Betrayed by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Betrayed is the second book in the House of Night series by P.C. and Kristin Cast. In this newest installment (the third book coming out in March of 2008), the story begins with a day (or night, more appropriately) dreaded by some and anticipated by others: parent visitation. Unfortunately, some parents aren't okay with their children being Marked...and beginning the change in which they become a vampyre-if they survive at all, that is.
In Betrayed, Zoey Redbird and her new vampyre friends, fledglings just like her, try to solve the mystery that has baffled the local human police of Tulsa. Human teenagers (all football players, coincidentally, with whom Zoey has been acquainted), have been disappearing, very near to the House of Night's walls. The police have been led to believe that the vampyres have something to do with it, whether adults or fledglings. But after consulting with Zoey and the vampyres' high priestess, Neferet, they are told that, clearly, vampyres couldn't have done anything. It was all just a coincidence. But after death strikes near home, Zoey and her friends discover a terrible secret-they have been betrayed by someone close to them.
Betrayed is a stunningly good read and I would recommend it to anyone looking for an astonishing, tear-jerking (even if it wouldn't appear so in the beginning), fast paced novel.

Review by Bethany