This week for the Fiction Friday feature, I am reviewing the young adult fantasy novella Neferet’s Curse by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast. This work was published in February 2013 by Little Brown Group with a page count of 160 pages. This is the third book in the House of Night novella series. The audiobook is 5 hours & 1 minute, in length and narrated by Caitlin Davies. The following plot overview is provided from Barnes & Noble: The White City, 1893: In turn-of-the-century Chicago, with the World’s Fair bringing bustle and excitement to her home city, sixteen-year-old Emily Wheiler should be reveling in her youthful beauty and the excitement around her. But her whole life changed when her mother died, leaving her to be the Lady of Wheiler House. Her father, a powerful bank president, is at the center of an important social hub for the booming young city, and he needs Emily to do everything her mother would have – to be a good hostess and make sure the mansion runs smoothly. As Emily uneasily tries to replace her mother, she also longs for more… for love and a life of her own. When a handsome young man notices her at one of her father’s parties, it seems that her hopes may finally be coming true. Until her father forbids her to see him – or any other man – and starts revealing a darkly violent side that even he can’t understand. At last, afraid for her life and with nowhere to turn, Emily is Marked by a vampyre and brought to the Chicago House of Night, where she begins a magickal new life that should allow the wounds from her past to heal. But as she gains strength, and a powerful new name, she carries a dark need to wreak vengeance on the man she trusted most.
This novella allowed me to understand Neferet better. I now understand why it was so easy for her to choose darkness. She took the easy route with her anger and let it consume her. Neferet is what happens when you let all the bad that has happened overtake you. There is no light in that existence, there is only darkness, pain, and isolation. I love these novellas, especially for the insight we get into the different characters and their backgrounds. Neferet’s was the one I wanted to read more than the others. I had this need to understand her more and this was the perfect amount of revelation. Sometimes, when people go back to tell things that have been hinted at in the cannon story, they ruin everything that made the original great. But that is not what happens with these novellas. I loved this novella; I recommend it with the rest of the series.
I give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Tomorrow for the Missing Person Saturday feature, I am highlighting the Charley Project profile of Eric Bealer. Next week for the Fiction Friday feature, I am reviewing the gothic horror novel, Fallen Hearts by V.C. Andrews. Until then keep reading the chapters; Nerd out!
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