Finishing Untamed

In relation to this book as a whole, Untamed ends on a suspenseful note. In this cliffhanger Zoey's entire world is flipped upside-down--the whole House of Night series pretty much does a 180. Regardless, I believe Untamed's message is very clear: no matter what, you have to follow what you think is right. Zoey confronts this by choosing to take an immensely difficult, but righteous, path in which she must turn her back on her school. However, she knows this is her goddess', Nyx, will. Her other choice would have been easier, but it would have involved passively letting evil take over and ultimately result in the world coming to a chaotic war. Sounds fun doesn't it? I won't go into any more detail because I would spoil the series up to this point.

I without a doubt enjoyed this book, finishing all 338 paged in around a week. It has so many emotions ranging from jubilance to mourning, betrayal to trust, rage to compassion. And yet somehow all of these emotions are woven together as smoothly as a Native American basket. Furthermore, similarly to in Chosen, I care about each character and their fate which says a lot about how incredibly well P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast have developed them.