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    Hunted: A House of Night Novel
    Hunted: A House of Night Novel
    Hunted: A House of Night Novel
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    Hunted: A House of Night Novel

    Written by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

    Narrated by Jenna Lamia

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    About this audiobook

    The good news: Zoey's friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings aren't Neferet's secrets any longer. The bad news: Ancient evil with the face of an angel has been let loose – that and various other nasties (whose faces aren't so angelic). Grandma Redbird is in trouble. Heath is in trouble. The House of Night is in trouble. Okay, let's face it – Zoey's whole world is in trouble! But when the trouble comes from a being who appears to be beauty personified, will the world believe it? Especially when only a teenager and a group of misfits are the only ones who really understand the danger he brings. Will Zoey have the strength and wisdom to reveal the truth? Especially when, in the House of Night, the truth is often hard to come by…

    Hunted, the fifth installment in P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast's award-winning, New York Times bestselling young adult vampyre series is sure to keep fans hooked.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateMar 10, 2009
    ISBN9781427206084
    Hunted: A House of Night Novel
    Author

    P.C. Cast

    P.C. Cast was born in the Midwest, and grew up between Illinois and Oklahoma, which is where she fell in love with Quarter Horses and mythology (at about the same time). After high school she joined the United States Air Force. After her tour in the USAF, she taught high school before writing full time. Ms. Cast is a New York Times Best-Selling author and a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. Ms. Cast lives in Oklahoma.

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    • 5/5
      Awesome, just wish I could listen to all the books
    • 5/5
      See I like books a lot especially when it comes to fantasy so I might be a little bias.
      These books are YA and they definitely give off that vibe right from the first book. I am almost thirty and have become engrossed in these book. Some of the corny parts, especially in the first few books were cringe worthy. I still think these books are more then worth the read.
      The concept itself is interesting and I find myself falling in love with characters. I love Aphrodite when I use to hate her. I just can’t stop reading/listening to these books.
      Although I do hope this all leading to a epic ending! It could ruin the whole series for me if the ending isn’t on point.
    • 5/5
      Wow what an awesome continuance of the House of Night. I once again truly enjoyed another book in this series and am really looking forward to reading more. Zoey takes the bull by the horns in this one and even though unsure of herself at times realizes her true strengths that everyone else has been seeing in her. She learns alot about herself and finds good inside herself and others. She also learns to fight evil with good. Don't wanna give to much away. Repeating myself here but I really enjoyed this one and am looking forward to the next installment in this series. :-)
    • 4/5
      Hunted is the fifth House of Night Novel by P.C. and Kristin Cast. I love their series. I love the characters that they used when they wrote this series. In this book, Zoey's friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings aren't Neferet's secrets any longer. But with Neferet's newly released powerful new consort, Kalona, and no one at the House of Night seems to understand the threat that he poses. Kalona is an immortal and gorgeous while he has the entire House of Night under his spell. I think this book adds more drama to the situation, more lighter fluid to the fire if you will. Just when they think things are starting to calm down the fire gets bigger. Now Zoey, the red fledglings and her friends have a bigger problem. I highly recommend this book to anyone reading the House of Night series, or anyone who like a good vampire read.
    • 4/5
      If you have read the previous four books in the series (and, if you haven't, you should read those first), you can basically skim the first few chapters, which rehash the characters and plot from the previous book. Once they get through reintroducing everyone, the story starts getting better. I would, however, recommend continuing to skim anything said by Erin and Shaunee, as their dialogue is largely vacuous, annoying, and lends very little to the development of the plot. Damien is slightly less annoying, slightly more insightful.

