Hex Education
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Average rating2.5
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Ratings2
Average rating2.5
A guilt-ridden former coven is forced to tap into the magic of their past . . . if they want to stop their lives from going up in flames again.
On the outside, luxury real estate agent Sarah Nelson looks like every other mom in the suburb. But she has an edge that others don’t: She’s a witch. And no one knows . . . except her estranged ex-coven and college friends, Katrina and Alicia.
One terrible night during their freshman year, the trio accidentally burned down their dorm, and soon after they scattered. Their secret had been safe, until Sarah learns they’ve been invited back to commemorate the anniversary of the fire.
Suddenly, the magic doesn’t want to be controlled. Sarah’s orange tabby cat, Katy Purry, now argues with her. Her broom has become self-brooming, and her fridge somehow restocks thirty pounds of sliced turkey for school lunches. As it grows increasingly difficult to hide the magic and the past, Sarah, Katrina, and Alicia must harness their power together . . . before they find out if polite society still burns witches.
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A high 2 stars. (Mostly for Katy Purry, the fabulous cat!) Lots of potential and a promising start, but it went downhill from there and concluded with a terrible ending.
I enjoyed Suburban Hell by the same author. It wasn't perfect and I had some issues with it, but it was still really great and I was looking forward to this book. Sadly, it had all the same problems and in addition to that, it was also pretty boring after the 40% mark and had an ending that infuriated me because it made absolutely no sense!
Like Suburban Hell, this is a Contemporary novel, with a light sprinkling of undefined magic. Not a genre Fantasy or Thriller book, which was fine as I hadn't expected it to be! Some problems both books shared, in my opinion, were that they are too long, repetitive when it comes to the protagonist's worries and internal thoughts and very obvious and heavy-handed with the thematic content.
I also found the blurb misleading, as this is not a story about a coven and the friendships between a group of women. It's about Sarah. And only about her. The other two ladies are barely in this book and when they show up, they have no personality besides being incredibly selfish. They might as well be cardboard cutouts, standing in the background! Some of Sarah's random neighbours or her kids' friends have more depth and they aren't even relevant to the story!
I might have been able to still enjoy the story despite all those issues, but what pushed this book from fine to bad - and not very well plotted - was the ending. It made absolutely no sense and I hated it! It was also incredibly anticlimactic and this book has basically no plot, so the ending needed to be good! However, it only made me mad, thanks to all that wasted potential. Even the amazing cat Katy Purry couldn't make up for that!
