House of Night #3

As a reminder: ALL REVIEWS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

Publication Date: January 11, 2012

Format: FC, 32 pages

Price: $2.99

UPC: 7 61568 19159 2 00311

Zoey Redbird has conquered two lessons, and learned to master two of the affinities she possess, earth and air. And with each mastering she learns a new life lesson as well, but this is still high school and high school can be hell.

As Zoey and her roommate Stevie Rae do the normal student thing and study, the radicals of the People of Faith look to vilify the vampyres. They peach hate, and threaten violence,  and Zoey knows their hatred firsthand, he stepfather was less than accepting when Zoey was marked through no fault of her own. But when confronted, Zoey misuses her powers, and so it’s time for a new lesson. This time it’s Circe and water.

The lesson is really subtle this time, and like both of the previous issues, Zoey screws up, Zoey learns element based lesson, Zoey applies lesson. It’s a good method, and the stories are a nice touch, but the formula is getting a little boring. This series looks to be lacking a bit of oomph as time progresses, but there are only so many affinities left and I hope that when the rest are covered the story picks up pace and becomes even half as good as the House of Night books are. 

A preview can be found at Dark Horse.