Comments on: Review: Hunted, House of Night Book 5 by P.C. Cast

By: Debbie's World of Books

Debbie's World of Books — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:12:10 +0000

I have this book on my shelf but just haven’t picked it up yet. Some of the books are horrible and some are gripping so I have a love/hate relationship with this series. Zoe just irritates me with the way she flits from guy to guy. Come on! I’m not sure yet how I feel about Aphrodite being human. It initially did not sit well with me but we will see where they take it.

By: kelsey

kelsey — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:20:07 +0000

1) I do wish heath would just stop harassing zoey i mean zoey tries to get rid of him but he keeps tempting and pestering her with his blood.Erik i can see her with but he is kind of possesive over her.if he wast so possesive over her she wouldnt have the scar from the rven mocker and she wouldnt be imprinted with Heath AGAIN!so erik needs to back off just a little.Stark i can totally see her withh.Right when he came into the story and told her about his gift i knew he would be perfect for zoey.so i disagree with you on stark.hes awsome!

2) I disagree with you here.Aphrodite being human is fine with me.

3) Sorry i have to disagree here too.You cant say anything about too mutch mystery till you read temped which doesnt come out till oct.
and the mystery about the red fledgelings ties into the story because zoey is stevie raes friend.And incase you’ve forgotten stevie rae is the leader of the red fledglings.

I LOVE TH HOUSE OF NIGHT BOOKS.THEY ARE GOOD READING MATERIEL .

By: kelsey

kelsey — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:57:52 +0000

all of the mystery and guy trouble makes it better.but i don’t see why they made Loren Blake betray Zoey .I mean come on!!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:42:57 +0000

I think that it would either be Erik or Stark, becuase she knows that Heath is her past and will always be her past!!! Also, I wanted to run something past everyone. When those spiders came out of the trees or Nefret does anyone think that Stark told her about the spiders!!! I cant wait for the movie to come out well and for the tempted book it seems it will be all about boys though and hop ethis will be the last one or not more the merrier!!!

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:45:03 +0000

I read all the HON books in 5 days – with 3 kids that means lots of late nights reading! Worth the loss of sleep. I enjoyed all the books. I do agree with previous posts, the repeating of what happened in previous books is annoying!
A couple of things:
I agree with previous post that there is some reason why all these “boy toys” are in her life and hopefully we will see why in the next book. I can’t decide who I prefer Zoey with, Stark or Erik. I am wondering why before Stark died he said that he had finally found Zoey??? I do see a strong connection between them… very sweet. But I also like Erik and think he kind of has a reason to be a little overprotective of Zoey where guys are concerned. I loved the part in Chosen (I think that is right) where they were on stage together improving – had to read it a few times :) So right now I am on the fence as to which one I think she will end up with – probably leaning toward Stark – if she really liked Erik I don’t think she would keep finding other guys to be with.

Does anyone feel that Nerefet may have killed Loren – possibly because he really started to like Zoey? I know I read something on P.C’s blog that said she will clear up Loren’s death in the next book. Just a thought.

I have also read that she is going to start writing from other points of view so that would lead me to believe that we will learn a lot more about Stevie Rae and the rest of the red vamps.

Overall I really liked the books and can’t wait until October!

By: nick

nick — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:47:26 +0000

After reading the entire series up to date in the last week I feel like Hunted was a rushed/unfinished product. The ending was to neat, Nothing really bad happened other than people getting hurt but they are mostly Vampires so thats not such a huge issue. The characters that were killed off (the warriors and the high priestess) were really backround niose as there wasnt enough substance to really care about them. I don’t like the Aphrodite as human plot line I feel like this should be a shortend side bar where she becomes a Vamp once again. This typically isnt my type of reading and I have been reading these books along with my daughter, but I have to admit I really enjoyed the first four and was looking forward to a conclusion in book 5. I am sure I will read the next one as my daughter is less critical and enjoys the story. But over all I agreed with your review.

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:14:28 +0000

I finished book 5 and it hit me. Even though I thought it was cheesy to have all those “boys” I get it.

Heath is her nurturer. She needs him to stay “grounded” on what is real and her past life prior to her being marked. He will nurture her with himself. IE: blood

Eric is her lover. He loves her for what she is, and what she will become. Even though she screwed up, he wants her in his life.

Stark is her protector. He will watch over her until his Oath is over, or until a heart is broken. She needs him as much as he needs her.

All three of these “boys” play a very important role in her life, and I have a feeling this is all leading up to something magical and amazing.

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:42:39 +0000

I just started reading the House of Night series about a week ago, and I am currently almost done with book 5. Being 27 I do find the story very cheesy. No one ever has that many guy issues in 2 months. Period. Hell, I’ve never had that many guys issues in 2 months when I was in my early 20′s. I do however enjoy it. I like the drama, and am highly amused by it.

I cannot say weather or not I want her to end up with any of the guys, they all seem way to head over heals for her. It’s just a little too much for “boy” emotions.

All in all I am enjoying them. I have my issues with them, but for now they keep me reading. Being a mother of a 2 year old my free time is very limited, but since coming across this series, I can’t stop reading. I will continue on. I read that they are under contract for 12 books, but might only do 9. Also that they might write a few with Steve Ray as the main character, from her POV.

I’m going to keep on reading, and wait patiently for October to read Tempted. Till then I’m going to have to find some other little series to amuse me!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:46:31 +0000

I definintely agree with the comments talking about Zoey having WAY too many love interests! She seems to have an “instant connection” to every guy she meets; the girl needs to calm down! One of my pet peeves is the fact that Stevie Ray and Stark Change after one miraculous act, but Zoey keeps doing all sorts of great works and she just keeps getting more and more tatoos!

1. I used to like Erik for Zoey and was glad when he forgave her for the whole Loren thing, but in book 5 the authors turned his character into a jerk. In books 1-4 he was the perfect guy, and now in the 5th he is being posessive and bossy and Zoey has these “weird” feelings about him. Either that’s bad character development (likely) or they are setting the readers up to not like Erik anymore so we don’t mind when she dumps him for Stark.

2. If Aphrodite is so special to Nyx, then why did she get her Mark taken away? I thought Nyx didn’t take away gifts once they were given? If anyone’s Mark should have been taken away it was Neferet’s!

3. I agree there are WAY too many loose ends that never get tied up! Way too many plot lines have gotten thrown in that the authors don’t seem to know what to do with. It’s ok to have some mystery, but dropping a clue and not resolving it is maddening!

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:15:11 +0000

I think either Zoey or Aphrodite will replace Shekinah as *the* High Preistess of ALL Vamps. Just an idea I have had floating around.

OR Zoey will have to agree to be enslaved within the earth with Kalona again(?) in order to put an end to him once and for all.????

as far as guys go, I like Stark and DEF think he is hiding something really big! :) If she ends up with Heath I will be sooooo upset!