the flame poems and selections from notebooks leonard cohen

When one sees the two covers of Hex Hall and then reads the blurb, there is a certain alignment inside based on the promise made by the combination of the two.

How did I get this book: Review copy from S&S UK. Then, positive reviews started to emerge in the US making me even more psyched about it. Why did I read this book: I had been waiting for this ever since I first heard about it towards the end of 2009. Stand alone or series: First book in a planned series Hardcover: 336 pages (US) / Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (US) / Simon and Schuster Children (UK)

Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.Īs a series of blood-curdling mysteries starts to converge, Sophie prepares for the biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy all Prodigium, especially her. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.īy the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire on campus. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it’s her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie’s estranged father–an elusive European warlock–only when necessary.

Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch.

The flame poems and selections from notebooks leonard cohen