      The end is set up, of course, for the next book in the series, but I think it opens up some interesting questions, such as who will be the head of the school now that Neferet is gone (for now)? What is the significance of more people pledging themselves to Zoey?
    • 2/5
      I don't know if I can handle any more of this series. Her string of boyfriends, her childish language, her repetitive friends. I might not be able to continue this mess.
    • 4/5
      3.75 starsThis is book 5 in the House of Night series. ***POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR EARLIER BOOKS***Zoey and her friends, including Stevie Rae (with her humanity returned) are hiding out in the tunnels under Tulsa, because there is something very wrong at school with Neferet and a Cherokee "fallen angel" released after he'd been trapped in the Earth for thousands of years.***END SPOILERS***I found this one a little slow-going in the first half of the book, but it really picked up in the second half. Although I didn't really notice the somewhat childish language/vocabulary of the teens in the first couple of books, it is starting to get to me. Part-way through, I either got used to it again, or was distracted enough by what else was going on that it didn't bother me as much later on. Had the second half not picked up, I was considering not continuing the series but it did and I will.
    • 3/5
      Hunted was OK, but I didn't have high hopes since I was disappointed with Untamed. I was very annoyed with the dialogue in the beginning of the book. I know it's a YA book, but it seemed so juvenile to me. Do teenagers really talk this way? IMO, this was a filler book. There was not much going on through most of the story. The ending was as expected, but it was sort of a let-down. I wanted more action, I guess. I know the thing that bothers me the most is all of Zoey's boyfriends. I just wished she would focus on her craft and realize that she doesn't need a man (or boy) to be complete. I'll read the next in the series whenever it comes out though. 3.5 stars
    • 4/5
      Another action-packed installment. I wasn't sure how this would resolve without a major cliffhanger, but it managed it. The recaps of events from previous books can sometimes be a little tedious, but are probably necessary if you've had a largish break between books.
    • 4/5
      Okay - so the story Finally took off and really started getting beyond the backstory. There were significantly fewer "reminders" of the previous books, which really helped make this one an exciting page-turner. Will be excited to start the next one and see what messes Zoey Redbird is in for now.
    • 3/5
      Why, oh why, does the author feel the need to rehash everything from the prior novels spanned over the first 70 pages. Nothing happened in the first third of the book. And to make it really annoying, I realized that the entire 70 pages were a flashback! No and NO!

      The only reason I kept reading, because true to her other novels, the authors really pick up the pace. Once I hit the second third mark I could stop rolling my eyes, but that was only after Heath made a reappearance. I mean, good grief! And that subplot was entirely predictable.

      The only thing that made this novel worthwhile was how the story line with Stark and Kalona played out. And I actually love how the new elements in the poem came into play and drew a variety of faiths together. Vampyre, nuns, Cherokees, and goddess crap. It was very interesting, the outcome, and fostered a sense of unity.

      Has foul language and intimate blood drinking.
    • 5/5
      I just thought of that!! Zoey actually is Captain Planet:

      Stevie Rae Johnson: "EARTH!"
      Shaunee Cole: "FIRE!"
      Damien Maslin: "WIND!"
      Erin Bates: "WATER!"
      Zoey Redbird: "SPIRIT!"
      Her friends: "Go Priestess!"
      Zoey: "By your powers combined, I am PRIESTESS ZOEY!"
      Her friends:
      Priestess Zoey, she's our hero
      Gonna take Kalona down to zero
      She's our powers magnified
      And she's fighting on the planet's side
      Priestess Zoey, she's our hero
      Gonna take Kalona down to zero
      Gonna help her put asunder
      Bad vamps who like to loot and plunder

      Neferet: "You'll pay for this Priestess Zoey!"
      Her friends:
      We're the Vampires
      You can be one too

      Aphrodite LaFont:
      'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do!
      Looting and polluting is not the way
      Hear what Priestess Zoey has to say!

      Nyx: "The Power is Yours!"
    • 3/5
      I like the world PC & Kristin Cast have created, but I wish they would have spent a little more time on the quality of their writing and a little less time on the cutesy teen-speak. Overall, I like the series.
    • 4/5
      Yes now this more like it! I was pleasantly surprised to find that the shortcomings of this series have been addressed in Hunted: the story was longer with no cliffhanger ending and the language of the teenagers was toned down with less useless chatter.

      However Zoey kept repeating the word 'hell' at the beginning and the end of most of the chapters and the blow-out ending wasn't as big as I'd been hoping for, after all the waiting through four books I wanted to see a knock-down drag-out fight to the death between Zoey and Neferet - no such luck. A bit disappointed with that otherwise Hunted was the best well-rounded book of the series so far.
    • 4/5
      Another great book from P.C. Cast about Zoey and her fight against evil. This time the fight is against Kalona, an ancient immortal of Cherokee legend, and his twisted offspring the Raven Mockers, brought back from captivity by Neferet. The group is hiding out and preparing to try to take them down, but Zoey is plagued by dreams of Kalona that make her think there is something more about him. Unfortunately, Zoey's multiple man troubles have caught up with her again. Heath follows her to the hideout and has a run in with the overprotective and jealous Erik resulting in Zoey being mortally wounded! In order to save her Heath allows her to drink from him, solidifying their imprint once again, and then she is rushed back to the House of Night. There they find the now red-fledgling Stark attempting to rape the women of the House of Night, who Zoey promptly picks up where she left off with. (So that brings us back to 3 guys again, 4 if you count Kalona). Action packed and full of drama!
    • 2/5
      I keep reading this series and I don't know why?
      Morbid curiosity?
      Who the fuck knows.
      Will continue until I get the urge to remove my eyeballs from their sockets to save me from the pain of this "story".
    • 1/5
      This one was so bad that I don't even want to write about it. It's got all of the previous problems and more. Zoey and her boyfriend issues are insufferable. I'm done with this series. Yuck.
    • 3/5
      I've chosen to re-read the series because I'm hearing so much about it lately and it seems so much different from what I can remember. The first time around I liked it but found some of the plot boring, melodramatic and pretty much the same old vampire story as well as the characters being just plain annoying. Lets hope the second time around will be better, yes? So until then..
    • 5/5
      I just finished reading Hunted. It is the fifth in the House Of Night Series written by P.C. and Kristin Cast. It is about a girl and her friends working together to stop a fallen angel and a priestess who turned her back on their goddess from taking over their school. With almost the whole school controlled by him, they find it impossible to get away to do what they have to do to save the school they love.Just like the rest of the four books in this series before this book, I loved this one. I can honestly say this is one of my favorite series of all times. P.C. and Kristin Cast have much talent at keeping readers on edge until the very end. They also keep you laughing throughout it all. It's like feeling what the characters are feeling and go through what they are going through. It's amazing.This series isn't for everybody. Some people will hate this series as much as I love it. There will be many people who do love it though. I recommend this series to those people specifically. They will enjoy the series as much as I did. I can guarantee that.
    • 3/5
      Good but it's my least favorite in the series. "Boy" drama got annoying after a bit.
    • 5/5
      Hunted is a scary,fantasy and romance genre book. Zoey and her gang have to hide underground so they will be protected from Kalona's dark creatures. They can no longer go to their home, House of Night because of Kalona, Neferet, and their dark creatures.Once Zoey's boyfriends get into a fight, she gets attacked and needs to see a healer or she might die. She has no choice but to go to the House of Night. Zoey and her gang must be on gaurd at all times. Zoey needs to be healed and then escape her home. I adore this book "Hunted" because it is a fantasy. It has lots of imagination. I love that there are twists and turns in this book. I don't like that Zoey has a complicated love life. I also didn't like how everything exploded at their home. This book was also a shocker when Zoey got really hurt. Overall this book was great.
    • 1/5
      Gave up on this one halfway through... where was the story going? Not quite sure, but it was all going downhill.
    • 2/5
      If anything, Hunted serves the same purpose as many of the other books in HoN before it, Filler. Nothing but filler. The teens are underground now with the Red Fledglings and we spend many chapters getting to know the new characters. They have a sweet set up under an abandoned building complete with furnishings and running water. Screw adults, we have mind control. Stevie Rae is now on the mend, the two groups mingle, Eric and Zoey hook up again. That, folks, is the first half of Hunted. Long and talky passages of teen speak and Zoey being incredibly indecisive.
      Things pick up when Heath shows up and Zoey gets hurt after the two step outside to talk in private when Heath and Eric fist pound their chests in anger. Down in the Bat Cave, the group decides that Zoey MUST get back to school in order to heal, even after she drinks from Heath and becomes imprinted with him AGAIN. So they throw her into the hummer along with Damien, The Twins, Daruis and Aphrodite.
      At school, things have taken on a totally different attitude. Rape seems to be widely accepted if the guy is hot, all the girls have a crush on Kalona and Stark makes his reapperance. As per usual, the action scenes go relatively quickly and the final few chapters take little time to climax as Stark becomes 'Good', the teens escape school and Zoey gains more favor from their goddess.
      So very little happens in this book. Very few revelations, things that were easily called a few books back and more drama then was necessary. I wish I could deeper into the plot, but.... this was it, so I'll just go right into discussion.

