Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Betrayed by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

14 reviews

kelsokake's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This is definitely a product of 2007. I found myself enjoying the reread. Sometimes the foreshadowing felt a little heavy-handed, but that likely has more to do with me vaguely remembering random details from the first time i read it back in high school. I’m definitely going to continue the series because i’m so curious about what Neferet and Zoey’s relationship is going to look like now! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

authorannafaundez's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Better than book #1. The authors seemed to have figured out that the non-stop body-shaming and slut-shaming was annoying to read. However, it's not 100% gone in this book. Just less. The rude language is also decreased. There were a few instances of author intrusion regarding their personal opinions on certain subjects (i.e. sex) and it was extremely distracting.

Zoey is still pretty judgmental, and she still has a woman-hating problem. Her overall growth as a person isn't great, but this book only takes place a month (ish) after book #1. There's still hope.

This book was slower than book #1, but the story overall was more interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

princessjj14's review

funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death

mobkima's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Another aged-like-milk edition in the House of Night Series, but the teenage characters do feel accurate. Some parts of this book read more like a fanfiction than an actual novel. The "plot twist" is very predictable, at least to me. Will probably still continue to read these books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

samchelsey's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Stalking

daralexandria's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Grief

a_wren_that_reads's review

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Murder, Blood, Gore, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Self harm, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Bullying

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Car accident, Stalking, Torture, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Racism, Vomit, Confinement, Cursing, and Body horror

bookwormforlifeandmore's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content

arys_library's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I honestly liked this one more than the first one! I felt more of a connection to the characters. I was connected to them in the first book but with this one it’s even more. 

I love how we got to see both positive and negative sides to each character, and exactly the depths of Zoey’s powers. I also absolutely loved Aphrodite in this book! Even though she was crazy mean in the  first book and quite a bit in the second, her true self shined through as she helped zoey and her friends. I hope she gets some redemption in the next books. 

I didn’t like the recap in this book. It seems like the way the author recapped the first book was so repetitive. So many small details were said multiple times that it felt dumb and annoying. I really hope the next book there isn’t any recap, if we want to remember what happened in the previous book, just reread if. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Blood, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

saturngaze's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship