6/30/2023 0 Comments House of night book orderOverall, Kalona’s Fall was better than I thought it would be, but that’s still not saying much with this series! Add in a bit of jealousy and a tricksy fey, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster! Getting to learn how and why the vampires in the Casts’ world were created was also a satisfying addition, even though the way they came about wasn’t particularly exciting or innovative. It really does seem that his fate was sealed to darkness when he was created to be both ‘lover’ and ‘warrior’ to the Goddess Nyx, two incredibly turbulent emotions, while his almost identical brother was fashion as ‘playmate’ and ‘friend’. I found myself pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Kalona’s Fall, because despite the one-dimensional, uninteresting and just plain cringy characters it did fill in some interesting gaps in Kalona’s history and made me feel more for his character. As the novella focuses on how the Goddess Nyx, Earth, and its creatures came to be, the telling aspect actually gave the story an oddly historical/biblical feel, and at times reminded me of the story of Adam and Eve because of the matter of fact way things came into being despite it seeming incomprehensible. The writing in this novella is bad – but that is no surprise, because all of the writing in the House of Night novels makes me want to grab a red marker pen and scribble like a mad woman, but in Kalona’s Fall the Casts’ tendency to show rather than tell actually worked in their favour. Kalona’s Fall is the final House of Night novella and tells the st ory of Kalona, who is a fallen immortal tempted by darkness (basically an angel but he is never referred to in this way) that aids Neferet the main antagonist in the House of Night series in her quest to rule over others and gain power. Overall Impression: A somewhat enjoyable novella that provides some interesting back story into how vampires came to be. So, here are my thoughts on the final novella and novel! Still, after so long and committing to reading so many of the books I couldn’t abandon the series halfway and felt compelled to finish it, even though I wasn’t enjoying it anymore. When this series begun I really enjoyed it, but the combination of the writing going downhill and being dragged out, plus myself getting older and gaining more knowledge about writing and what makes a good story, on top of the YA genre making serious leaps and bound in the past few years, this series no longer stacks up for me. Well, I have finally done it! I’ve managed to power through the end of the House of Night series and wow, it has been a struggle.
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