View the Study Pack. Plot Summary. Chapters 1 and 2. Chapters 3 and 4. Chapters 5 and 6. Chapters 7 and 8. Chapters 9 and Chapters 11 and Chapters 13 and Chapters 15 and Chapters 17 and Chapters 19 and Chapters 21 and I mean, the actions is alright, but it's the characters that kinda I don't know how to explain it, you kinda have to read it yourself to understand it.
What, there's three love interests here? A half-time professor, a fellow student and a human boy. Of all of them, I like Heath - the human boy - the most.
He's matured a bit from book one, and I just like him. Of course, I know what will happen later on in this series, but for now, Heath is it for me so far. Things would've been so much better. I never should've started re-reading this series Zoey's life turned upside down when she was Marked by a vampyre Tracker in book one; she had to transfer to the House of Night or her body would reject the Change and die.
Her mark is filled, which is not normal for a fledging and she has affinities for all five elements: Air, Fire Water, Earth and Spirit, which has never happened before. There are temples dedicated to her in every House of Night. Vampyres also honor her by living in a matriarchal society, where women have the rule, but men are honored and respected as guardians and companions and consorts. Nyx gives her children many gifts and once she has given a fledgling or vampyre an affinity, she never takes it back.
Those who are given such abilities often excel in society, becoming High Priestesses or Warriors. Nyx's greatest gift for her children is free will, as she often says herself. Erebus , Nyx's consort. She lives on a lavender farm. Skylar , her cat. She has an affinity for their felines cats , abilities as a healer, and she's also an intuitive - she can pick up bits and pieces of things.
She is Erik Night's ex-girlfriend. Neferet was her mentor. Affinity: Earth. Affinity: Water. First, Shaunee and Erin call each other Twin because even though they are clearly not related—Erin being an extremely white girl from Tulsa, and Shaunee being of Jamaican descent and a lovely mocha color from Connecticut—they are freakishly alike. Beelzebub a cat that belongs to Erin and Shaunee; he chose both of them—together. Affinity: Fire. Affinity: Air. She and Zoey had a falling out after she married John three years ago.
He was an Elder of the People of Faith, a position he was oh, so proud of. Not a full-time professor because he's only at HoN for one school year - just teach two classes. A poet and a writer, and Loren Blake is going to be his mentor and he's going to be Erik Night's roommate.
His twin sister Anne , changed fifteen? Series : - Series, Book Two. Love triangle? Will I read this again in the future? New Rating - 2. Same rating as before. View 2 comments. Mar 17, Kelly RAley rated it liked it. I really enjoy the idea of these books. I mean, who is reading book 2 without having read the other book? Do we really have to get the Cherokee translation for daughter again?
The overt sexuality is a bit much for any teens that I teach, and I couldn't safely recommend this to any teens or pre-teens tha I really enjoy the idea of these books. The overt sexuality is a bit much for any teens that I teach, and I couldn't safely recommend this to any teens or pre-teens that I know. I even skipped over a few scenes. I don't understand why that is necessary in a book that is so clearly aimed at teens.
This is definitely not Twilight, even though I find the initial ideas and characters much more intriguing. View all 4 comments. Shelves: cringe-worthy-covers , soap-opera , what-s-the-hype-about , face-palm , impulsive-stupid , is-it-ebony-or-enoby , research-wikipedia , i-m-in-the-mood-to-snark , insta-luv , sequels-gone-bad. To see the full drinking game click here I think my local library hates me. There are some books I've been waiting for months to get my hands on and then there's others like P.
The good thing though is that I'm on Spring Break and had nothing to do this weekend other than babysit my father long story short he decided to climb up a tree to rescued his crashed RC airplane and ended up breaking his foot.
W To see the full drinking game click here I think my local library hates me. Which meant reading and snarking at the second House of Night book was a way to alleviate my stress of being forced to make coconut praline smoothies every other second. Like with the first book a lot of the same drinking rules apply. You can drink every time the Casts embarrass themselves or humanity that's about every sentence , offend humanity in general once again every sentence , or go on a spill about how Zoey farts rainbows and poops glitter turds again, every sentence.
I don't like being monotonous and I feel like if I continue with the same format for this drinking game you guys will get bored. So, today I'm going to focus on how to make the most of your drinking which parts of the book are the most worth getting drunk over.
