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Betrayed (House of Night #2)

by P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author) (co-author), Kristin Cast (co-author)

3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 · rating details · 112,133 ratings · 3,581 reviews

All any of us could talk about was Chris's disappearance and how bizarre it was that he had last been seen so close to the House of Night. I didn't want to believe it. But everything inside me said that the kid would be found, but he'd be found dead...

Things seem to be going pretty well for Zoey Redbird. She's settled in at the House of Night finishing school and is coming...more

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May 13, 2011 Saniya(Will Herondale is mine) rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bought-from-library, vampires

Much, much and much better than Marked. LOL jk, only 0.5 percent better xD
Heres the thing:

"Ohh! I see betrayed! Should I read it?!"

"Maybe I should, what if its good?!"

"Buh what if it sucks? Maybe I should not"

"Ohk, ohk. I am reading it!"

Now heres the story:

Theres this annoying Zoey who thinks shes the most amazing person in this world.
So wrong.

Half of this book is about Zoey waiting for his freaking Superman, Eric. And when he finally arrives, he does N-O-T-H-I-N-G except for hugging and singing...more

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Jun 06, 2012 Alkyoni rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sixteen-candles, urban-fantasy, exercise-in-masochism, from-dusk-till-dawn, say-anything

The main character, super special, gifted, popular, admired and generally perfect, newly- turned-vampire Zoey, is torn between three men (two boys and a man to be exact…).

1. Her uber-cute human ex-boyfriend Heath (Ohmygoodness!) whose - I quote - bulge in the pants she finds herself rubbing.

2. Her fellow vampire and uber-handsome current boyfriend Erik (Ohmydearsweetlord) whom the entire school considers to be her boyfriend but she is not really sure because even though they’ve dated a few times...more

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Oct 22, 2008 Jo rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, urban-fantasy, vampires, young-adult, own, 2008

While still a somewhat enjoyable read (if only because I like the idea behind the story & I enjoyed the ending), the overuse of the words (slut, stank slut, hag, hag bitch, skank, ho and ho bitch) was a bit much. It's always bothered me how casually teen girls throw around the word 'slut' as an insult .. not even teen girls, adults constantly toss that word around as well. It seems that if a girl isn't well liked, the automatic insult is to call them a 'slut' and it's really aggravating. I m...more

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Apr 11, 2009 Elizabeth rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, in-by-of-the-americas, vamps-and-other-mythical-beasts, reviewed, fantasy-sci-fi, the-knights-who-say-meh

Don't do drugs, boys and girls. Drugs are for losers.

What else did we learn from this book? The lessons come fast and furious.*

Lesson one: Drugs make you a loser and only losers do drugs. In fact, if you have ever smoked pot or been to a keg party, that's reason enough that you might show up dead in the river.

Lesson two: If ginormous can't express an impossibly large enough amount for you, just put gi in front of other large words, and your editor will think you're totally up on what kids think...more

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Jan 22, 2011 Nicola rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of YA vampire books

Shelves: books-i-own, young-adult, vampires, gods-and-goddesses

This one started off slow, but after about fifty pages, I was captivated. I believe the reason the beginning was slow was because it basically just went over everything that happened it the last book. However, once the story got going, I couldn't put the book down. It's a really emotional book, and deals with a wide range of themes including death, and as the title suggests, betrayal. The loyalty among Zoey's group never falters though, and it really strengthens the book. I thought this one was...more

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Jan 05, 2009 Tattered Cover Book Store added it · review of another edition

Recommended to Tattered Cover by: The Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Lib

Shelves: jackie-recommends, staff-recommends, teen-ya, quick-picks-for-reluctant-young-adu

I liked the Twilight Saga, but I'm CRAZY about The House of Night series. 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...more

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Jul 19, 2012 Judies rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012

Uvažovala jsem o jedné hvězdičce, ale je fakt, že tahle kniha měla o něco propracovanější příběh než první díl...takže by bylo nespravedlivé hodnotit jí hůř.

V téhle knížce ubyla spousta těch legračních na hlavu padlých situací a frází, které mě v prvním díle docela bavily. Co ale zůstalo, je autorčina snaha označovat víru v Boha za nebezpečnou úchylku. To je docela legrační, když uvážíme, že její hrdinové uctívají feministickou bohyni (ano, autorka je lehce zaujatá i proti mužům), která ve své n...more

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Oct 14, 2012 Heather rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I had read the first book in the House of Night and didn't actually feel inclined to read any of the others. But I got a good deal on a set of 5 and thought I'd give it another chance.

