Untamed (House of Night, #4) in Once Upon a Twilight blog

Dec 09, 2011 Nancy (The Avid Reader) rated it it was amazing

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Untamed is the fourth book in the House Of Night series. Zoey meets Aphrodite and Stevie Rae in her room and learns that Stevie Rae is almost back to her old self except that now she cannot go out into the sun or she will burn and die. Aphrodite has turned back into a human after she was attacked by Stevie Rae. Aphrodite still has her visions. They meet Damien, Jack and the twins on their way out. Aphrodite explains to them why Zoey confided in her and not them. Aphrodite ask Zoey to form a circ Untamed is the fourth book in the House Of Night series. Zoey meets Aphrodite and Stevie Rae in her room and learns that Stevie Rae is almost back to her old self except that now she cannot go out into the sun or she will burn and die. Aphrodite has turned back into a human after she was attacked by Stevie Rae. Aphrodite still has her visions. They meet Damien, Jack and the twins on their way out. Aphrodite explains to them why Zoey confided in her and not them. Aphrodite ask Zoey to form a circle to see if she still has a affinity for earth. They find that Aphrodite does not actually have an affinity for earth that she was only holding it for Stevie Rae.

The Priestess of all vampires, Shekinah, has come for a visit to the House Of Night. She has come because Neferet declared war on all humans and to put a stop to it. Neferet tries to make Shekinah believe that everything that is going on at the House Of Night is all Zoey’s doing and not her own to get Zoey kicked out of the school and striped of her title the High Priestess in training.

Zoey meets a new student Stark who is very good at shooting a bow and arrow. While Zoey and Stark are talking Stark starts to reject the change and dies in Zoey’s arms. Before he dies she tells him that he may return as a red fledgling like her friend Stevie Rae did. Zoey kisses Stark before he dies and wonders if they are connected in some way because of it.

Zoey wants to find some way for the humans and the vampires to mingle together. Zoey and Aphrodite go to the Street Cats, a local cat shelter that is ran by the nuns from the Benedictine Abbey. Zoey is surprised to learn how Sister Mary Angela, the leader of the cat shelter feels about vampires. They tell Sister Mary Angela about their idea to help with the shelter and she agrees that it would be a great idea.

Back at the school Aphrodite has another vision about Kalona, a fallen angel that will rise again. Zoey’s grandmother warns her to watch out for the raven mockers. Zoey ask her grandmother to come to the House Of Night so that she will be safe. The next day she learns that her grandmother has been in an accident. She goes to the hospital and ask if she can bring a medicine man to sit with her grandmother to watch over her and keep her safe but they refuse. So she asks Sister Mary Angela to sit with her.

That night at the school they have a cleansing ritual, Stevie Rae and the red fledglings join them. They are interrupted by Neferet who brings Stark, who is a now a red fledgling. Stark shoots Stevie Rae whose blood spills out on the ground and Kalona is resurrected from the ground. They are attacked by the raven mockers. Zoey and her friends escape to the tunnels underneath the ground. Another great book by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast. A must read if you are into vampires, rituals and circle casting. ...more

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