A review by marielmpabroa
Hex by Rhiannon Lassiter

4.0

Hex is the first book of Lassiter’s trilogy on the same title. It revolves around the main character named Raven who is a Hex. Together with her brother, they aim to look for their lost sister. However, the main problem is that a secret government agency has been built to look and destroy Hexes and this agency took their sister, Rachel, when they were young. They don’t know if she’s a Hex or she’s still alive or not. And one way to confirm it is to crack the top-secret security of the agency using Raven’s power and look for their sister.

One of the key themes of this book include: humanity, immorality of the government for the sake of research, the gap between rich and poor, and the importance of bravery and friendship.

This book is certainly a novel that will make you look inwards. One thing that I like about this is that it really has an ending that I’m sure will piss off people who online like happy ones. With a not so happy ending for this first book really opens my mind. And although it wrenches my heart because of how relevant it is, I still appreciate it other than happy endings. However, if you want happy ones, you might like reading the other two books. Yet, for me, I will only read this because I prefer an ending that really connects with what’s happening in the world right now.