This book had less about the mythology of "vampyres" than the first one. Honestly, without the occasional mention of drinking blood, I would have assumed it was a book about witches. There was a lot of talk about rituals, elements, and the Daughters of Darkness or whatever they were called. Still, Zoey talked on an...more I had read the first book in the House of Night and didn't actually feel inclined to read any of the others. But I got a good deal on a set of 5 and thought I'd give it another chance.

This book had less about the mythology of "vampyres" than the first one. Honestly, without the occasional mention of drinking blood, I would have assumed it was a book about witches. There was a lot of talk about rituals, elements, and the Daughters of Darkness or whatever they were called. Still, Zoey talked on and on about her super specialness and, unlike the first book, didn't seem to want to be normal. It had been a month since the end of the first book. That's not enough time to become comfortable with being different, no matter how awesome the difference might be.

There were also a lot of parentheses. This popped up every time Zoey was trying to justify some thought or action, let us know that she knew what she was talking about, or to be snarky. This was just annoying. This is a first person story. We don't need the narrator to give commentary on her narration.

The authors definitely let us know how they feel about drugs and alcohol use in this book. One of the more memorable lines for me was when Stevie Rae says "I don't like marijuana. It smells bad." Blah Blah all the other stuff that you tell kids when you don't want them smoking pot. I'm not saying they should, but it was so PSA. It reminds me of how parents try to casually sneak in the sex talk. It just doesn't work because you damn well know it wasn't just a casual conversation. The authors also implied that drinking was more than enough reason that someone might end up dead in the river with cuts all over them and drained of blood. Zoey is so good that she only met the dead boys once because they drank and she didn't want to be around that.

But Zoey the virtuous doesn't see anything wrong with flirting with a teacher. Or with having 3 boyfriends. Or with those guys not knowing she has 3 boyfriends. Because she's not giving bj's in the hallway, she's not the ho that Aphrodite is. And that word is used a lot- along with slut, bitch and tons of other derogatory terms for girls. The authors won't let Zoey say "shit". She has to say "poo." Yet they let her walk around calling other girls derogatory names.

Anyway, to the actual story. Zoey has to do her first full moon ritual and much of the book is spent with her working on it at odd hours and walking around in desolate areas of the school where she continuously happens to find people to eavesdrop on. This is actually how Zoey finds out practically everything in this book. Any plot progression happens because Zoey inadvertently eavesdrops on conversations.

Zoey is so self-absorbed that she doesn't notice her bestest friend of a month, Stevie Rae, isn't looking so hot. Despite several instances of Zoey thinking about how illness is one of the signs of rejecting the change, she doesn't seem to be concerned with Stevie Rae's obvious sickness. I, on the other hand, saw this coming a mile away. Just after her super special first ritual in which all her friends become super special too, Stevie Rae dies.

But Zoey doesn't have much time to grieve because Heath, Zoey's human ex that she imprinted with, goes missing. She had to find him before he dies and her imprint allows her to do so. She runs off without telling anyone to save the day. She finds him still alive because the blood of an imprinted human tastes bad. She also finds Stevie Rae, not quite dead.

She kind of knew but had confirmed that the high priestess she looked up to and thought of as a second mother was really an evil bitch. The high priestess blocks her memory but Zoey gets a super special visit from Nyx and remembers everything. The book ends with whispered threats between Zoey and the high priestess. I knew the high priestess was evil in the last one. I knew the dead students weren't dead. This one did not shed any more light on that. We don't know why or how. Overall, no plot progression.

I don't know if I can bring myself to read the rest. Usually if I get involved in a series, I can't wait to read the next. With this one, I actually didn't want to go right into the next book. I felt like I needed to read something that was much better. It's books like this that make me feel like the teen vamp thing has kind of jumped the shark. And I love vampire books. 2.5 from me.(less)

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Jul 30, 2008 Jessica rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Good Lord, was this terrible.

It had a great concept: a vampire finishing school. Say it to yourself a few times. Vampire. Finishing. School. I envisioned a dark mirror of Hogwarts, something that would feed my irrational* obsession with boarding schools while twisting it down new, hopefully black-humor-laden pathways.

