So I have a serious problem with reading…I love it but there is a real problem with being obessed with books…I tend to fall in love with authors who write SERIES! Damn it all. The lastest series though has really pissed me off. I am talking about the House of Night Series,MARKED, BETRAYED, and CHOSEN. Okay it takes place at a FOUR year Vampyre Finishing School…I am on the third book and the story has only progress about three, maybe four but that is PUSHING IT, months and the damn books are not coming out fast enough. Then I find out that the authors P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast only plan of six books with three spin offs. I am sorry…what the hell happens in the next three books that takes us through the next three and a half years? Is Zoey going to have a Harry Potter year where we the reader have to stick with the camping as a filler for a whole year or is it going to be like Bella in the Twilight Series where on page equals a month of misery? I mean, the vision is there to really make this a great series but it is like the rain is pouring on to fast…the character building is rushed and I am pissed off. I know that this is a YA series but it almost has the babysitter’s club feel to it by having the story that really could have some interesting segments be rushed into a quick read. Don’t get me wrong…some of the book is growing on me but to be honest…I just bought the third book today and I just skipped to the end…I mean I already knew what was going to happen…it doesn’t hold that many HOLY CRAP moments. I guess the thing that really pisses me off is that it has the possiblity to have those moments, the ones that don’t make the reader feel like they are a cheap hooker whom the author only wants to sweet talk to get some for free, but instead it is like telling someone they are pregant on page one and by the last page they have given birth to a child in a week. I know that it is about teen angst and crap but come on…
I am not saying not to read this series…I am just voicing my frustration at what could have been a great series…and yes I will read them all just because I am hoping that the next three books are like 800 pages long and tell a complete story. I don’t want this to be a Gossip Girl or IT Girl thing…make it worth our while.