In the wake of a love spell gone horribly wrong, Sophie Mercer, a sixteen-year-old witch, is shipped off to Hecate Hall, a boarding school for witches, shapeshifters and faeries. The traumas of mortal high school are nothing compared to the goings on at "Freak High." It's bad enough that she has to deal with a trio of mean girls led by the glamorous Elodie, but it's even worse when she begins to fall for Elodie's gorgeous boyfriend, Archer Cross, and frankly terrifying that the trio are an extremely powerful coven of dark witches. But when Sophie begins to learn the disturbing truth about her father, she is forced to face demons both metaphorical and real, and come to terms with her own growing power as a witch.
I love books about witches. Ever since I fell in love with Harry Potter I think. I’ve read a crazy about of books about them and there’s just something I love about it. Maybe that’s why I liked this book so much. I was a little iffy if I was going to like this one because I also just finished another book quite similar. I hated the main character at first. She’s a little whinny but I got over it and dos did she apparently because she turned pretty bad ass.
I found the plot only ok which is why I only gave it 4 stars. With just a little more it could have easily gotten 5. I liked the whole school for misfits kind of idea and I loved most of the characters. There was also a lot of humor in it which was a nice change for me. Basically it was a good book but not amazing.
Side note: I hate this cover. I’m sorry but I’m a graphic designer so criticizing these things is natural but come on. It looks super childish and why is there a cat? There’s no cats in the whole book! Maybe that’s why I didn’t enjoy it as much. They say never judge a book by it’s cover but the cover is everything! That’s the first thing people see! Anyways enough of that.