This was not the book I got, but I'm flexible. What I got was a flat, contrived exercise in demonstrating the problems of YA writing, fantasy writing, and romance writing.

Zoey never...more

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May 02, 2013 Alex Gipp rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: good-vampire-books

Betrayed is the second novel in the House of Night series. Leaving off from the debut novel, Zoey is now the leader of the Dark daughters, an elite club of sorts, and...well that's kind of all that matters. Zoey isn't officially going out with Erik (So Heath was her almost boyfriend, and Erik is her unofficial boyfriend, and she doesn't think that she is a slut.) Aphrodite is still against her and it seems that during the one month period between these books, the only event worth knowing is that...more Betrayed is the second novel in the House of Night series. Leaving off from the debut novel, Zoey is now the leader of the Dark daughters, an elite club of sorts, and...well that's kind of all that matters. Zoey isn't officially going out with Erik (So Heath was her almost boyfriend, and Erik is her unofficial boyfriend, and she doesn't think that she is a slut.) Aphrodite is still against her and it seems that during the one month period between these books, the only event worth knowing is that Erik is away at some drama competition.

The plot of this book, revolves around the mysterious kidnapping and murders of two BA quarterbacks that Zoey knew. The theme is a lot more mature than last time and it should be something that moves on from the school theme which is quite dull. I say that it should do that, because it does not. Okay, so I don't expect Zoey to be making some attempt to catch the murderer, but the action in the book is summed up in about thirty or so pages at the end. And while I'm on the topic of the murders, (view spoiler)

As far as character development is concerned, there has been change but in the wrong areas. Zoey has become less shallow, which is an improvement, but the rest of her circle are still the mind-numbingly irritants that they were last time. Character development has to be either one of two things, gradual or justified. While Heath's change (Yes, he's back, unfortunately.) isn't gradual I can believed that it is justified, since he wants to win Zoey back. But Aphrodite's change of heart, makes about as much sense as an ice cube in the desert. She goes from completely despising Zoey to being on some unofficial truce, including some sort of friendly wink. Where did the "hag from Hell" go? We have the new editions of Jack Twist and Loren Blake, but I'm not going into detail about them for spoiler purposes. Erik is a black hole for anything plot worthy in this book. He's so out of the loop and every time that he appears in the book, we hear a long mental speech about Zoey's feelings and love life with her unofficial boyfriend. I don't mind any romance in this book, but for the love of God, give the characters some purpose beyond that.

The writing style has slightly improved. Zoey's mental age is no longer far older than her actual age, but it is still a lot younger. She seems to have trouble concentrat-oh look there's a tree. seriously her mind keeps going off at a tangent. It's not a problem, just an irritation.

There's still a few technicalities here and there that make me grind my teeth. Such as,(view spoiler) There's a bit of a timing issue, when Erik is about to appear in the novel. the lights flash to signal that the program will start in two minutes. In which there is a running conversation of about eleven sentences. I don't know about you, but it doesn't usually take me two minutes to talk to someone, in a conversation of only eleven sentences. And for a school that supposedly promotes a healthy lifestyle, Zoey seems to have a real easy time at getting her hands on some brown pop.

The big plot point of this book, however is the not so shocking, reveal of the antagonist of the book, and the series. this is the books biggest let down. When Zoey discovers that this person is the mastermind of these killings, she "shakes her head in denial." Despite the ~~big huge~~ enormous tells in the book. (view spoiler)

The verdict: The storyline was a bit more captivating, the plot is certainly moving along, but the characters are still very unrealistic and the not-so-shocking twist leaves me with the impression that the Cast's just really couldn't be bothered for subtlety. Thankfully, I think that the former outweighs the latter, but I would like to see some changes made sooner rather than later.

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Apr 15, 2011 Karla rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book stars off slow but gets better along the way. It fallows Zoey on her journey at the house of night. I got fustrated and wanted to quit reading the book so many times but im glad i didnt i really liked it. It got kind of sad in chapter 22 but other then that it was really cool. and if you read the book i think you'll get the chapter 22 thing jajaja soooo read the book and dont give up if you think its boring cuz trust me it will get better along the way!!!

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Feb 23, 2009 Jane (PS) rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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!).

