Review also posted at The Wandering Fangirl.

I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed the first book in this series, Hex Hall, because I was delighted once I dove back into Sophie's world. She's a great character to follow along as the world of the Hex Hall series is expanded, and she's one of the easiest, least annoying first person POVs I've had the pleasure of reading in a while.

What I appreciate most about Demonglass is how smart Sophie is about things.

Spoiler

The boy she really likes is a bad guy? Don't meet up with him in secret! (The first time, anyway.) Doing something dangerous and you get advice that changes your mind? Change it!

She does everything a smart teenager should do in a series like this, and I've never once yelled or groaned because Sophie did something that just begs her to be offed, unlike some other YA paranormal heroines I won't name.

Even the inevitable sort of love triangle didn't bother at all, because it wasn't shoved in just for the same of having a love triangle. Sophie's caught between two guys she genuinely likes - one who she knows she should stay away from (and does, for the most part), and the other who is a pretty great guy. Neither of the guys fight for Sophie in an unhealthy way, neither professes their stalkery love for her, and it's just. So. REFRESHING.

I felt a few of the secondary characters in this one, from the new demon teens to some of the council members were drawn a little thin, but I did enjoy getting to know Sophie's father, and her gay vampire best friend Jenna is always a delight.

I can't wait for Spell Bound to come out, especially after that doozy of a cliffhanger ending Demonglass.