Well, he needs to make an appearance here. The teachers and students at House of Night really know nothing about proper behavior.
I could not stand Loren despite the fact he's supposedly some "hottie". All I was reminded of was one of those pervy guys who seduces girls with poetry and should be on To Catch a Predator. Seriously, if your under eighteen and he's older don't go there. You may think he's mysterious and hot and age doesn't matter when it comes to romance, but the fact that he's legal and your not has lots of ramifications.
Plus, don't you think if he was that great of a catch he's already have a girlfriend his age already? So yeah, Loren he might be described as looking like a model but I bet the character really isn't that hot. I really feel sorry for the character Damien he's a token character if there ever was one.
I literally drank a sip of my chocolate chai every time he appeared because the Casts would make some comment about his sexuality. That he smiled gayly, or that he looked gayer than usual, that he looks like one of those old gay movie stars Rock Hudson I'm presuming or that he falls in love with the first gay kid that comes to school, or that he wears pink pajamas. Enough already. Damien is gay. But that doesn't mean he needs to be a walking stereotype.
Write him like you'd write any character except that he dates guys not girls. It's not that difficult. Yes, I know it's YA and romance in YA can be flimsy at best but I have to say the romance in the House of Series makes Twilight look like the best love story ever told. There's hardly any interaction between Zoey and the boys who are all in love with her. Out of all of them I probably like Erik the best and that's only because he's hardly appears and when he does I just see my Disney crush Prince Eric so that makes him okay though he is ruining that cartoon crush and that isn't okay.
As for Heath, well, he deserves his own drinking game see 6 an Loren just makes me want to bathe in bleach see 1. Really, all the romance that's in this book is Zoey trying to figure out who she loves the best and I could care less who she ends up with.
Now, I'm starting to really wonder. Let's talk about My Immortal for a minute. Once again, I've provided a link to its Wikia page but unless you've actually experienced the eye bleeding that this fan fic causes and then read The House of Night you're not going to notice the similarities.
Honestly, a lot of this story reads as a clean up version of the fan fic: the romance is as senseless at the story, there's a lot of talk about coffins, Count Chocola, about the snow making the character feel depressed, evil and pervy teachers, and a super powered Mary Sue. Considering that the author, Tera Gillespie is reportedly from Dubai and that the Casts are from Oklahoma maybe it's just a coincidence.
But you never know Or at least I would hope not. I have not learned a single thing from these books except for the lows that humanity can stoop to. Heath is just unlikeable. The Casts can do nothing to make him likable. I could care less if he smokes or drinks. His addiction issues weren't what makes him a deplorable character.
He's immature and stupid. And honestly I think this quote says just about everything you need to know about him: "Erik wasn't like that at all, and I couldn't help but compare him to Heath, who would probably have been freaked that he had to room with a gay kid.
Not that Heath was hateful or anything like that, but he was a typical teenage Okie boy, which tended to mean narrow minded homophobe. Um, so was that quote suppose to make me like Heath because it doesn't?
In fact, it pretty much seals my feelings for him. Obnoxious tool who just happens to be a homophobe. You know who Heath reminds me of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. I'll probably be reading another one of these books, Chosen, in the next month or whenever it shows up in my reserve box.
What will happen next? Will Zoey find out that she's the Nyx's long lost more powerful daughter? Will Grandma Redbird embezzle from the Cherokee bingo parlor's funds to feed her Etsy habit? Or will they all go flying in a Mercedes with the license plate if it's truly based on My Immortal that could actually happen?
Dec 27, Heather rated it it was ok Recommends it for: No one! Shelves: ya-vampire-werewolves , worst-reads-ever-read-nevertheless. I'm a little frustrated with this series. It has the potential to be good, but it continually falls short. The main reason is the writing. It's horrible! I even added a whole new shelf dedicated to the "worst-reads-ever. Plus, a thesaurus can work miracles to spruce up any writing. I gave this book two stars, because the story started to get more interesting.
However, I'm not I'm a little frustrated with this series. However, I'm not connecting to the characters and this is a big deal to me. Even if the writing is bad in a book, as long as, I connect to the characters and the story then, I can look past the painful narration. I'm finding it hard to turn a blind eye to the writing abilities of these authors. Just because there is a large audience out there for vampire novels, doesn't mean that every story should be published.
