justcrystalxo's review against another edition
5.0
so good! i have always loved this series and every book keeps me wanting more. i cant wait to find out what happens when they all go back to the h.o.n & neferet actually gets taken down.. or will she weasle herself out again somehow. &&&& even tho i totally didnt like heath being back... i want to know if aurox gets to choose his own path eventually.
andshe_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Firstly I have to say OMGosh this was seriously freaking amazing.. and truly worth the wait!
I actually pre ordered this for my kindle and Tuesday Morning when I woke I could have peed myself with excitement haha =) DORK! lol!
I gotta admit I didn't think this would be as good as it was, I thought it may start dwindling and get boring but oh so no it didnt!
I've always loved how Cast tells the story through each of the many characters I like the different perspectives you see on whats going on through their eyes. And it doesnt get confusing funnily enough it kind of just picks right back up character after character!
A couple of new characters are introduced in this chapter of the House of night which was actually really awesome, a couple of new personalities thrown into the mix. Although i'd class Aurox as a new personality not really a whole new character seeing as we know who he was before!! Shhhh :p lol
Cast sets the scenes really well like many of the other House of night books always painting such a vivid setting that you can just see right there, I don't know about you but as im reading I can see it all forming in my head, Grandma's lavender farm, the house of night, the depot. I kinda make my own image from her descriptions =)
I'll leave it there because seriously I wanna gossip about how groovy this book was & I will seriously be spoiling it soon and I dislike that lol. It was awesome ( im my opinion ) so go.. go read it =)
Happy reading
Anna =)
lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
5.0
This book was completely in the spirit of HoN. There was the mystery, the fight-scenes, the beautifuly mythology, the strong friendships and Neferet was even more scary than usual.
I loved how Stark and Zoey interacted, but I didn't like so much that they are keeping things from each other - even if they both thought they were doing so to shield each other. A Queen and her Guardian need to be completely open with each other.
I was very happy to see that Dragon finally chose the right path - especially after reading his short-story about how he became a vampire, and his relationship with Anastasia.
I was heart-broken with Zoeys feelings surrounding her mother's death - the sadness and even more so the feeling of things being unresolved between them. However, the fact that she had the vision of her mother entering the Otherworld helped both Zoey and me...
I cannot wait for the next installment in this series, I love how they use the mythology, and the spell-casting is always awesome. And the surprises at the very end made me feel that new and interesting things will always be waiting to happen in HoN.
I loved how Stark and Zoey interacted, but I didn't like so much that they are keeping things from each other - even if they both thought they were doing so to shield each other. A Queen and her Guardian need to be completely open with each other.
I was very happy to see that Dragon finally chose the right path - especially after reading his short-story about how he became a vampire, and his relationship with Anastasia.
I was heart-broken with Zoeys feelings surrounding her mother's death - the sadness and even more so the feeling of things being unresolved between them. However, the fact that she had the vision of her mother entering the Otherworld helped both Zoey and me...
I cannot wait for the next installment in this series, I love how they use the mythology, and the spell-casting is always awesome. And the surprises at the very end made me feel that new and interesting things will always be waiting to happen in HoN.
geo_ix's review against another edition
4.0
So at the start, I could NOT get into this at all. I don't know what it was but all the pop culture references and the constant replay of previous books makes me furious. By the 85%-90% mark I all of a sudden was like woo this is awesome and was blubbering like a baby. I went from like a 2.5 rating to this 4 with just that 10%. Okay so a 2.5 seems way low, but it felt like an ad for true blood and mac and shit. All the name drops and stuff I dunno made me fume. The story as a whole is AWESOME! But it rehashes and all that and the book could be summarised in a few short chapters or less if I was totally honest. My other pet peeve, is the change of view.... Zoeys is in first person and is the most used, the others however, I just noticed are third person and it feels a little weird to have both in the one novel.... I would have just left it all third person, or all first person....
Also spoiler....
But...
FINALLY KALONA IS ON THE ROAD TO NOT BEING A TWAT...
AND NEFERET IS ON THE ROAD TO HER DISTRUCTION!!!
WOOOOOO SUCCESS!!!! Victory is around the corner and it smells sweeter than Sunday pancakes doused in maple syrup and butter! Yep!
Also spoiler....
But...
FINALLY KALONA IS ON THE ROAD TO NOT BEING A TWAT...
AND NEFERET IS ON THE ROAD TO HER DISTRUCTION!!!
WOOOOOO SUCCESS!!!! Victory is around the corner and it smells sweeter than Sunday pancakes doused in maple syrup and butter! Yep!
jnlletrry's review against another edition
3.0
When I first started reading this book, I had read about three or four chapters in, and I asked myself, "Why am I reading this?"
It's not that I didn't like the book or don't the like series. I have enjoyed the series, but I was kind of upset with this book. It just seemed to go nowhere. The authors always take to the very end with subplots and stuff in between to keep you reading to the very end when The Big Something is going to occur, but The Big Something only takes up like twenty pages and then the book is over until the next one.
. . . I am curious as to how this whole Aurox/Kalona thing is gonna play out . . . Overall, I mean, if you have been a fan of the books since the beginning, I would recommend you read it, but if you just picked it up and thought, "Hey, this looks good," . . . Well, yeah.
It's not that I didn't like the book or don't the like series. I have enjoyed the series, but I was kind of upset with this book. It just seemed to go nowhere. The authors always take to the very end with subplots and stuff in between to keep you reading to the very end when The Big Something is going to occur, but The Big Something only takes up like twenty pages and then the book is over until the next one.
. . . I am curious as to how this whole Aurox/Kalona thing is gonna play out . . . Overall, I mean, if you have been a fan of the books since the beginning, I would recommend you read it, but if you just picked it up and thought, "Hey, this looks good," . . . Well, yeah.
bibliotequeish's review against another edition
These books were a real guilty pleasure.
I read them all, could not get enough, that doesn't mean they are good.
Some parts are, and most parts are just ... he's a bird right?
This series definitely got to the point where it was time to turn in the towel, and I think that time came and went a little while ago.
I read them all, could not get enough, that doesn't mean they are good.
Some parts are, and most parts are just ... he's a bird right?
This series definitely got to the point where it was time to turn in the towel, and I think that time came and went a little while ago.
redtemptation's review against another edition
3.0
I like the whole series, but I'm getting a little tired of the whole
Spoiler
no one believes that the head mistress is a bad guy thing. It would be super obvious to anyone that she is, and if anyone were to mention that they saw darkness surrounding her, they wouldn't wait for confirmation or evidence, they would take action. I know the authors want to make money off of this series, but I think 10 books is enough. You have gotten your point across, you made great characters, but there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. I'll read the next book in hopes that it is the last one of the series, but the way they keep going, I'm doubting that it will be.cancourtneyread's review against another edition
5.0
First off let me say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE this series and for some reason I think I judge it a little less harshly than I do other books. If I'm being honest this series is probably being drug out A LOT longer than it has to. Instead of coming up with one solid plot line and making it span over three or four novels P.C. and Kristin Cast have fifty different things going on and no end to the series in sight. (This is book 9 in the series). However, even though I believe this series couldve ended four books ago the story is still pretty entertaing and these characters make the books worth reading. I mean come on who wouldn't want a BFF like Stevie Rae? Or have hot guys like Stark, Eric, and Heath drooling all over them. If this was any other series, with any other characters, I believe I would have lost interest a long time ago but the characters are so relatable, loveable and entertaining that P.C. and Kristin could write ten more books and I'd still buy every one.