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Burned, the next book in the House of Night series, was
completely and totally different from the other books so far. This one was told
from quite a few different perspectives than the others, with Zoey’s voice being
heard the least (which makes sense, seeing as how her soul was shattered and
all). There was so much about this book, compared to the others that I
absolutely loved (writing this, and not immediately diving headfirst into the next
book, is a serious challenge). I think, and from the other character’s points
of view it would be considered awful of me, that Rephaim was my favorite
character. While all of the others, Aphrodite especially, were really
wonderful, they didn’t have that raw bluntness that he had. As much as I love
the nerd herd too, I’m really glad they didn’t have as much of a prominent role
in this one as they have in the past books.
I am giving this a 4.4 (why the .4 I can’t really explain,
other than it just feels right). This book wasn’t exactly all action, but it
was more of a journey and growing up novel for a lot of the characters. This
also means that there wasn’t a lot of “high school” type drama that we’ve seen
in some of the previous books. I really, really loved how much more of a role
Stevie Rae played in this than in the past. I think her character really helped
make this book what it was, and I think she’ll continue to have bigger parts in
the next few as well. This book was also, while serious in many parts, sometimes
funny. There were a few parts that had me laughing out loud (mostly from
Aphrodite’s big mouth), and I think this book needed, and got, the few pieces
of comic relief that it had. Overall, I’m excited to start the next book and am
letting that color how much content I can continue to put into this review. If
that’s not a selling point for you, you’re wrong.
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