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Vampires have always been popular. The mythology and folklore has been adapted in different ways, by different cultures and people. However, no one had seen vampires done the way they were done in Marked.
The vampires were more cultish. The fledglings have to live in special Vampyre schools so they don’t reject the “change.” If their body rejects the change into an adult vampyre, they die. Zoey Redbird is new at the House of Night. The Priestess Neferet guides her and promises to be there for her. Zoey is no average fledgeling though. She’s been marked by the goddess Nyx, with a tattoo of a moon on her forehead. She is seen as a freak by the other fledglings in the school and has to adapt while finding out why the goddess has marked her. She makes new friends and learns that she has a special affinity unheard of in any vampyre. Zoey also goes through the change differently than her freshmen classmates.
My favorite character was Zoey’s grandmother. She was a sweet woman, descended from the Cherokee tribe, who loves her granddaughter more than even Zoey’s parents. Zoey is more comfortable with her grandmother, than with anyone else in the book, and it helps us learn more about Zoey, and who she is on the inside.
A great scene of the book was when Nyx gave Zoey a special mark. It came to her in a dream and in her dream she met the goddess. Zoey, at this point, did not realize how important Nyx was to her future, because if she had, she would have asked many more questions than she did. Nyx told her that “darkness does not always equate evil and light does not always equate goof.” That quote becomes important as the book goes on, and Zoey makes enemies.
If I could change any part of the book, I don’t know what I would do. If any part of that book was removed, it would affect the ending, which would ruin the book, so I probably wouldn’t change anything.
The book was meant as a young adult book, but it doesn’t have the vocabulary I would’ve hoped it would have. However, there are some hard words, and some Cherokee words as well.
I would recommend the book to teen readers looking for drama, romance, and fantasy. It combines it all and creates a really awesome story.
Ellie B