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Revealed Chapter 2

One of the things that’s driven me nuts through the series, and will continue to do so for the remainder, is the perspective change. Not the regular hopping back and forth, that’s something I can tolerate when it’s done right. … Continue reading

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Revealed Prologue

Of course there are the usual acknowledgments where PCK “hearts” her publisher. Are you an eleven year old harpy, pretending to be human? Because that goddamned affectation of yours is as obnoxious as calling it “brown pop”. That’s the kind … Continue reading

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Awakened Chapters 5 & 6

Chapter 5 Of all the characters in the series, Stevie is the closest to a real person. She’s considered the leader of the undeadlings but not by choice of god or author. She has a limited power, earth, which is … Continue reading

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Tempted Chapters 20 & 21

Chapter 20 So, the idiots have sat down, had breakfast and decided to go back to the school. At this point it should be a simple transition over to just outside the school where they’re getting ready to enter. At … Continue reading

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Split Second Prologue & Chapter 1

Prologue Having had my fill of “young adult” fiction and those hacks—mostly I’m just sick of Zoey—I figured a sort of break was in order. Not a break from recapping, just a break from the self-indulgent wish fulfillment vampire porn … Continue reading

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Untamed Chapter 12

Here’s an in universe question for PCK. Hasn’t anyone else noticed that all sorts of things have started happening since Zoey appeared? Think about it, here they are just going around being vampiric, wearing black, reading sad poetry by the … Continue reading

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Chosen Chapter 14

Since the beginning of this series, there’s been a very strange undertone. It’s one I’ve been dancing around and wondering if it was just shadows in the corner of my mental eye. Not the vampires are better than people, that’s … Continue reading

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Betrayed Chapter 23

So last chapter had Stevie’s death scene and Zoey didn’t really react to it. She did cry towards the end and she said she drew strength from her friends standing close to her but it’s pretty sparse. Which is to … Continue reading

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Betrayed Chapter 22

So I’ve been thinking back on Zoey’s “Vampyre Sociology 415 text” mentioned back in chapter 18. It seemed to have the basics a new vampire would need to know kind of like the Handbook of the Dead in Beetlejuice. So … Continue reading

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Marked Chapter 25

I have to admit that I was surprised in the last chapter. I fully expected Nyx to appear before Zoey and her friends and tell her where to go to get the ball rolling. So when PCK opted to skip … Continue reading

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