Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch. That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered the family secret, and that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth. Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world—the other being her father. What’s worse, she has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is precisely why Sophie decides she must go to London for the Removal, a dangerous procedure that will destroy her powers. But once Sophie arrives she makes a shocking discovery. Her new friends? They’re demons too. Meaning someone is raising them in secret with creepy plans to use their powers, and probably not for good. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they’re using Archer to do it. But it’s not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she?
Demonglass by Rachel HawkinsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was WAY better than the first one in my opinion. Still a very easy read.
I must admit, I made a few predictions in the beginning and I was only half right. A lot more happened in this book than the first one.
Sophie is still dealing with the fact that she loves Archer but he's a member of The Eye, so that means he's the enemy. She really tries to push her feelings for him out and it seems she's trying to replace them with feelings for Cal.
She is spending the summer with her dad in England. When she gets there she finds out that her and her father aren't the only two demons in the world like she thought. Nick and Daisy, the two demons, have no idea who made them. My first thought was maybe when her Great Grandmother was around before she killed her, that maybe she made them. I don't know if a demon can even make more demons through the ritual though.
Nick and Daisy take Sophie and Jenna to a club in London just for the Prodigium. The club is raided by The Eye and Just as Sophie is escaping, Archer catches up to her. He gives her this coin and says he wants to see her again, he said he had information about Nick and Daisy.
Now maybe it's just me, but I've never thought that he actually wanted to kill her. Apparently the coin shows you where to find the person that gave it to you. So Archer waits for her at an old mill on the property but she doesn't go.
She has her birthday party and Archer risks everything and shows up dressed as a waiter. He demanded to see her again and this time she agrees. He takes her back to the island where Hex Hall is but to a different part of the island. He shows her a site of demon raising. Archer said that over the last 18 years, six kids have gone missing from Hex Hall and their parents had spells put on them so they wouldn't report their kids missing. I was slightly surprised to find out that Mrs. Casnoff was clearly in on it. If Mrs. Casnoff was in on it, her sister and council member was in on it too.
Back in England, Archer says “This thing with us is the only real thing I've had in a long time. You're the only real thing. And I'm done pretending I don't want you.” He just declares his love for her. Like a typical girl, I melted just a little bit.
Sophie ends up telling her dad everything she just found out. Daisy attacked Sophie, Which was just a matter of time, and Lara stops her with the excuse of a demon immobilization spell. Now, if you're going to lie about a spell, don't lie to a demon who would know about said spell.
Sophie is set to meet Archer again only to find out that Nick has injured him. She gets Cal to save him and the council members find them all at the old mill.
They're all set to stand 'trial'. Cal was sentenced back to Hex Hall and Archer was sentenced to death and Sophie was to get her powers removed. To no ones surprise, Her dad volunteers instead of her. But they just agreed to removed both of their powers.
Then, Lara and her sister confess that they were indeed the ones who raised the demons and that the rest of the council knew about it. It was hard to pick my jaw up off the floor after that.
Her dad survived the removal, but just as they were bringing her to get her powers removed, news broke that they lost control over Nick and he had killed 20 people and The Eye was on their way to them. The eye shows up and Sophie escapes. She finds Cal, who returned because he just felt like something was wrong. He tells her to run away and find her mother. She didn't know where her mother was, but Cal said: 'Just go to the Brannicks'. The Brannicks are similar to The Eye. I was slightly confused why her mother would be there, But then I remembered that Lara said that Sophie and her dad had a habit of falling for the enemy. So my guess was that her mother was secretly a Brannick. Well holy crap.
So overall, this book was pretty good. I really enjoyed it. 4/5 Stars. I could have done with a bit more fighting scenes.
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