Hunted by P.C. and Kristin Cast

Author: P.C. and Kristin Cast

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Rated 9/10

 Mother-daughter writing team P.C. and Kristin Cast open up a whole new chapter in Zoey Redbird's complicated life with their fifth "House of Night" novel (St. Martin's Press, 2009). Zoey is a powerful fledging who is training for her conversion to vampyrism at a private boarding school. Zoey and her circle are currently battling evil high priestess Neferet and fallen angel Kalona, who have taken over the Oklahoma House of Night. She is also dealing with power struggles among the other fledglings along with the usual teenage angst that accompanies multiple boyfriends. The plot is zingy and so, for the most part, is the dialogue. The authors go out of their way to recap previous events, which is great for listeners new to the series, but may be annoying to those who already know the back story. They also unnecessarily emphasize gay characters by attaching the adjective "gay" to all of their actions. Narrator Jenna Lamia does a good job, giving each character a distinctive voice and personality, especially Stevie Rae's Oklahoma twang and Aphrodite's very bored delivery. Teens who like vampire stories, romantic triangles, and the backbiting of Gossip Girl will find this title very satisfying.-Charli Osborne, Oxford Public Library, MI

MY REVIEW
This is the fifth book in the House of Night series. LOVED IT! I really enjoyed reading this,I love this whole series. Finally got my hands on this book(about time cuz whoever had it checked out from the library didn't give it back til it was long overdue) The story starts out with Zoey and the others who escaped from the House of Night on the return of Kalona to the earth. Zoey meets the other red fledglings and find out how they are living. But things don't go good for too long cuz she is attacked by a raven mocker and has to go back to the House of Night to heal or she will die.Once there she meets Kalona and sees the power he holds over everyone.She also meets Stark after his change into a red fledgling and he offers his oath to protect her for life.Then Zoey and her friends figure out what has to be done to get rid of Kalona(for now,cuz you can't kill him)They escape and set their plan into effect. I'm not gonna give too much away cuz if you haven't read it yet you might get mad at me lol! :)