Burned (House of Night Series #7) »

P.C. CAST is an award-winning fantasy and paranormal romance author as well as an experienced speaker and teacher.  Her novels have been awarded the prestigious Oklahoma Book Award, YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers, Prism, Daphne du Maurier, and Affaire de Coeur, as well as others.  She lives in Oklahoma.

Her daughter, KRISTIN CAST, has won awards for her poetry and journalism.  She also lives in Oklahoma, where she attends college in Tulsa.

In this House of Night installment, three girls are playing with fire—if they don’t watch out, everyone will get Burned.

VOYA

The saga of the House of Night series continues to smolder in Burned. Zoey's soul shatters after witnessing Heath's murder at the hands of Neferet's dark immortal, Kalona; this is, in essence, a death sentence, for if Zoey cannot piece together her soul in the Otherworld and return to her body in a week's time, she will perish. While Aphrodite, Stark, and the rest of the nerd herd work to find a way to bring Zoey back, something that has never been accomplished in the history of soul-shattered High Priestesses, Stevie Rae deals with her own fallout with the Red Fledglings and Kalona's son, Rephaim, whom she becomes bound to after a botched incantation. In addition to keeping things in control with the fledglings and hiding her imprint with the Raven Mocker, she must delve deeper into her powers than ever before to help save Zoey. Stark, too, is called upon to act with seemingly more strength than is possible, but for his queen he will do anything, even if it means dying. The dual story lines create double the tension and conflict in this latest installment; fast paced and packed with mystery, suspense, and romance, this book is a hard one to put down. While the over-the-top dialogue is riddled with vernacular and slang and can be distracting, it is balanced by richly detailed narrative passages and the compelling mythology that acts as a foundation for the series. Overall this is a fast and furious read, but a rewarding one. Reviewer: Courtney Huse Wika