Title: Hunted (HoN #5) Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom Publication Date: Sept 2009 Paperback: 448 pages Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Rating: 6/10 Goodreads Summary: 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…

Alejandra Blog: Yummy Hell Faery Twitter: @alebodden11 Something about me—I love paranormal creatures, and Vampires are on my top favorites list. I like seeing the different depictions of vamps people come up with; some might be categorized as ridiculous or odd, and other as genius, but we all can agree with the fact that they are all quite unique. I stumbled upon The House of Night Series when Betrayed (HoN Book #2) came out, I bought both (1 & 2) of them at the same time and goodness — Did…

I have the great pleasure in welcoming P. C. Cast author of the House of Night series. P. C. kindly answered my questions especially for the HoN week. Enjoy! Also, don’t forget to enter the fantastic HoN Giveaway this week – you can enter via filling in the form below! 20 Questions with P. C. Cast 1. How do you research your novels for House of Night series? Depends on the book. I have, of course, delved deeply in Cherokee lore, but I’ve also traveled to Capri, Pompeii, Venice/San Clemente…

Title: Untamed (HoN #4)   Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom PublicationsDate: August 2009 Paperback: 411 pages Genre: Fantasy ReadingLevel: Young Adult Rating: 7/10 Goodreads Summary: Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird; she’s become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her, to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey has left are undead and unMarked….

Title: Chosen (House of Night #3) Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom (UK) | St Martin’s Griffin (US) PublicationDate: March 2009 (UK) | March 2008 (US) Paperback: 322 pages Genre: Fantasy Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 8/10 BACK COVER SUMMARY: Zoey’s best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead – in an eww! zombie! kind-of-way, not in a cool vampire kind-of-way. She’s struggling to retain her humanity and Zoey doesn’t have a clue how to help. But she does know that anything they discover must be…

Title: Betrayed (House of Night #2) Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom (UK) | St Martin’s Press US) PublicationDate: Feb 2009 (UK) | Oct 2007 (US) Paperback: 375 pages Genre: Fantasy Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 7/10 GOODREADS SUMMARY: Things seem to be going pretty well for Zoey Redbird. She’s settled in at the House of Night finishing school and is coming to terms with her incredible new powers. It all seems too good to be true. And guess what? Someone has begun murdering…

Amanda Blog: Not-Really-Southern Vamp Chick Twitter: @NRSVampChick So I was super excited when I heard Book Chick City was having a House of Night Week! I’ve had many conversations about this series. It seems to be one that a lot of people are split over. You either really enjoy it, or you don’t. I really enjoy it! I think it’s a great, fresh spin on vampires, or in this series’s case vampyres. My favorite thing is how it adds Cherokee legend and magic into the mix with vampyres. I’m from…

Title: Marked (HoN #1)   Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom PublicationDate: Jan 2009 Paperback: 348 pages Genre: Fantasy Reading Level: Young Adult Rating: 7/10 Summary: The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, vampires have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire – that is, if she makes it through…

Welcome to House of Night Week!!!! Yay!! HoN week has begun! Over the next seven days I will be reviewing the entire HoN series, including BURNED, the upcoming release, interviewing P. C. Cast herself and two guest bloggers will be telling us why they love the HoN series so much. If you haven’t read this series yet, then this week is a great introduction to the series and if you have… well just sit back and enjoy the week! Thank you to Twoscoopz for designing my banner! Coming up on…

Banner designed by Twoscoopz Where Stories Are Made is a regular feature here at Book Chick City. It’s where the author takes us on a tour of their writing place, be it an office, coffee shop or park and tells us about their writing day and rituals. My guest today is urban fantasy writer Faith Hunter… •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Fans and readers love to know the secrets in a writer’s life, like how and where they write. The coffee shop where JK Rowling writes has become a tourist attraction. Photos of the…

Shift by Rachel Vincent (Shifters #5) Mira Books (March 2010) Paperback, 448 pages Urban Fantasy This is one of those books you can barely stand to put down. Secretly sneaking pages between tasks in the hope that no one will notice your obsession. It is book five in Rachel Vincent’s Shifter series following Faythe Sanders. So if you haven’t read any before I’d recommend you start with the first: Stray and read through. But this is hardly a hardship as they’re all fantastic. In fact, I find myself envying you…

“Thoughtful Ramblings” is a feature where we discuss bookish subjects. These posts are just our own thoughts about certain topics that may get us hot under the collar and we need a good rant or just things we want to share with fellow bloggers and readers. Blog Promotion – Yay or Nay? I have seen a few posts round the blogosphere poo-pooing blog promotion. I must say I find this puzzling. I set up my blog for myself, yes, and I only blog because I want to and not because…

Title: Undead and Unwed Author: MaryJanice Davidson Publisher: Piatkus UK / Berkley US Publication Date: 2 Feb 2006 Paperback: 260 pages Genre: Paranormal Romance Cover Illustration: Wai RATING: 8/10 SUMMARY: First Betsy Taylor loses her job, then she’s killed in a car accident. But what really bites is that she can’t seem to stay dead. And now her new friends have the ridiculous idea that Betsy is the prophesied vampire queen, and they want her help in overthrowing the most obnoxious power-hungry vampire in five centuries. REVIEW: Undead and Unwed…

Isn’t this cover just absolutely gorgeous?! I think the font is just so pretty. Knight Angels: Book of Love by Abra Ebner is the first in a new young adult series and I must say it does sound very good. Once I had read the summary, I realised that this book is a paranormal, but to me the cover suggests ‘real life’ and as I like my YA with a paranormal theme I nearly passed this book by, but after reading the summary, I WANT THIS BOOK! So, what do…

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend and for those that live in the UK, enjoying the gorgeous sunshine! I am SO excited about my books this week – I received 12 for review and bought 6. As usual there are always a few that stand out and they are Crawlers *looks like such a good YA horror* A Licence To Steal *have wanted this book since last year* and Iron Hunt *a new UF that sounds just…