As I know you are all attempting to make up your mind about whether to attend the Books of Wonder reading or the Brooklyn Tee Party this Sunday, I thought I’d tell you a little bit about one of the books being featured at the Brooklyn Tee Party. (This is not to tell you that you should choose this event over the other, and I’ll be checking in tonight with a full interview/review of How to Be Bad, so you’ll be able to make a good solid decision.)
Former Gawker editor Emily Gould and current Harper Collins editor Zareen Jaffery have written this very cute tale of a young woman who has magic powers — and doesn’t want them.
Sophie Stone is the daughter of a famous horror movie director, and when her family uproots itself and moves to creepy Mythic, Massachusetts, she is anything but thrilled. Mythic was one of the places at the center of witch-hunting way back when, and as a result it’s a hokey tourist trap for folks who watched too much Bewitched as children.
The problem is, Sophie has always had this weird ability to do things, seemingly magically. And when she moves to Mythic, she finds out she really is … well, you know. A witch.
Okay, before I give too much away, I’ll just say this: The concept is fantastic. The writing totally sucks you in. My only complaint is that there’s not enough of it. I mean, I could easily have seen Hex Education as a trilogy. And I still can. A followup would be lovely, because you can’t expect me to believe that all the problems of Mythic, Mass. have been resolved in one book.
So on Sunday, if you choose to attend the Brooklyn Tee Party, you’ll get to meet authors Emily and Zareen (who looks sort of like Stacey from “What Not to Wear,” only cuter), and you’ll also get to chill with Lauren Mechling and Rachel Maude. I have so much to say about Lauren Mechling, but I’ll have to wait for a later time. All I can say now is, her new book is good. We’ll talk more about that later.
For now, go grab a copy of Hex Education. Even if you aren’t coming to either event (!?!), even if you don’t live in New York (poor thing), you owe it to yourself to check this one out. It is seriously good bathtub reading.
Instructions for reading:
1. Run bath and fill with bubbles.
2. Step into bath.
3. Crack open book.
Stay in tub until you’ve finished reading. Leave only for snacks.
Buy Hex Education