Betrayed: House of Night: Book 02 [Paperback]

I am writing this from my dad's account.

If only I could get four and a half stars, cos that is what I would rather give this, so it is rounded up. Anyway...

I read the first book in the House of Night series ("Marked" - really really good, five stars) after one of my friends recommended it to me, and after adoring it, decided to read the second, "Betrayed". I haven't read the Twilight series, so I can't compare this to it, but at first glance, I definitely prefer the House of Night - it seems a more original and imaginative take on the vampire genre.

It is set in America and about sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird and what she gets up to at a boarding school for fledgling vampires (vampires in training)after being Marked by the Tracker. (Being Marked is where are small crescent moon is permanently put on your forehead, and once you have finished the Change, the moon will be filled-in and be a sapphire colour and there will be intricate tattoos on your face, shoulders, back and front.) Zoey has been given special gifts by the vampire goddess, whom vampires worship, Nyx.
So, Zoey becomes leader of the Dark Daughters (a sort of club where rituals are held). And everything seems to be going OK until...

Someone (or something...creepy thought) starts killing human teenagers, and all evidence (or possible framing) leads to the House of Night and its residents, and two detectives seem to be particularly interested in Zoey...

On top of this, Zoey must grapple with the boyfriend issue. She is torn between...
1.) Heath her human "almost ex-boyfriend" who she has known since...well ages.
2.) Erik, a fledgling like Zoey, a very popular guy and "totally delicious." I have to admit, though, that I didn't really feel the connection between Zoey and Erik until a bit later in the book. I was a little annoyed when the authors introduced another contendor for a reltionship with Zoey, but eventually it made sense.
3.) Loren Blake, a sort-of professory-teachery thing who is also "yummy." Zoey has accidentally managed to Imprint Heath. This is where a vamp (or fledgling) sucks some of a human's blood and they have connection. Zoey knows this is wrong, but can't resist. Also, the authors seem to describe Heath as a little stupid and annoying. Thus, at first, you find yourself thinking,
"Ditch Heath, stop flirting with Loren: he is twenty something and you are sixteen and keep Erik." but thenyou understand Zoey's emotions and I think the authors conveyed that really well.

Two things which frustrated me slightly was when Zoey's horse riding teacher, Lenobia, told her that she could talk to her about anything and Zoey says that she doesn't want to talk to Neferet, her mentor, I found myself practically screaming at the book for her to tell Lenobia about her issues, but now I think I understand why. I won't tell you why Zoey doesn't want to talk to Neferet because it will spoil the whole thing (like some reveiwers have...) And also the backtracking, telling you about what happened in the last book, but an author kinda has to do atleast a bit of this, and sometimes it's good because you might have forgotten some important details.

I laughed and I cried (I did, honestly, becuase someone who was with Zoey in this book won't be with her in the next, and not for editing reasons...) and I really think this is very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
good.

I would recommend this to girls of about 12ish and up. If you don't like blood, don't really read it; it contains some graphic stuff when someone's body rejects the Change...

There is something for everyone... there is drama, romance, humour, proper girly issues, adventure, obviuosly vampire, fantasy and even horsey bits. If you liked Harry Potter, you might like this; it did sort of remind me of Hogwarts somehow. It seems a bit like part Twilight, part Harry Potter and part something else, new and fresh and utterly brill.

The house of night series is about Zoey Redbird, she is a normal sixteen year old that is until she gets marked by a fledgling vampire and has to move to the House of Night school where she will have to take lessons in all things vampire for the next 5 years as she changes from a fledgling to a adult vampire. Zoey has always struggled to fit in and hopes that this will finally be her chance.

So the second book starts with the same gusto as the first, Zoey should be on top of the world after beating Aphrodite and taking over as leader of the dark daughters, but add a complicated love life, obsessive bloodlust, and the unexplained human murders (with all the evidence pointing to vampires and the house of night) and Zoey isn't having an easy time.
I have to be honest i struggled with this book, i really didn't like the third love interest, as if Heath (the human almost ex-boyfriend) and Eric (the fledgling) weren't enough they add Loren the poetry teacher. I thought it was a cheap shot, write in yet another guy so that the heroine can't decide, then add the Imprinting with Heath (which sounds very Twilight to me!) and i just found it a struggle to read.

The only thing that saved this book for me is the twist with Stevie Rae and the undead "vampires", but i could even see that one coming a mile away.
I have got the third book and i am really hoping that the Cast's get back on track, as this was a very poor following up to such a promising start to a new series.

I am a big twilight fan and thought i wouldn't enjoy this as much. At first it seemed strange but the book got realy good! I've read them all, they're amazing! I recommend anybody to buy this book. They're not very long but couldn't be any better. Perfect for teen girls to read, they're funny, romantic and thrilling.