How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Are you missing your old home?" Nefret asked softly.
"No, not really. Well, except for Grandma, but I've been so busy that I guess I just now realized it," I said guiltily. (20.35-36)
Zoey is so wrapped up in her new life at the House of Night that she doesn't miss her old home at all. We're not surprised that she doesn't miss the horrid house she had to share with her neglectful family, but she has also been so busy she's forgotten to miss her grandma, whom we know she loves. Maybe this means she's finally getting established in her new home, though.
Quote #8
"I hate him!" I said with more anger than I'd expected to feel. "Since he joined our family"—I said the word sarcastically—"nothing has been right. My mom totally changed. It's like she can't be his wife and my mother anymore. It hasn't been my home for a long time." (20.40)
Hey Zoey, tell us how you really feel, okay? In this outburst to Nefret, Zoey vents about how her family has pretty much fallen apart after her mom's remarriage. And yeah, we can see why it'd bother her for her mom to not act like a mom should. Instead her mom caters to her step-dad's every wish. Ugh. No wonder it doesn't feel like home.
Quote #9
"Do you know what it's like to be a part of something and have no one else in the group want you there?" she snarled between her clenched teeth. (22.101)
Here, Aphrodite lashes out at Zoey, asking if Zoey knows what it's like to not be fully accepted into a group. Zoey, of course, knows exactly how this feels, but she doesn't want to tell Aphrodite that. We wonder what would've happened if the girls had discovered that they shared more common ground than they realize.