Fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird has managed to settle in at the House of Night. She's come to terms with the vast powers the vampyre goddess, Nyx, h...
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Sep 15, 2011
Saniya
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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.
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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. More...
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May 29, 2010
Joey
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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 me
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Apr 11, 2009
Elizabeth
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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 y More...
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 y More...
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Dec 04, 2011
Nicola
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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
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Jan 05, 2009
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 alwa
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Jun 25, 2008
Sasha
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This book was faster paced and more engaging then the first, and now I'm going to be forced to read the third. The characters felt a bit more complex and a bit less idiotic, although there were still awkward vocabulary lessons and such. Also, the authors seem to have some strange impulse to explain why the main character knows things. Really, she can make a Brady Bunch reference without having to explain that she saw reruns on Nick at Nite, I promise.
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Jul 30, 2008
Jessica
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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 ro More...
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 ro More...
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Nov 11, 2011
Karla
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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)
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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 ev More...
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 ev More...
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Nov 24, 2009
Heather
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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 start More...
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 start More...
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Sep 29, 2008
Jackie "the Librarian"
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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 More...
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 More...
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Jul 23, 2008
Britt
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Jul 23, 2010
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Dec 10, 2008
Jill
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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, o More...
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, o More...
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Sep 12, 2008
Kelly
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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-teen
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Nov 19, 2008
Jackie
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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.
Dec 12, 2011
Katie
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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 about More...
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 about More...
Jan 15, 2009
Katie
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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
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Jan 15, 2009
Robin
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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, someti
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Jan 25, 2012
Liz
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In this second volume of the House of Night series, Zoey Redbird’s life has finally taken a turn for the better. She’s doing well in school, has lots of new friends, and can rest easy with the comfort that Neferet, the school’s headmistress, is there to be a second mother to her whenever she needs it. But good times never last, do they? The death knell of her happiness comes when human teenagers from her old high school start turning up dead. In addition to this, one of her friends dies when her
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Jan 21, 2012
Anorielt
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Nachdem mir der erste Band Gezeichnet so gut gefallen hatte, war klar das ich sofort den zweiten Band lesen musste. Mittlerweile bin ich der Überzeugung das die House of Night Reihe, sich in eine meiner Lieblingsreihen verwandeln könnte. Das Potenzial dafür hat sie auf alle Fälle. Betrogen ist genauso, wenn nicht sogar noch spannender als sein Vorgänger. Schon im ersten Band fragte man sich, sieht Zoey Geister oder sind die, eigentlich, toten Jungvampyre echt? Hier bekommt man die Antwort darauf
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Jan 13, 2012
Anna
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Zoey Redbird is settling in at the House of Night. She's come to terms with the vast powers the vampyre goddess, Nyx, has given her, and is getting a handle on being the new Leader of the Dark Daughters. Best of all, Zoey finally feels like she belongs--like she really fits in. She actually has a boyfriend…or two. Then the unthinkable happens: Human teenagers are being killed, and all the evidence points to the House of Night. While danger stalks the humans from Zoey's old life, she begins to re
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Jan 02, 2012
Annie
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I haven't read a good book in a long time because after I read The Death Cure and Crossed it was a real turn off in reading for me, when I'm glad I read this book because I'm back on track!
Okay after all that rambling I'm going to be back on topic.
Plot
This book took place a month from the first book, I felt this book was more dark and mysterious than the first book. More secrets are unraveled and more secrets are yet to be solved. This book I felt was getting more mature, More...
Okay after all that rambling I'm going to be back on topic.
Plot
This book took place a month from the first book, I felt this book was more dark and mysterious than the first book. More secrets are unraveled and more secrets are yet to be solved. This book I felt was getting more mature, More...
Dec 21, 2011
Naomi
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I l iked this installment a lot better then the first. I admit, that the middle is a bit repetitive and I wasn't sure where it was going, but as a whole I really enjoyed it.
Zoey is coming into her own, not only as a fledgling, but as a High Priestess in training. Her friends are also coming into their own as her council and the members of her circle.
<spoiler>Due to reading the blurbs for future books, I saw Nereft's betrayal coming, but it's sad that it was at Stevi More...
Zoey is coming into her own, not only as a fledgling, but as a High Priestess in training. Her friends are also coming into their own as her council and the members of her circle.
