Title: House of Night series: Untamed, Hunted and Tempted

Author: P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Publisher: Atom/ Little Brown

Price: Rs. 299 each

Those who have read the first three books in the series: Marked, Chosen and Betrayed know what I am talking of. Well the next three books in the series are as exciting as the previous ones and perhaps even more. Overall, I think they are more exciting and gripping than the Twilight series.

Untamed

Zoey Bird is having a real bad time at the House of Nights. Her friends are avoiding her, her boyfriends have abandoned her and of the two best friends that support her, one is undead and the other is not even marked. And over this she has the feeling Nefret is no more working for the goddess, especially after she declared war against humans, but the question is if she isn’t working for the goddess then whom is she working for? And what is the significance of the ravens surrounding the school? Will what her grandmother foretold come true? Read to find out.

Hunted

The story opens with Stevie Ray brought down into Tulsa’s Prohibition- tunnels, injured by Stark’s arrow. Of course she is cured. Things go on fine for sometime or do they? Zoey’s dreams are haunted by Kalona and she is attracted to him despite not wanting to. Her human boyfriend and vampire boyfriend are both tiresomely possessive. Dark shadows seem to lurk around. She has the feeling Stevie Ray is hiding something from her perhaps. And no one knows what exactly is happening up there.

Circumstances force them to go back to the House of Night to find out that it can no more be called home. All seem to have been brainwashed and mesmerised by Kalona and Nefret and Stark seem to have changed for the worse. What will happen next? Will friendship, loyalty, faith in yourself and others bring bright victory or will the Fallen Angel win in the end?

Tempted

Zoey and her group of friends are able to banish Kalona and Nefret from Tulsa. But serious issues are yet to be sorted out. Zoey is having a tough time handling Erik and his jealousy from Stark — her warrior, and Heath — her human boyfriend or consort. The fledglings of House of Night seem to feel they were better off with Nefret, Stevie Ray seems to be hiding deadly secrets, doing things which may soon be the death of her. Most importantly in Zoey’s dreams Kalona still lurks and she is haunted by the feeling of being the incarnation of A-ya, the one who led to Kalona’s downfall by sacrificing herself in the history. She soon has to confront the evil again, distinguish between truth and illusions and protect herself from what Stark is scared of, the pre-told future. Will she save herself and in turn save others? Or will evil prevail again? That’s a question only the book can answer… And do read it as it has a surprising ending that can’t be guessed.

Shruti is a Std XI student at St. John’s School, Besant Nagar

Source: The Hintu
By: SHRUTI KAMATH

Once again the Cast’s have found a way to pull us into a world of Vampires and Humans and to make it believable that they co exist and do so without much trouble. There are some conflicts of course especially with the religious zealots the People of Faith. But the parallels aren’t so far away with some things in the real world. So I can do nothing but once again recommend this book series for anyone who likes the genre. So if you haven’t started the series yet do so now, and make sure you get to this one fast. It is a great read.
Source: Associated Content
By: Ambrosia Jefferson

Anyways here is a quote from the site:

Teens have been voting for over a month on 2008’s most popular young adult book. The top 10 will be announced during Teen Read Week, from October 18-24 in a webcast featuring Superstars and Divas of World Wrestling Entertainment. 

Twenty-five books have been chosen for voting.

Here are ten of those books.

 1.     Graceling, by Kristen Cashore. In this book, Katsa was born with a special  talent of killing. Her uncle is the king  and he made her his brute force. This book  depicts a young girl who becomes stronger as she goes against her rival.

 2. Untamed, by Kristen and P.C. Cast, depicts one of the many popular vampire book, released in 2008. The setting takes place at a school for young vampires. Nobody  will listen to Zoey as she discovers the  truth about a leader in the school. Loyalties, truths, and evil are a big part of this fourth House of Night novel.

View the entire article here: Examiner