie when she acts so selfishly 90% of the time. However, this book was more interesting, with a lot of creative mythology. Lesbian vampire Jenna remains a star in the book yet again, as she avoids being a cliche and is completely charming. The additional characters, like Nick and Daisy, were fun and a great break from the tired characters of Love Interest 1 versus Love Interest 2.

Hawkins can still write and keep the pace. I will be picking up the third in the series, simply for the plotline alone.

amandalyn's review against another edition

4.0

Hawkins has me completely and totally hooked on these books. I love them.

Sophie is a great character. She's snarky, funny, and smart, even if she doesn't always makes the right decision. She has her flaws but tries to be better. I love that about her. She felt very real. When she hurt, I hurt. When she was confused and wasn't sure what was right, so was I. I devoured this book in one day because I couldn't stand not knowing how it worked out. All of the characters were three dimensional and I felt like I knew them.

The plot in this one took a darker turn then Hex Hall. Sophie is still dealing with the consequences of her actions in the last book. One of the things I love about these books is that not everything just works itself out with no consequences and sometimes bad things happen to good people. So often in YA books (Twilight, I'm looking at you), things just fix themselves and nothing bad ever happens to the main characters. Which is just not realistic and leaves you feeling cheated.

Anyways, back to the plot. The Eye has starting attacking more and more and are out for Sophie's blood. Her feelings for Archer haven't changed even though he turned out to be one of the bad guys. Neither had mine. I still want them together so badly! But I'm very intrigued by the love triangle that Hawkins started setting up in this book. I love me a good love triangle.

The ending was a tad bit abrupt, but it left you wanting more in a good way.

Four stars for this one.

Sooooo.... When does the next one come out again?!

stuckinafictionaluniverse's review against another edition

3.0

Typical filler book where not much happens until the last few pages. It was darker and more serious than Hex Hall. The plot was very weak and a little slow-paced.
I still really enjoy Sophie's voice, but she got on my nerves in this one.

charwal's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

apendragon's review against another edition

5.0

Only thing that let this down and I didn't enjoy reading was one use of ableist language when the narrator refers to someone as being "schizo"

bookdevouringmisfit's review against another edition

4.0

How do I even begin to explain how much I love Sophie Mercer? GOD, she's now officially my spirit animal! Same as the first book, the sequel didn't fail to make me laugh!

readwithkiekie's review against another edition

3.0

I'm so disappointed.

Hex Hall was such a fun read, but Demonglass was a complete mess. It became too cliché and predictable and the characters of Jenna, Sophie and Cal were not the same as they were in Hex Hall. Sophie was whiny and very child like, Jenna was a bore and Cal talked too much.

Rachel Hawkins is officially the Queen of Ruining Good Series!

magikspells's review against another edition

3.0

I just don't get why she's like suddenly in love with Archer? He was a total toolbag, working with the enemy, and just an all around not nice person. I don't get that. Other than that, I like the rest of the story. Just, the love interest angle is really lame.

nicolefhebert's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

not as good as the first, but still an awesome sequel - Sophie, Archer, and Cal are all interesting characters, and the plot twists with the Eye are unique enough to keep readers going