I just can't be bothered with the purile writing style, pathetic 'slut/ho/gay' references, allusions to current celebrities, double standards, etc. Eg. 3 boys on the go at once and she can't decide on one but she thinks nearly every other girl...more

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Mar 10, 2013 YAL Book Briefs rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: No One

Recommended to YAL Book Briefs by: A Sadistic Bookstore Owner

Shelves: annoying-heroines, anti-feminist, bad-body-image, bad-boys-uh-no-thanks, beware-whiplash, charmed-ish, cliche-series, cliches, content, couldn-t-stand-past-work, crap-flick, crappy-book-anyway, cringe-worthy-covers, damn-hippies, doesn-t-do-their-research, dumb-ass-heroines, face-palm, generalization, glorified-fan-fiction, i-m-in-the-mood-to-snark, impulsive-stupid, insta-luv, is-it-ebony-or-enoby, just-don-t-understand-it-s-purpose, just-not-my-thing, love-triangle, magical-tats, mary-sue, meh-characters, offensive, oh-bother, paranormal, plot-gets-bogged-down, prissy-preaching, rage-fest, rude-and-offensive, sanctimonious-bitches, sequels-gone-bad, sexist-piece-of-shit, shallow, slut-slaming, soap-opera, squeaky-clean-not, twi-moms-will-love, twilight-wannabe, vampires, whiplash, what-s-the-hype-about, will-it-ever-stop, yawn, zombies

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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.C. and Kristin Cast's Betrayed that come into my box almost instantaneously-oh, the humanity.

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). Wh...more

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Nov 24, 2009 Heather rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition 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." Like I said in my review of Marked, "the authors are trying too hard to be hip" and it's not being pulled off very well. 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...more

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Sep 29, 2008 Jackie "the Librarian" rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: teen vampire fans

Recommended to Jackie "the Librarian" by: Cleo, teen extraordinaire

Shelves: blood-sucking-fiends, magic, horror, youngadult

This second book of the House of Night series gets deeper into the creepy potential set up by the first book. Zoey Redbird, vampire fledgling, has unusual abilities for a fledgling, and her powers (and her attraction to the opposite sex) seem to be growing in this book.

Zoey has taken over as the head of the Daughters of Darkness, and wants to make it into something akin to a service club like you find at other schools. She researches ways to change the rituals into something positive and inclusi...more

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Jul 23, 2008 Britt rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, fiction, romance, ya

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I like Betrayed a bit more than Marked. I thought the story was more interesting and complex, and (some of) the characters have been fleshed out more. It still has all the things I like from the first one as well.

I enjoyed the main conflict in the book, though the villains were a bit over the top. It was more interesting to me than coming in and taking down the evil queen of the school within the first two days of being there. I am glad that certain characters (Aphrodite & Neferet, especiall...more I like Betrayed a bit more than Marked. I thought the story was more interesting and complex, and (some of) the characters have been fleshed out more. It still has all the things I like from the first one as well.

I enjoyed the main conflict in the book, though the villains were a bit over the top. It was more interesting to me than coming in and taking down the evil queen of the school within the first two days of being there. I am glad that certain characters (Aphrodite & Neferet, especially) have become more complex than the cardboard cutouts everyone acted like in the first book. I like that we see not even the main characters are safe, though the fact that Stevie Rae is not exactly dead has me wondering if they are going to miraculous find a cure and she will be restored to her fledgling form? I hope not, though I liked her character.

All the repetitive information recapping the first book was quite annoying. This, along with various other things I do not like, makes the writing feel forced and awkward. I think it's an interesting premise overall, but it just seems like they are trying too hard to create this cool, hip, original vampire world.

Still do not like all the pop culture references, making all these celebrities into vampires, and defining words for us. Also do not like the authors' need to explain why the main character knows certain pop culture references or that liking certain things makes her a dork. And I do not like that the authors' feel the need to explain the characters to us, how gay Damien is or how country Stevie Rae is. Stop shoving them into stereotypes and just let them be!

Still annoyed that Zoey is the most amazingest vampire fledgling eva!!! And that she gets not one, but three of the hottest guys around interested in her. I know fiction can be used to fulfill fantasies that could never happen in real life, but come on now. Also, Zoey is supposed to be wise and mature and a great leader, but she is still sounding very immature. I'm still annoyed by how casually she runs around calling people losers for how they look, what they wear, and choices they make that she doesn't like. She has good ideas and makes a lot of smart choices, but the way she reacts to what she is deciding against makes her seem less mature.

