Review of Betrayed (House of Night, Book 2)

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The Casts have written a great follow-up to "Betrayal." I find myself really liking the House of Night universe, its concepts, and its traditions.

I was shocked by the death of one of the characters, but I applaud the way it was written. It was incredibly touching and worked into the story so nicely. Along the same lines, I'm a big fan of characters that aren't always what they seem; good guys becoming bad guys, and vice versa. Very realistic and it's far less two-dimensional, which is often an issue with teen novels.

What isn't realistic is the possible Anita Blake-ness of Zoey (see: Laurell K. Hamilton). So, we haven't gotten into all-out explicit sex, but there are hints of it. I don't mind the level it's at night, but I'm hoping that won't become a main focus of the future stories. Zoey's also being written as one of those "everybody falls in love with her" characters... the men always finding her irresistible and special. I'm really hoping that we're not going to get this crazy love pentagon where there are so many characters to flirt with it takes away from any actual plot. This is, of course, a personal preference and many readers may not particularly care about that.

Outside of that, a good read and it's a hard one to put down.

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Added by Voxy 3 months ago on 27 June 2008 03:07