Having a good idea does not equal good writing. So, why did I read the second book after hating the first book? Well, I have a bad habit of buying the whole series, even though I haven't read the first book. In addition, I like to torture myself repeatedly. I may be ridiculous in all my reasoning here, but I like to give things a try and I just can't stand the fact that I already started this series and I have to know where this story and characters are going to lead me Shelves: jackie-recommends , staff-recommends , teen-ya , quick-picks-for-reluctant-young-adu.
It's also about teenage vampires, but these teenagers are smart and funny and serious for the most part, yet still very believable as teenagers I didn't really feel that way about Meyer's characters. I'm sure that's helped by the fact this is a mother and young adult daughter writing team who are absolutely fearless about what happens to their characters. Plus it's a new and interesting twist on vampirism, which I always appreciate!
I cannot recommend this series highly enough--it is addictive!!! View all 7 comments. Aug 08, Naomi rated it it was amazing. Really great sequel! Can't wait to read the third one! Aug 23, Sophia Triad rated it really liked it Shelves: superpowers-specialpowers , vampires , 1paranormal-lovestories , witches-wizards.
Zoe becomes a vampire faster than the other fledglings and has already become leader of the Daughters of Dark. Thus, there is a lot of interest in her by the older vampires and maybe a bit of jealousy by the other younger vampires-to-be that may or may not succeed in surviving and transitioning.
Zoe most of the times does not feel comfortable with these rabbit cha "You have no clue what you're doing, Zoey Redbird," I said aloud to myself as the grey sky opened and poured cold rain over everything. Zoe most of the times does not feel comfortable with these rabbit changes, but she has good friends who support her. Zoe's love life is also a mess. So far she has two love interests: 1. Her ex boyfriend, Heath, who has started imprinting himself with her.
He boyfriend-to-be, Erik, who apparently is the best looking guy at the House of Night. Are these two enough? Vampire poet Loren And teacher! And very much adult! He does not hesitate to touch her or write poems about her. Zoe does not seem to mind. Other important facts of the story: - Neferet may not be the good guy after all - Aphrodite may not be that bad - A leading characters does not accept the changes and she dies Then, with an enormous rush of meadow-filled wind, the green candle went out, and my best friend died.
So, expect lots of drama in this book. For me it is still a guilty pleasure and I am devouring the series for second time with the same enjoyment and attention. Feb 23, Jane PS rated it did not like it. This book decided me against reading any more by these authors, even though I have the third book waiting. It is all just too painful and, I know this will sound ridiculous, unbelievable Zoey had only been marked as a vampire fledgling one month earlier!
To utilise their stupid writing style!! And the supposedly advanced vocabulary used by Damian? I had to keep re-reading the sentences to try and work out what was 'advanced'. Also, I may be cynical, but it seems to me that the authors are planning to churn out book after book equating to month by month of Zoey's life rather than give faithful readers a decent story eg JK Rowlings.
At the rate they are going, there are close to 50 books in waiting. I'm going to see if my nieces are interested in reading these books, otherwise, they are going to the book exchange View all 5 comments. I'm really getting back into the series. My aim for this year is to finish it finally. I remember being so obsessed years ago. This book has loss and betrayal involved.
Zoe does annoy me with her constant hoe-ness. She needs to just pick a guy and stay with them!! This series is very hit and miss with a lot of people. Personally I love it as it's fun, the characters are awesome and it's oddly addictive. Can't wait to re-read the next. I am going to go ahead and admit something right now: I didn't go into Betrayed with high expectation "You deserve to be shown respect," Damien said in his school-teacher voice.
I am going to go ahead and admit something right now: I didn't go into Betrayed with high expectations. After all, I read and reviewed Marked about a month ago. I hadn't forgotten how much it made me cringe; the writing was poor, the plot was barely existent, and the characters were flat, stereotyped and annoying- especially our leading lady, Zoey Montgomery Redbird, who is without a doubt the most infuriating fictional character I have ever come across.
Still, I was and still am determined to finish what I began. A long time ago I made a resolution to finish every book series I start, so that I may never be told "Your opinion doesn't count because you didn't read all the books. Betrayed took five days for me to read, despite it being only pages long. I had to put it down several times because I just couldn't deal with its incessant douchebaggery.