So, lots of annoying things still! But they were there to a lesser degree than the first book, and the story was more interesting. I'm looking forward to the next one.(less)

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Aug 11, 2009 Red Rosie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, paranormal-school

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Dec 10, 2008 Jill rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, series

This is the second book in the series "House of Night". I didn't enjoy the first book much, I thought it started out strange, the story was slow, and the language and a certain scene was a little much for me. BUT the last chapter or two got me a little intrigued and I wanted to see what happened, so I gave in and read the second book.

I thought the second one was far more interesting, and the language didn't seem as harsh this time (although it was still there). There was, once again, one little...more

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May 29, 2012 Madelaine Bast rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own-actual-book

I think I may love this book more than the first one. I love Jack, and I cry everytime I read this (again this is the forth or fith time I’ve read this). So in this book some teenagers are being killed and Zoeys trying to figure out what happened. It’s actually really hard to review this one, basically I’d say the same stuff about this novel as Marked. I like the same stuff about them. I like the realistic teenagers, and the way the characters act. I enjoyed learning more about the different cha...more

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Sep 12, 2008 Kelly Aley rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really enjoy the idea of these books. I CAN'T STAND, however, the authors' tendency to re-tell the reader all of what happened in the previous 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? PLEASE stop treating us like we are total morons with the memory of a two-year-old. 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...more

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Nov 19, 2008 Jackie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Meyer fans, vampire fans of any age

Shelves: vamps-and-other-paranormal-pleasure, ya, pleasure-reading, series

This is such a wonderful series! I could barely put this second installment down. The Casts aren't afraid to make bold decisions regarding their characters which means anything can happen at any time. That's what keeps the pages turning late into the night.

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Nov 09, 2012 Harriet Y. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

ah wow betrayed was amazing even better than the first one.
some people don't like it, but i loved it.

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at first i hated that Neferet was bad, but i see why she is and i think she makes a excellent baddie. i think Zoey needs to let go of heath, because they are so different and he needs to be able to live his life.
stevie rae! nooo!
some people didn't like the whole Loren thing, but you have to remember that this isnt normal school, its not real and its Vampyre! so don't get snooty a...more

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Apr 21, 2013 Noelle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: reading-challenge-2011, fangtastic

Still REALLY enjoying this series.

The word that comes to mind when I think of it: fun.

I like the main character and the way Zoey responds to things. It feels real, like I'm listening to a close girlfriend recount all of her thoughts on something from the past. Furthermore, I like that she sounds very much like a teenager. It doesn't sound like an adult trying to be a teenager (like Stephenie Meyer, for instance), but contains slang and references very much in tune for someone that's sixteen year...more

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Dec 12, 2011 Katie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, young-adult, read-in-2010, fantasy, paranormal

I wanted to enjoy this book, because it was obviously a lot better than the first one, but heavy foreshadowing constantly ruined my reading experience. It made the characters seem extremely stupid - half the time I was like, the author's cramming information and hints down your throats and you're still completely clueless? Jeez.
Also, if I recall correctly, Zoey used to call Aphrodite & CO sluts in the first novel. In this book, Zoey is involved with no less than THREE guys. At once. Talk ab...more

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Jan 15, 2009 Katie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fans of vampires

Zoey has settled in at the House of Night. She feels more welcome there than she ever did in her own house. She takes over as the leader of the Dark Daughters and makes some pretty big changes to the group. She has doesn't have any trouble in the guy department either. Actually, she has to figure out how she feels about three guys. But then tragedy strikes when human teenagers are being brutally murdered and it looks like vampyres at the House of Night had something to do with it. When someone c...more

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Jan 15, 2009 Robin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The good news is that I'm still interested. I like the characters. I'm curious about what is going to happen in the next installment and I find the storylines interesting. The bad news is I feel like there is very little structure to this book. There are some kids, plopped down into a school in Oklahoma, and off we go! At the same time, I understand that you don't want to slow a story down by explaining a backlog of stuff to readers. World building is tedious, I get that. But, sometimes, you jus...more

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Apr 05, 2013 Dana rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'll be honest, the only reason why this has three stars is because of Aphrodite and Stevie Rae. Betrayed is slightly better than Marked...slightly.

