In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince you follow the main character Harry Potter and his companions Ron, hermione, and sometimes Ginny. Harry has many problems in relations of his friends and the rising threat of voldemort that he must endure and solve. Throughout the majority of the book Ron and heroine are fighting and not talking because Hermione is jealous and angry that Ron is dating Lavender Brown. Harry is also trying to expose Malfoy's evil plan to Dumbledore but is unsuccessful in finding any evidence against him. Dumbledore is also teaching harry about Voldemort's past through memories that he has collected over the years from his own interaction with young voldemort as well as other peoples memories and interactions. At the same time harry was told by Dumbledore to obtain a memory from professor Slughorn that Dumbledore could not obtain and believes that only harry can get it from him. Harry is also dealing with a personal dilemma as well and that is the fact that he is falling for Ginny but is not sure if should go for her and risk his friendship with Ron or stay friends with Ginny and secure his friendship with Ron. In the end Malfoy's plan is completed and he successfully lets The Death Eaters into Hogwarts who the kill Dumbledore and escape.
In chapter nine on page 183 of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, Harry is at his first potions lesson of the year. "They chose the one nearest a gold-colored cauldron that was emitting one of the most seductive scents Harry had ever inhaled: Somehow it reminded him simultaneously of treacle tart, the woody smell of a broomstick handle, and something flowery he thought he might have smelled at the Burrow" (Rowling 183). This for shadows him falling in love with Ginny later on in the book.
In chapter nine on page 183 of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, Harry is at his first potions lesson of the year. "They chose the one nearest a gold-colored cauldron that was emitting one of the most seductive scents Harry had ever inhaled: Somehow it reminded him simultaneously of treacle tart, the woody smell of a broomstick handle, and something flowery he thought he might have smelled at the Burrow" (Rowling 183). This for shadows him falling in love with Ginny later on in the book.