Haunted vs HEX: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Witches--Fiction, Witches, Fiction
Haunted
THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF THE SMART, SEXY -- SUPERNATURAL -- WOMEN OF THE OTHERWORLDEve Levine -- half-demon, black witch and devoted mother -- has been dead for three years. She has a great house, an interesting…
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HEX
"Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth-century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- HEX is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 9 for Haunted.
- Haunted has the widest readership — 113063 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Haunted | HEX | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (113063) | 3.7 (53084) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (50) | 3.7 (205) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (5) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (51) | 4.0 (271) |
Reception
| Haunted | HEX | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 113063 | 53084 |
| Editions | 12 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 106 | 1765 |
| Pages | 495 | 384 |