Zoey is still your perfect chosen one that is always in the right and everyone else is in the wrong, blah, blah, blah. We actually get a valid reason why Aphrodite acts like such a bitch all the time. Then Zoey becomes even more special because she specializes in not just one, but ALL of the elements, including the super rare Spirit...At this point...more

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Mar 27, 2013 Corey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

To all those who thought Marked was a waste of your time I encourage you to read Betrayed. It is written in a much more mature voice. Now that Zoey is the leader of the Dark Daughters she plans to change things. She is now the High Priestess in training and the only priestess ever to be able to call upon all five elements which helps her time and time again. Yes she is nervous. How will she be received after Aphrodite has been kicked out of the exclusive club. Along the way she is dealing with h...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Mrs LB rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review is a little hard to write because I really like how the book ended, but had some trouble with the rest. I am also trying to keep in mind that this story is based around 16-18 year olds.
I had higher hopes for Zoey other than the hipocritic hoe she's turning out to be. Outside of Aphrodite's sexual history with Erik, what other reason do they have to constantly refer to her with such derogatory names; especially the "twins" who themselves are no virgins. Those two especially irk my n...more

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Feb 02, 2013 Samantha rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Note: After suffering through the first book, I was intending to not read the second, but a friend who owns all of the books convinced me that they get better as the series goes on. So I gave the others a try, but she was so wrong. They get worse.

What I liked:
-Aphrodite. Again, she was my favorite character in the book, and I found the way the rest of the characters treated her disgusting. Aphrodite’s the only character I had sympathy for throughout the entire first two books, and she will proba...more Note: After suffering through the first book, I was intending to not read the second, but a friend who owns all of the books convinced me that they get better as the series goes on. So I gave the others a try, but she was so wrong. They get worse.

What I liked:
-Aphrodite. Again, she was my favorite character in the book, and I found the way the rest of the characters treated her disgusting. Aphrodite’s the only character I had sympathy for throughout the entire first two books, and she will probably stay the only character I have sympathy for. She’s the only real character. She speaks her mind, she makes others listen to her, and she has a gift that could be considered a terrible burden, one that she has to deal with by herself.
-Grandma Redbird. She was the only adult in Zoey’s life that I actually liked. The Native America history is one of the only redeeming qualities of these books, and I’m glad that they seem to be sticking true to Grandma Redbird’s heritage. She was clever and patient and resourceful.

What I disliked:
-Zoey. Again, she is just terrible. We are constantly reminded at how amazing and special and important Zoey is, yet she never does anything amazing, special, or important. She just bosses her friends around, obsesses over boys, and judges everyone within her vicinity. I’m not sure I can handle being trapped in her shallow thoughts much longer.
-Supporting cast. I didn’t think it was possible for them to get more annoying than they were in book one, but they did. With the addition of Jack, who is like every single gay cliché rolled up into one, I just couldn’t handle their collective stupidity. They’re a bunch of childish, judgmental, idiots, and they all deserve Zoey.
-Zoey’s mom and step-dad. It felt like PC Cast was just trying to make them the most horrible parents ever. Yes, he’s controlling. Yes, her mother is weak-willed, but seriously. The author went a bit overboard with the whole angst-filled “I hate my parents because you don’t love me” thing. Same with Aphrodite and her parents. I’ve been in a similar position to Zoey and Aphrodite before, and let me tell you, it is nothing like PC Cast is making it out to be. Nothing.
-Love interests. There are about to be three of them. The addition of Loren Blake is just terrible. I absolutely despise Heath as well. At one point, he sits in Zoey’s car and even though she protests and tells him no, he cuts himself, even knowing it will force her to do something she doesn’t want to do, like drink his blood. Heath just does not get the hint, even though Zoey tells him they’re over several times. It’s not cute that he’s insistent like that, it’s creepy, and it should be portrayed as such. Erik is the only boyfriend I like. At one point, Zoey thinks to herself You don't deserve him... and she's right. Erik deserves much bette than a bratty, unfaithful girlfriend.
-Terrible foreshadowing. Seriously, they start talking about the possibility of one of them not surviving the Change, and then one paragraph later Zoey is mentioning how pale Stevie Rae looks, and how she has a bad cough. Yeah, I totally didn’t see her death coming. At all. PC Cast didn’t even try with that one.

Overall, this book was terrible. I’d give it less than one star if I could. And I really don’t feel like reading the rest of them, but since my friend has them all and I’ve never not finished a series before, I’ll probably keep reading. I’m up to Destined already, so I may as well keep going. 1.0(less)

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