      ***
      You know what? THe first nine pages were pretty awesome. It was actually a beautiful read and the characters didn't act nearly as annoying as they usually do. Aside from Zoey dreaming brown pop on the trees, there wasn't much idle teen talk with some minor filler. I know that P.C. Cast writes for an older audience and I believe she put more effort into these 10 pages then she did in the last 4 books.
      However...
      Page 10 "Oh, Jack and Damien are a couple. Which means they're gay teenagers. Hello. It happens. More often than you'd expect. Wait, scratch that. It happens more often than parents think."
      Ah, there we go, right back to business.
      Alright, Casts, I'll say this now, I KNOW these two are gay. 5 books in, I know that both Jack and Damien like penis to the point where they prefer it over vagina.
      Why must I be reminded, again, that these two are gay.... not to mention in a way that seems to be a 'Got a problem with that?' attitude? I dislike the fact that both Jack and Damien are constantly using themselves as gay stereotypes; Gays are good cooks, gays are into fashion, gays are more sensitive to girl’s needs; gays can be your BFF and not want to touch your boobies. They spend more time on telling us that they're in love rather than letting them have these moments where they let their actions speak for themselves.
      Every time these two are introduced into a new book, it's like that. "Oh hey, our fav gay couple, anyone who hates can line up left and be beaten up."
      On top of that, it feels like almost every black character that's been introduced so far is a stereotype, talking in slang and wearing their pants baggy and low. Shaunee is the only one who doesn't seem to follow this stereotype, but she seems to share a singular voice with Erin. Half the time I can't remember or figure out who is who with these two. When they speak, they just refer to each other as 'Twin', which is fine and all. I get it when their friends call them 'The Twins', but it would make for a easier read if they had their own way to distinguish the themselves when talking.
      Another piece of literary genius: "But instead of the tattoo being dark blue, it had turned red. As in the color of fresh blood." I would have never known the color red if fresh blood wasn't mentioned.
      12 pages in, more special tattoos for Zoey. That was something I appreciated about the 4th book. Zoey had slowed in her Vampyre Puberty and finally seemed to be evening out. No new tattoos, no new boyfriends, no friends. Nope, Chuck Testa. That burning in her hands last book? The telltale signs that she's being propelled forward with her growth. She notices them only NOW, but since they're finally mentioned here, I'll add those tattoos to this books Tattoo Check.
      It seems as if that ALL the female characters use 'boobies'. It just seems totally unnecessary particularly when they used 'Breast' in previous books to describe the location of the school insignia on clothing; on top of that they use the word breast when Zoey gets physical with one of her love interests. Also, Zoey notes that the arrow is sticking through Stevie-Rae's CHEST, which I feel, would be just as acceptable of a word choice. The second Stevie-Rae mentions the word 'Boobie', Zoey goes back to describing the area as 'Boobies'. Something I feel rips me from the story.
      The imprinting between Stevie-Rae and Aphrodite was a nice touch. The scene where it happened was almost hot. Damien treating it like a science experiment? Not so much. I don't know, it just seems like Jack and Damien can get away making fun of other people's kinks and sexual preferences, when everyone else is supposed to feel sympathetic and supportive towards there’s. In these books it feels like if you're a lesbian, you're doing it to be 'hot', if you're gay everyone around either accept it or be threatened by every girl in the school. On top of this, we're constantly reminded that Stevie-Rae and Aphrodite are NOT lesbians and NOT in love. We've had 5 books of character development, we ALREADY know this. It was merely a repercussion of the bloodletting.
      It feels like that everyone who's not involved directly with the circle has more brains than the actual circle members. Aphrodite always points out the obvious, Darius is always filling the nerd heard in and even Heath lends the idea of 'Hey, maybe use the elements to protect your brain meats.'
      And since when did I start to prefer Heath to Erik? Erik always seemed like he had a good head on his shoulders, especially when it came to dealing with Zoey and her bullshit. I keep thinking that he forgave her way to quickly and in retrospect, he did. It's only been about a week since they broke up, so realistically, I feel neither one had a chance to get over the pain from what initially drove them apart. I can also see why Erik would feel jealous towards Heath, after all, Zoey did say that she wanted to be with Erik. Though I wish that when Zoey felt that 'I don’t' like how this feels' vibe, that she'd go with it.
      On the matters with Stark, I can't tell you enough how much I loved Aphrodite throwing the truth out there. Stark had a few hang ups about his goddess given gift and was doing nothing more than venting to Zoey. Instead, you get the nerd heard telling her that there was something more to the situation and causing an uproar amongst the other two love interests. Honestly, that's all it really felt like to me, until Aphrodite tells everyone at the end that Zoey does 'love' stark.
      Darius has to explain to Zoey that it's perfectly acceptable for a High Priestess to have more than one man in her life. I can honestly get behind this as being a neat idea, but given the nature of this monster, it feels like it's been tacked on. "Oh, having boy troubles? You can actually keep them all." It feels like it's being written off as 'Okay' to appease Zoey's qualms about being a 'slutty ho', when it clearly shows that despite the guys trying to be fine with the situation that they're all clearly hurt by it. It also feels like P.C. and Kristen have an arsenal of rolls for each guy to fill as Zoey collects them. A Mate, a Human Consort, a Warrior... All she needs is the Court Jester and she's set. I can't tell you how much I love the idea of a polyamourus circle, but not everyone here is okay with this and it quickly turns something I'd love to read about into something I dread.
      Once again, I believe that rape is handled very lightly in these novels. It's thrown around all too often as a plot device or as a way to give character development in the worst way possible. It describes that the drinking of blood is a relatively sexual thing, it's akin to rape when Stark does it to that girl in the school yard. However, it's played off as 'Oh, he's so hawt, it makes it okay.'
      The Twins, my god, the twins. They spend so much time kicking Aphrodite down who just lets it roll off her shoulders like it ain't no thang. Shaunee and Erin do their usual slutty ho finger pointing, saying that Aphrodite is with Darius for nothing more than his looks. That the scar on his cheek will reveal her true nature. You want to know what's awesome? How Aphrodite takes him into her room, offers to play nurse in the most sexual way possible and vows to get revenge. Fuckin' Eh.

