So, this was a much anticipated novel, so much so I went to get it last night at midnight. I have been following this series for almost 2 year, which means when a new book comes out, I read it in a day, then have to wait for the next one.  It helps that the Cast’s release their books every 6 months.

In some ways I feel like the resolution to this series could easily have happened in the 6th book, Tempted. I was surprised at the plot turns that the book decided to take, though this was before I found out it was to be a 12 book series. It reminds me of the way a TV show series goes for season after season. Each book has new main characters added, and the story line gets confused an muddled.

This story is told from many of the main characters points of view. Where the first 6 books were all from Zoey. This can be confusing when I put the book down for the night, and pick it up the next day, I have to remember who’s point of view I am reading from now.

I really enjoy Aphrodite’s point of view. In previous books you get to know her, but not like you do here. I really enjoy hearing in her own thoughts her feelings about herself. It also allows you to see the moments with her and Darius alone,

Let the boy drama continue in this young adult fantasy series! The House of Night Series has done it again. Being a vampyre high priestess sure has its perks, what with a sworn vampyre warrior, a human consort, a jealous ex boyfriend, and a sexy fallen angel, it’s straight from the hottest of romance sagas. Go Zoey. But part of me was still like “Choose already! You can’t have them all!” The story is awkward for me as it forces Zoey into roles that would seem to require someone with the emotional capacity of a woman and not a struggling, hormonal teenager. I feel myself wanting Zoey to grow up, and grow up fast as the further problems she encounters seem to become too much for her to solve.

Again I found myself stuck in the book, unable to pull myself away from the gripping story. Even though I wanted Zoey to choose between all the boys, I myself felt pulled to her warrior, her consort, and even the fallen angel!

Hunted is the fourth book in the young adult fantasy series, House of Night, and I couldn’t put it down! It is by far the most entrancing, suspenseful, on the edge of my seat novel written by the PC Cast duo thus far. The nightmare caused by the release of an ancient fallen angel arm and arm with one of the most powerful vampyres, Neferet, put me in constant fear for the lives of Zoey and her group of both blue and red vamps. My stomach churned and my mind twisted through each episode of catastrophe that brought more threats of death and injury.

Zoey also makes some significant realizations about who she is and how she knows Kalona the fallen angel. She really comes into her own and I can see her becoming

If the last novel, Chosen, was the fall of Zoey, this is a novel of redemption for Zoey. It is explained that alone they will fall, but together they might survive. I am starting to feel like the Cast women are trying to teach me important life lessons. As long as they keep writing intriguing and compelling books, I won’t mind.

In this novel Aphrodite starts to become more of a main character. She is the most spoiled and worldly of the group, and therefore the most cynical. Her goddess given gift is visions of future tragedies, and in the past she used them to gain power. Since then she has made a 180 degree turn, as her desire to be deserving of Nyx’s love has changed her.

This installment of the House of Night Series takes a decidedly more adult turn. Zoey loses her virginity, then her boyfriend and all her friends. Basically she is a teenager dealing with the fall out of that huge life decision. This is huge reason why I like how the Cast women have written these novels. They give the situation the proper weight in a teenager’s life.

The bad doesn’t end there… There is a new type of vampyre. These are the type that need blood to survive and will burn in the daylight, they are also evil and will willingly kill to feed. Not only do these vampyres exsist, but one of Zoey’s best friends is one. This drives her to help save her friend, with Nyx’s blessing. This is just another time that Zoey does an unpopular thing, but that is right thing to do.

What else could happen in one just over 300 pages? Professors start dying, and their deaths are blamed on the religious zealots in the area.

This is the second novel in the House of Night series.  It is only a month after the end of the first book Marked, giving Zoey only a little over a month to settle into her new life. At the end of the first novel she becomes leader of the Dark Daughters, an exclusive school club, and therefore becomes a High Priestess in training. She takes this on with a lot of responsibility and wants this club to stand for something great. I again think that her maturity is commendable, and I am glad that she feels strongly about something so based in being a good person. One of my favorite parts is that she wants to volunteer in a local charity; you will chuckle when you find out which one it is.

This series grabbed my attention for the same reasons Twilight did.  Although, I love how real this book is, as opposed to Twilight. Death is a real threat to these characters.  At any moment their body could reject the change, as it does for a few characters during this first novel. I have always been intrigued by vampyre lore, and the House of Night Series gives the lore a fresh new twist (without sparkly skin).

The House of Night Series follows the transformation of a teenage girl, Zoey, into a vampyre. These are not the vampyres that we imagine today, even with the new version of Twilight vampires.  Zoey explains that certain people become vampyres due to biological change that happens as a type of puberty.  There is some ‘junk’ DNA that switches on, and instead of becoming a regular adult, you start the ‘change’ into a vampyre adult.

This series is co-written by a mother and daughter. Having read other books by PC Cast, the mother, I get the feeling that the story is outlined by her. I think that Kristen Cast, her daughter, really gives the novels their teenage feel. This can be annoying at times, as I dislike the teenage slang. Although, I realize I am not longer a teenager. So while it is annoying to me, I think that it hits home to the target audience, teenagers.