In Demon Glass, Jenna takes on the protective role when Sophie is stuck with her usually-absent father. Also, side note, Jenna is this tiny blonde vampire obsessed with the colour pink, which makes for a pretty different take on the trope. When Sophie is offered a trip to go on, her first response is that she’ll only go if Jenna comes with her. By Demon Glass, they have a rock solid relationship. Sophie obviously goes through her own struggles in that first book, and they begin to rely on each other.

Sophie in the first book is immediately protective of Jenna, who’s an outcast at the school for being a vampire (metaphors!). For one thing, how common is it for a straight main character to have a lesbian best friend? The stereotypical sassy gay friend is done fairly often, but a straight girl who emotionally relies on her lesbian BFF? I was surprised at how appreciative I was of their relationship, because I feel like I haven’t seen it before. I remember liking the first book, but this one really made me fall in love with Jenna and how she’s portrayed. I actually picked up the first Hex Hall book not knowing that there was a lesbian character at all (they must just be magnetically drawn to me at this point), so it was a pleasant surprise to find out that Sophie’s roommate at her new school (for magical beings) is a lesbian vampire! So why am I reviewing it at the Lesbrary? Because I loved her best friend Jenna too much not to share.

In fact, a lot of the personal drama of the book is a love triangle of her trying to choose between two guys. Hex Hall is a paranormal teen series with a straight main character.

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