      Boyfriend Count: 4
      Stark: Gets back together while the two are underground.
      Heath: Imprints while Zoey recovers with his blood.
      Stark: After the two make vows and he becomes her warrior.
      Kalona: Not really, but he does like having her around.

      Tattoo Count: 6 New: 1
      Crescent outline: Appears at school.
      Filled in Crescent: Receives later that day at Grandmas
      Facial: Appears during Halloween ritual.
      Shoulders: Appears during Halloween ritual.
      Back: After saving Heath from the underground.
      Waist: Acquires after saving Stevie Rae.
      More Shoulders: Over her scars after banishing Kalona
      This review came rather late and I haven't started the next book. This seems to be the trend I'm following.
    • 5/5
      THE END.

      Or I hope not. But for once a House of Night book ends without a heart-stopping cliff hanger. But that doesn't mean I don't want to read on.

      What's been building from the start finally came to a head. But it's not gone forever, it's only gone away for a while. Which means there's plenty left of the story to tell, and I'm glad. Can't wait to get stuck into the next one!
    • 4/5
      Neferet just keeps getting away with things. How does that work? She fools people/vampires again and again and again. Why isn't anyone able to bear witness to what she does and actually punish her? I like the way the red fledgelings transform the tunnels- more and more new elements are put into play.
    • 3/5
      I'm getting really annoyed with this series. I feel like it's going absolutely nowhere. The authors are clearly trying very hard to sound like ''teenagers'' and just ending up sounding completely ridiculous. They really underestimate the intelligence of the readers.

