Sophie Mercer has just been shipped off to a reform school for freaks like herself. That is witches, faeries & shapeshifters. She gets off to a rocky start getting on the wrong side of not only teachers but the popular girls too. Thankfully she befriends Jenna, the only vampire in Hex Hall and also begins a complicated friendship with Archer, a warlock, a sexy one, who just happens to be the boyfriend of It-Girl and number 1 enemy Elodie.
Students begin to get injured, nearly dying, and the number one suspect is vampire Jenna, but Sophie knows it couldn't possibly be her friend.
As the story unfolds we learn more about Sophie and her past and the School. As well as the truth to the attacks. It is really well written, one of those 'it-doesn't-feel-like-reading-it-feels-real' type books! Loved it. The characters are good, especially lead-girl Sophie. She is really funny and you can't help but fall in love with her.
The storyline is great, and the ending really leads well into book 2, which I am trying to withhold from buying on account of my dwindled bank balance/massive tbr pile. But i don't think I will last too long.
Hex Hall is a good fake world to be in. I give it 4.5/5
Book 8, eh? No it wasn't as bad as some of them. I am a fan of the House of Night and will definitely read everybook in the series. My main problem with Awakened was the same problem I have with most of the books. Zoey. And the general dialogue of the teens.
So Zoey and Stark are back from the Otherworld, Neferet is still a psycho, Kalona is still a douche with wings and Stevie Rae is in love with a bird. Good times? No! I didn't feel like much happened throughout this latest chapter, except at the end it got great with some unexpected and expected-but-good plot twists.
I think if you are wanting to get into the House of Night books, it is worth it. I did enjoy Marked, Book 1 a lot. Don't try to start from Awakened though as it will make no sense at all!
So the characters. For some reason, Zoey drives me nuts. She is no Gabry, but I just can't empathise with her and have always found her to be the kind of girl I would not wanna know in real life. I hate the way the kids talk. I havent been 17 for awhile, but I don't remember talking that way, nor have I overheard anyone actually speak that way. For example: "I heart me some Jack" or "bullpoopie". And then there is Kramisha's poor grammer. It all is really irritating and childlike.
This one can have a 2/5 because I like Rephaim and Cats.
Sophie Mercer has just been shipped off to a reform school for freaks like herself. That is witches, faeries & shapeshifters. She gets off to a rocky start getting on the wrong side of not only teachers but the popular girls too. Thankfully she befriends Jenna, the only vampire in Hex Hall and also begins a complicated friendship with Archer, a warlock, a sexy one, who just happens to be the boyfriend of It-Girl and number 1 enemy Elodie. 
