Book Review: Awakened by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

Awakened by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

Publisher: Atom

Publish Date: January 4, 2011

Hardcover, 290 pages
Fiction, Young Adult, Paranormal
House of Night #8

My Review:
Why I read this: I am hooked on this series.  I was actually getting a little burned out on it but I listened to the previous book on audio and it kind of put the voices in my mind so I was eager to get this one as soon as I could from my library.

How is the novel driven:  Plot


My thoughts: I know a lot of people are complaining about this series and there are a lot of people that love this series.  Before listening to the last book I was more ho-hum about it.  But after listening to the audio as I mentioned above, I was back into the series.  So how was the latest installment?  It was short, 290 pages and only covered a span of a few days, but there was a lot of things going on in the book.

First Zoey and Stark are still on the Isle of Skye and debating staying there.  I love the scenes on this island, it is so magical and so removed from the bleak winter landscape of Tulsa that it is a wonderful change.  Back home Stevie Rae is steal dealing with feeling for Rephaim and her red fledglings and the House of Night.  Then tragedy strikes, Neferet returns and it all turns into a great big pile of bullpoopie as Stevie Rae would say.

As the gang reunites over the tragedy and deal with Neferet and Stevie Rae's feelings for Rephaim (and his for her) the book moves at a fast clip.  I enjoyed every page and I am disappointed to find out I have to wait until November for the next installment.  While not ending on a cliffhanger and nicely tied up for the moment, I know there is much more excitement to come for the fledglings at the Tulsa House of Night.

My Rating: 4.0/5.0


About the Book:

At the start of Awakened, the pulse-pounding eighth installment of the bestselling House of Night series, Zoey has returned, mostly whole, from the Otherworld to her rightful place as High Priestess at the House of Night. Her friends are just glad to have her back, but after losing her human consort, Heath, will Zoey—or her relationship with her super- hot Warrior, Stark—ever be the same? Stevie Rae is drawn even closer to Rephaim, the Raven Mocker with whom she shares a mysterious and powerful Imprint, but he is a dangerous secret that isolates her from her school, her red fledglings, and even her best friends. When the dark threat of Neferet—who is coming closer and closer to achieving her twisted goal of immortality—and Kalona returns, what will it take to keep the House of Night from being lost forever, and what will one desperate girl do to keep her heart from being irreparably broken?

About the Authors:

P.C. Cast is an award-winning fantasy and paranormal romance author as well as an experienced speaker and teacher.  Her novels have been awarded the prestigious Oklahoma Book Award, YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers, Prism, Daphne du Maurier, and Affaire de Coeur, as well as others.  She lives in Oklahoma.
Her daughter, Kristin Cast, has won awards for her poetry and journalism.  She also lives in Oklahoma, where she attends college in Tulsa.

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