P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast have done it again, and Tempted is even better than than Hunted, the last House of Night novel. In Tempted, Zoey Redbird must become the decision-making High Priestess she is destined to become. However, with too many boys bickering for her attention, a manipulative Kalona haunting her dreams, and a secretive Stevie-Ray keeping important information from her, Zoey’s mission to defeat Neferet and Kalona becomes inceasingly difficult.

So…what makes this House of Night novel better than the rest? Zoey’s character. In Tempted, Zoey seems “all grown-up.” After defeating raven-mockers and driving away Kalona and Neferet in Hunted, the days of fighting against Aphrodite in Marked are long gone. Now, Zoey is almost fully marked by Nyx, and all of her friends and followers accept her as the goddess’ chosen High Priestess. With that position comes a lot of stress and a lot of responsibility. Zoey has grown from a boy-crazy teen to a mature young woman weighted with a destiny she never dreamed for herself. …» more

After purchasing Hunted by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast yesterday at around 4 p.m., I am already finished and left to wonder what will become of Zoey Redbird, her friends, and her trail of admirers. While I am left in suspense until the next novel in the series, I have mixed feelings on this most recent installment in A House of Night.  It may not make much sense, but I love Zoey’s character, defined as much by her indecisiveness and poor choices as by her innate goodness and obvious favor from her goddess. However, those poor choices and her blatant inability to decide what she wants is what left me halfway wishing a raven mocker would take her out once and for all toward the beginning of the novel.  I love the action in this novel, and I think the villains …» more