I am saving up my outrage at the Loren situation for the next chapter. I think that's as far as I got before wanting to throw the book across the room (only I very carefully put it back on the shelf as the friend who it belonged to would have spent the rest of the day laughing at me), but I think I can muster up enough for this.

The fact that after she's just seen the little scene with Aphrodite and her parents and Zoey is still acting like she's the root of all evil bugs me a lot. I've got this kind of itch to sit down and properly analyse her character as a budding sociopath - or even as a personality that is completely steered by the views of those she trusts implicitly or can offer the best situation for her. Her stepfather is 'new' and his beliefs highly contradict what she's previously believed so she rejects him on principle. The vampires offer a way of life that is more appealing to her so she rejects the outside world. Her friends (particularly Stevie-Rae) are people that she has to deal with everyday and Aphrodite conflicts with Zoey's view of the social norm, so she makes decisions based on how they think and how it will improve her situation.

She doesn't have friends, she has evil puppetmaster minions!!!

All silliness aside, that's what I got out of her little think about which schools she's looking up. [/ramble]