Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

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?

So this is the second installment of the Hex Hall trilogy.  And it was almost as good as the first.  I would have rated it better if not for the obvious love triangle that kept popping up to distract you from the action.

Sophie is in love with Archer, who's supposed to kill her, but is engaged to Cal thanks to an arranged marriage.  Of course she wants to call off the engagement with Cal because he says they're just friends and that what she thinks too, but of course it's NEVER like that.  Archer is forced to flee back to his group of assassins known as 'the Eye' and leave Sophie wanting for more.  This is where he should have been written out as a character because when he comes back everything gets complicated and confusing.

In the meantime, Sophie finds out that people are raising demons to fight the Eye which is frowned upon because they are dangerous killing machines and cannot be controlled easily.

Jenna, the BFF from book 1, pops up every now and again.  I think there might be some missed storyline between Jenna and Sophie...they could definitely be a couple (especially with Jenna being gay already).  I mean there's gotta be some reason she sticks around.  Maybe it's just me but if I was being ignored by my bestie for days at a time I would seriously start re-thinking some things, like WHY WE WERE STILL FRIENDS...unless I wanted something more ;) ya know?

But other than the awkward love triangle/square this book was pretty engaging.  I liked the introduction of Sophie's dad and how he played a role in everything.  There were definitely some shocking moments with some major characters.  Betrayal, backstabbing and mysterious deaths--heavy stuff.

Overall, 4 stars for action.  Not 5 stars because of the annoying love triangle, but still worth reading!