Untamed (House of Night, Book 4)
Enter the dark, magical world of the House of Night series by bestselling authors P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, a world very much like our own, except here vampyres have always existed.
“I should have kissed more than your hand… thought I’d have more time.”
At the House of Night, Zoey Redbird has become great at losing.
In the span of a single week, she’s gone from trusted leader to social exile. Her friends have turned their backs. Her allies are gone. The only ones left at her side are undead and unMarked.
As secrets surface and loyalties are tested, and Neferet declares war on humans, Zoey’s life at the House of Night plunges into something darker and far more dangerous. An ancient evil is waking—and this time, survival may demand more than courage.
It may demand everything.
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Community Reviews
The beginning half of this book, however, set a new low for Zoey Redbird, our beloved Mary Sue. TWO DAYS after Loren died, and probably like, 5 hours after Stark got to the school, she's already experienced a "connection" with him. She's already so obsessed that she has to kiss him before he dies, and she thinks about him ALL THE TIME. How does she continue to fall so truly madly deeply in love with boys five seconds after she meets them? And then, about 5 hours after Stark dies, Erik comes back and she's having a little classroom make-out session with him. Because we didn't learn anything from Loren in the last book.
As another review mentioned, one of the worst things Zoey says in this book is that she doesn't understand how Erik can look at her so coldly when they were falling in love before. It's been like, three days since he caught her banging their professor, and he also knew she was macking on her human ex-boyfriend the whole time they were together as well. She is the most absurd main character I have ever read about.
The general storyline is good and entertaining (that's why I gave it two stars and not one), but the writing is not only bad but also redundant. The author describes everyone and everything over and over again. Plus the condescending tone and a lot of judgemental stereotypes.
To make things worse, most characters are terrible, especially the protagonist. Zoey is a mess and slut-shames a lot, which is ironic since she's the one who sustains multiple romantic relationships at once without being honest with any of them.
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