
#174 in Horror
Betrayed
- 366
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
The story is what carries “Betrayed”: an intriguing second House of Night novel with a strong pull. The characters strike some readers as generic and thinly developed and the prose as weak, even as the plot keeps them reading.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Betrayed is the second novel of the House of Night fantasy series, written by American authors P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. The book was released on October 2, 2007, by St. Martin's Press, an extension of Macmillan Publishers. Since, it has been translated in more than 20 other languages, including Chinese, Portuguese and Romanian.
Reading order · House of Night
Full order & progress →- MarkedStart here
7.17.1 / 10 - BetrayedThis book
7.47.4 / 10 - Chosen
7.47.4 / 10 - Untamed
7.47.4 / 10 - Hunted
7.47.4 / 10 - Tempted
7.47.4 / 10 - Burned
7.57.5 / 10 - Awakened
7.67.6 / 10 - Destined
7.77.7 / 10 - HiddenHidden–Not ranked yet
- RevealedRevealed–Not ranked yet
- RedeemedRedeemed–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 285 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 66% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 19 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 266 | 93% |
Frequently asked
What age is Betrayed for?
Betrayed sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 366 pages — shorter than 85% of the ranked books in Horror.
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