Oh wow and oh my! Word of advice: DO NOT read this book until the next one comes out… This chapter of the Harry Potter saga follows the gang as they enter their sixth year at Hogwarts. Typical of sixteen year olds, their time at school offers new crushes, sports, and normal Hogwarts happenings. Separate from this though, it seems that the headmaster Dumbledore is often away doing something no one knows about. Harry also discovers a marked textbook who once belonged to the mysterious Half Blood Prince. Using it to help him through his Potions class, Harry learns jinxis and potions to help him with everyday life. Because of the prophecy made in the last book, Harry has an even higher level of awareness in the magic community. He has been marked as the “Chosen One,” destined to be Voldermont’s equal, the only one who can kill or be killed by him. With this new responsibility, he takes private lessons from Dumbledore in which he learns more about Voldermont and how he came to be the evil threat against to life everywhere. I have to say, this book is much darker than the others…and there is one event, a death, you absolutely will not believe if you’ve been a follower of the series… It’s been a while since I’ve read about Mr. Potter, but you better believe I will be one of the first people in line to get the next one!