      The repetition is completely insane. Take out all the pages that recap the story so far, and the book would be at least two hundred pages shorter. Zoey retells the story to us, the characters retell the story to each other, and the story is retold to any newcomers... it's ridiculous. I doubt many people are picking the series up at book five, and it doesn't make sense to accommodate the few people that might.

      I wish Zoey would just leave. I realize the series is supposed to be about her, but I simply don't care anymore. I'm completely sick of her, and I can't see how anyone wouldn't be. She kissed four difference guys in the space of four hundred pages. She talks about other girls being ''sluts'' and ''easy'' when she's the exact definition of those words. She's so dense, and takes forever to figure things out. She spends half the book ranting about how ''controlling'' and ''possessive'' Erik is, when all he did was ask her to not go outside (where evil monsters are literally waiting to kill her) with the ex-boyfriend that she's gone back to so many times I've lost count. She acts all high and mighty, and seems completely oblivious to how hypocritical she's become.

      The stereotypes are really getting on my nerves. We get it, Damien and Jack are gay. You don't have to tell us this every time they appear. Just because they're gay, does not mean they do everything in a gay way. They do not cough in a gay way, they do not smile in a gay way, and they're not prone to fainting simply because they're gay. Yet Zoey tells us these things every time they appear in the story. She even tells us to ''get over'' the fact that they're gay, even though she's the only one who seems to be obsessed with it. Also, Krashima was completely unnecessary. Just because she's black doesn't mean she has to fill every stereotype there is and talk like she's never been in an English class. The ''twins'' also need to disappear. I'm sick of being told they're ''not actually twins'' every time their names are mentioned. Oh, and the ''vocab'' thing is getting ridiculous. They go on about how Damien uses big words all the time. Newsflash, Zoey: Carnage is not a big complicated word.

      I'm giving the book three stars because of Aphrodite... and Darius. They're the only two characters that make the series worth while, and they're one of the only reasons I'm going to continue with it. I really wish all the characters would stop giving Aphrodite a hard time. She was bitch for about half of the first book, and the rest seem to be unable to let it go. She's clearly changed, she's clearly a nice person, and she's definitely the only one in the book with half a brain. I think her relationship with Darius is interesting, and I love reading about it. They're literally the only good thing left about this series.

    • 3/5
      This was better than the previous books, although she was back to having the potential for multiple boyfriends again. Geez.
    • 5/5
      Even though I really love this series, and how it's so action packed (like I say in almost every review) I have to say (like some of the comments below) I'm getting sick of all the boy drama in Zoey's life. I know it makes the story, and in some ways it makes it more interesting (the story) but she's kinda picking up a flower and picking off the pettles one by one: "he loves me, he loves me not".(not to ruin the book) But, she said good bye to heath, now be done! and yet, she text's him again all "lovey dovey", and tells him to be safe, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU DO THAT! He's going to go all "googoo" for Zoey again! And the whole Stark issue I bairley understand, they bairly knew each other, and yet they made out blah, blah, blah, then she says "I'll wait for you, when you come back", and here he comes back to life all "macho" but he's a bigger crazed killer then Stevie Rae was. And the big kicker in all of this, is that while all this other boy stuff is happening, she's supposedly back together with Erik, who changed and is now a prof. and I thought teachers couldn't date students last time I checked. It sounds like a whole bunch of confusion, but it's really easy to understand, once you have read the book, kind of confusion. (Back to Erik) It always seems like they are together one minute, and the next they aren't. I really hope she chooses Erik to forever be her's. Because it's really annoying me. And everyone knows Starks has to stay around because he's "Zoey's Warrior", untill something kills him that's bigger the Zoey's life. (If I read correctly). But all in all, go read the book, it's really good, and I want to know if people feel the same way I feel.
    • 5/5
      Still loving this series, althought the "Evil Characters" could use a little more evilness, and the main character, our beloved Zoe, could use a little more maturity regarding her love life, but I guess it's just how her character is being developed throughout this series!
    • 4/5
      This and Marked are probably my two favorite books of the series. I love being in the fledgling's setting and I love how they have to learn to work together. I thought that it was very interesting how she had to figure out the prophecies and it made me want to read the next one.