REVEALED by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast is not my favorite in the House of Night series. For years, I have been following the series and waiting for the last book to come out (this is the next to last book). Sadly, since around book six or seven, I am not enjoying the brilliant and wonderful story I felt I got from the first books. REVEALED unfortunately is continuing that progression for me.

After eleven books, I do have an attachment to the characters and the story, as well as a real need to find out what happens in the end after so many years of following the books. The world building in this series is great. Each one, including REVEALED, shows more and more of the complexity of it, and I love that. However, the plot and the characters themselves don't seem to work as well. REVEALED has a decent plot, but it doesn't feel very connected or solid. The events at the high points of the plot are full of action, but they feel kind of random, and the story between them doesn't feel nearly as exciting. It makes the story a slower read because of that difficulty in getting from plot point to plot point.

Though Zoey and her friends have shining, sometimes laugh out loud funny or make you tear up serious, moments, I'm missing their actual development in this story. Death has happened around them, a major death, but after the first few chapters, the grief doesn't seem to have done anything to them. Though I totally think that main characters can still be good even if you don't necessarily like them, I often found myself frustrated with Zoey. Her character doesn't seem to grow, but rather remains a bit immature. Again, character flaws can be used so well, but there has to be some real character development for me to feel a connection. Even towards the end when Zoey seems to make a certain decision regarding her love life, I don't feel I can trust her narration. I can easily see her going against her decision in the next book and not growing at all.

I will still read the next book, because I truly did like the series before, and I have hope that it might end well, but REVEALED just didn't do it for me. I enjoy the authors' voices, and they do have talent, but I think I will find more enjoyment from them when this series is over, and I pick up other works from them.

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