House of Night: Marked

Reader reviewed by LEE

There is 5 books out and the 6th is set to be released 10/27/2009. The House of Night series are super addictive! I have read the first three books in 2 weeks and i already purchased the other 2. I cant put the book down and neither would you! If you like Twilight and Harry Potter you will like this. It is a combo of both vampires and magic. I am 22 and this has everything that just puts you in the scene of the chapter ....it's like your in a another world. I give it 5 stars!!!!

Reader reviewed by lulabell0513

Wow! Such a cool concept! Imagine a world where vampyres are more of a social group, not just terrifying monsters that stalk the night, where random teens are Marked and must live at the House Of Night, where some of them are sure to start coughing and not make it through the Change from fledgling to adult vampyre. This is an amazing story that folows Zoey Redbird through that world. I want more!!!!!!!!!!!

Reader reviewed by Brittany

      I like this book. I know were supposed to give more and I will. I just wanted that to be first. I like the way Zoey thinks. Its like I think and even though I know these things will never happen, it seems like it could happen and like this is a person with a real reaction to it. And not that morbid "I want to die" stuff that you mostly find in vampire books.
    The book is about a totally normal teenage girl who goes to school one day and gets Marked to be a vampyre. After having a not so nice talk with her parents she goes to the House of Night, a school for fleglings, to complete the change from human to fledgling to vampyre. But Zoeys not normal anymore even for a fledgling. Zoey has been blessed by the goddess Nyx. She has a very unique mark that makes her diffrent from every fledgling that ever lived. Not only that but she also has an ability to control all five elements.
      There are people who wish Zoey had never been marked. And they don't keep there thoughts to themselves. But they can't stop Zoey from being special so they decide to invite Zoey to join the Dark Daughters, an elite group of fledglings with special priviliges, and come to a special cerimony to be held on Halloween night. But the cerimony goes wrong and terrible demons are released and Zoey has to get them all back in before they hurt more people. When she succeeds she is made leader of the Dark Daughters.

Reader reviewed by fayeflame

synopsis

The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampires have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire - that is, if she makes it through the Change. Not all of those who are chosen do. It's tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as special by the vampire Goddess, Nyx. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers. When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite club, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny - with a little help from her new vampire friends.

I had mixed feelings about this book, i liked it but i felt like there was something missing.I like Zoey, you can connect with her like boyfriend problems and wanting to fit in. I was watching some of P.C. and Kristin cast interviews and some of the characters are based off People they know. Zoey Redbird is just hilarious. She seems to be fitting in at the House of night really well, she wants it to be her home. Her love life's just everywhere(believe me it gets worse) Zoey is not like every other fledgling, the Goddess Nyx has a "misson" for her, she dicovers what the"misson" is and has it defeat it  while juggling her love squarish relationship in the other books. 

Reader reviewed by Meg

Dear Readers,

Marked was very good. I thought it was different from other books. In the Beginning she gets in a fight with her ex-boyfriend, and her parents. I could never handle that in real life.
She runs away from home.  And finds a school that will give her a new beginning in life.

I wondered while reading this book how they picked people to make into vampires. I liked how the way the vampires acted different than what they do in other books. They acted just like normal kids do today except that they are vampires. I thought it was weird that they could eat food. It was cool how Zoey was different from everyone else.

I would suggest this book to anyone who likes girly books. Boys, i dont really think that you would like it but if want read it.

Meg

Reader reviewed by vampreviews

this book is a rewrite of a classic vampire story, evry elements there, friends, enemys, love, vampires. this book has a bit of a difrent way for someone to become a vampire, your marked on the fourhead with a cresint moon, then you go to a school to learn to become a vampire, and the complete change takes a few years.

the entire book is about a girl named zoey, a normal teenage girl going through a break up, and then she was marked, but her parents refuse to let her go, soshe runs of to the vampire school on her own, but the strange thing about zoey is, she's only in the premuture stages of being a vampire and her marks already all the way filled in. so now shes in a new scool learning to be a vampire, but she still has to deal with the popular girls like aphrodite.but shes meeting new friends who are helping her figure it all out.

Reader reviewed by Amy

Zoey Redbird thought she was just an average teenager.  Boy was she wrong!  After a mark appeared on her forehead her life would soon turn upside down.  Being marked meant that Zoey might turn into a vampire, but in the meantime she has to leave her school and family to attend classes at the House of Night where she will learn more about becoming a vampire.  Hopefully Zoey will make it through the change!

Reader reviewed by an_d

House of Night:  Marked is a fun little romp into such a popular genre right now.  Vampire books are good and plenty right now, but this series seems to be standing out a little more than the others.   The first in the series, it grabs you quickly with it's snarky and chatty dialogue.  It's a quick and easy read with like-able and unlike-able characters that continue in a series.  I recommend this book for a mature 12 and up.  There are some scenes of sexuality and language is a little racy for younger teens.  All in all, it's a fun read.

Reader reviewed by snickers

Zoey is awesome. and i love how steploser acts i thinks its so funny. the way brad of whatever his name is (parents took the book away) is still in love with her even though she is turning into a vampire. and i love that gay little dude, whats his name? damion right? well anyway love him so much. and eric tooor is that in the second one? hum i seem to be a bit confoosed tonight

Reader reviewed by Meghan W.

Marked is the first book in the extraordinary House of Night series. Its about Zoey Redbird, your average teenage girl. She goes to a normal high school, dates the star quarterback, has preppy friends. But that all changes one day when she is Marked. Kids get marked a lot. You always hear about it. But its not your friends, and NEVER you. If youre marked, it means youre going to become a vampire. If you survive the change.

Zoey is moved there almost immediately. Her mom is shocked. But more than her mom, her step-loser, a member of the People of Faith, is convinced she worships satan. The only one who supports her is her grandmother.

Zoey is moved into the House of Night School and roomed with Stevie Rae. She befriends Stevie Rae, along with Damien, and Shaunee and Erin (the twins).She soon learns that life is much different here, and shes also gotten on the bad side of Aphrodite, one of the girls there, and also a member of the Dark Daughters, an elite group of students with special privileges who have ceremonies honoring the god Nyx. Zoey is invited to join the group, but her friends dont like that idea. Zoey has to watch her back around every corner. Especially after she realizes she has an affinity for each of the five elements.

Its a modern tale thats very realistic (other than the vampires) and its a great read. Anyone who likes fantasy should definitely read it.