All of the last book's problems had come back for an encore, along with several brand new issues. It was like a poor writing party. The story starts off by furiously recapping the last book like there's no tomorrow. Zoey wangsts about how hard it is to be as special as she is, while her friends gush over how amazing she is. She's the new leader of the "Dark Daughters", having deposed Aphrodite of her Alpha Female throne at the end of the last book.
Coupling that with her magical "filled in" mark, affinity for all five of the elements, and not one but two boys who masturbate to the ground she walks on. Oh woe is Zoey Redbird, High Priestess in training! It takes a while for things to get rolling. We're treated to a nice reminder that Zoey's mom and step-father or "step-loser", as Zoey so clevely puts it are assholes and that she is to be pitied for having such a horrible home life. Only, apparently all fledglings are legally emancipated from their parents upon entering the House of Night, so it's not exactly an issue, is it?
Plus, Zoey has her loving grandmother who more than makes up for her mother, so what is the problem? To fill his absence, Zoey is given a new admirer in the form of a teacher named Loren. As someone who is dating a student teacher, he and I can both tell you right now that Loren comes off as the biggest creeper.
I know the relationship is clearly meant to appeal to fans of "taboo" relationships- but it's not sexy. It's awkward and cringe-inducing and only makes me dislike Zoey more. There's a particularly embarrassing scene where they have a "moment" in Zoey's car where she drinks his blood and rubs his crotch while he desperately thrusts his hips back against her hand. I had to laugh to keep from physically wincing at the awkward. Zoey constantly moans about how hard it is to juggle three guys.
Stevie-Rae at some point says that it's okay for Zoey to cheat because she's so special ; how could the same rules that apply to other people apply to Zoey? I couldn't help but gag at that part. What the fuck? All this boyfriend drama makes up for about thirty or forty percent of the plot. While Zoey is out "slutting it up" all the while slut-shaming Aphrodite for being with Erik in the last book. Hypocrisy much?
This results in some inept detectives showing up for about eight pages to accuse Zoey of being the murderer, leaving, and then coming back at the end of the book to tie the plot together in a flim-flam sort of way. Oh, and Zoey calls the FBI to leave a fake bomb-threat. The other two plot things include Zoey preparing for her first ritual as leader of the Dark Daughters, and setting Neferet up to be the bad guy by having Zoey discover her sneaking around with the supposedly "dead" fledglings.
Riveting book. Oh wait, one thing happens. Stevie-Rae dies Then she's back, as one of the "undead" fledglings. To be honest, the most exciting thing of the book was seeing the "ugly" fledgling Elliot from the last book, and he was yet again called "gross" and "hideous" because he's not gorgeous like the rest of the cast. I have a feeling the Casts have something against ugly people? As I said before, all the problems from the last book are still hanging around.
Bad syntax and grammar, poor pacing, racism, sexism, awful characters and immature writing. Zoey enjoys saying things like "scared poo-less" or "I almost peed myself! I could understand avoiding the "three big swears" view spoiler [Cunt, Nigger and Faggot, if you're curious although, faggot was used in Marked now that I think about it Common sense.
Have some. Not to mention that any time Shaunee shows up, everything stops to remind us that she's black. Oh, but don't say the word "black!
This happened on the first damn page. There's also more of this crap later on in the book where a dude flirts with Shaunee saying that he's "colorful" which made me drop the book and push it away. Then there's Damien. Can we leave the poor gay kid alone? Why does every time he show up we have to be reminded that he loves the D? There's a part in the book where the other girls taunt him and call him "Majesty" and "Your Highness", and it's not treated as bullying.
I understand that friends tease friends, but this was awful. I have a gay friend who would punch you in the face for that kind of dickery. This book added the character "Jack Twist", who is immediately revealed to be gay without any characterization because he's named after a character from Brokeback Mountain. Chapters 1 and 2. Chapters 3 and 4. Chapters 5 and 6. Chapters 7 and 8.
Chapters 9 and Chapters 11 and Chapters 13 and Chapters 15 and Chapters 17 and Chapters 19 and Chapters 21 and Chapters 23 and Chapters 25 and Chapters 27 and Chapters 29 and
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