<spoiler>Due to reading the blurbs for future books, I saw Nereft's betrayal coming, but it's sad that it was at Stevi More...
Dec 07, 2011
Joey
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With the ninth House of Night book just coming out a little over a month ago, I do believe it’s time our blog started getting caught up. With that said, here’s my review on book two, Betrayed. If you haven’t read book one, Marked then let it be known (again), THERE ARE SPOILERS.
Zoey Redbird is finally settling in at the House of Night. She has a new great group of friends that are almost equally as gifted as she is. She has a mega hottie for a boyfriend and has become the leader of More...
Zoey Redbird is finally settling in at the House of Night. She has a new great group of friends that are almost equally as gifted as she is. She has a mega hottie for a boyfriend and has become the leader of More...
Nov 21, 2011
Christopher
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Fresh off of Marked, I jumped right into Betrayed. Since the first one sets up the characters pretty well there isnt a big difference. One thing you will see in this book is the gradual introduction of an actual story! YAY! It does START to get better for this series at the end point. While I'm still disgusted by the idea of the strength of these "Vampyres" being manifested in the form of tacky tattoos, the inclusion of some interesting power twists are further explored. The mysterious
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Nov 17, 2011
Yola
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beli gak, beli gak, beli gak *mikir*
butuh waktu bbrp hari dulu pas nyambar nih novel d etalase new release. yah, soalnya aku agak kurang kesengsem sih ama buku p1nya, tapi ngerasa sayang jg klo gak ngoleksi ampe tamat. heuheu
baca bagian awal, yah lumayan kesendat beberapa harii,, sibuk kuliah. nih baru slesai namatinnya
bagian awalnya emang ngebosenin sih. zoey yg sibuk nyiapin buat ritual putra-putri kegelapan perdananya. trus ada guru baru yg sepertinya nih zoey ama tuh More...
butuh waktu bbrp hari dulu pas nyambar nih novel d etalase new release. yah, soalnya aku agak kurang kesengsem sih ama buku p1nya, tapi ngerasa sayang jg klo gak ngoleksi ampe tamat. heuheu
baca bagian awal, yah lumayan kesendat beberapa harii,, sibuk kuliah. nih baru slesai namatinnya
bagian awalnya emang ngebosenin sih. zoey yg sibuk nyiapin buat ritual putra-putri kegelapan perdananya. trus ada guru baru yg sepertinya nih zoey ama tuh More...
Nov 17, 2011
Rhi
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Well, okay, it's getting a bit problematic for me now.
Here's the thing. If you are going to create a character, that is mostly made up of what can only be described as inane stream of conciousness, please make that character more interesting to read.
I don't really have a problem with Zoey, in fact, I think she is quite readable. What I have a problem with is how she views other girls. In particular, her propensity to refer to other girls as hos and hags.
I thi More...
Here's the thing. If you are going to create a character, that is mostly made up of what can only be described as inane stream of conciousness, please make that character more interesting to read.
I don't really have a problem with Zoey, in fact, I think she is quite readable. What I have a problem with is how she views other girls. In particular, her propensity to refer to other girls as hos and hags.
I thi More...
Nov 15, 2011
After reading Marked by P.C. Cast the first book in the House of Night series I had really high expectations for Betrayed, the second book in the series. And it didn’t disappoint me at all. The second book was just as great and thrilling as the first book, if not better.
Everything finally seems to be going well for Zoey Redbird now. She finally feels like she belongs here at the House of Night. She’s best friends with her roommate Stevie Rae and also has many other new and close friends. S More...
Everything finally seems to be going well for Zoey Redbird now. She finally feels like she belongs here at the House of Night. She’s best friends with her roommate Stevie Rae and also has many other new and close friends. S More...
Nov 05, 2011
George_petrellis
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just finished it!!! it was so totally awesome!! Zoey starts taking the responsibilities that come with her new powers and she handles the new problems pretty well. Always faithful to her Goddess Nyx she makes her choices and decides for her future. She is starting to realise what she new from Marked that Darkness does not equate to evil and Light does not equate to good as Aphrodite the ex-leader of the Dark Daughters and hag from hell(yeah she still is!!!) is trying to walk the path of the God
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