Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins

Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3)

by Rachel Hawkins

Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium.  Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn’t as confident.

Sophie’s bound for one hell of a ride—can she get her powers back before it’s too late?

Reviewed by Angie on

2 of 5 stars

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As far as series finales go, Spell Bound is an underwhelming one. It started off a bit annoying, since I hate when books about magical characters have said magical character suddenly not have magic. What is the point!? Of course, this allows Sophie to discover other interesting stuff about herself. But she's really no use to anyone in this fight against raising demons for whatever purpose they're being raised for. Then the middle portion grabbed my attention because once again we're thrust into Hectate Hall, but things are certainly not as anyone remembered.

Spell Bound was really all over the place for me. The beginning was a bit dull and frustrating, and honestly, I can't remember much of what happened even though I read it only about 3 hours ago. Not a good sign. The middle section was fun and exciting, since the school has been turned into something evil and Sophie and Friends are finally doing something to stop it. However, the ending? The big show down with the villain is of the "blink and you'll miss it' variety. I seriously had to reread that part, because I did miss it. It was over in a flash.

Spell Bound also marked the resolution of the love triangle. I'm actually hesitant to call it a love triangle, because it's not really. Sophie has obviously made her choice already, the other guy was just forced into the picture. I totally didn't believe her interest in either of them, so I honestly didn't care who she chose. But then things happen that essentially force her choice. It's the biggest cop-out ever for solving love triangles, but it didn't even matter, because like I said, Sophie already made her choice! It was just unnecessary.

In the end, Spell Bound was an okay ending. The characters set out to do what they needed to do, did it, and all is well again. It was just underwhelming. All of the major events were over in less than five pages, which meant everything was either too easy to begin with, or....I don't even know. It was all just over in an instant, so there was no build up of tension. Just done.

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