 | Marked (House of Night, Book 1)
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 2008-11-10 - Terrible
The grammar is jumbled. The plot is silly. The characters are cliche. This book is a waste of time. Put it down.
 2008-11-09 - this series is made of AWESOME!
I found this story line to be very origional, unlike anything I've ever read. I would recommend this for teens, probably 14 and older.
The book is written from a teen's perspective, which is refreshing. That means that there are quite a few curse words and seual comments... let's just leave it at that.
It always keeps you on the edge of your seat, even in the pretty uneventful parts. I know that a book is really good when I find myself reading it and laughing out loud.
As I said, it is a very "teen" book. So if you're not a teen, someone may have to explain to you what some of the, uh..., references in the book mean.
But overall, I found this book to be absolutely AMAZING. My friend ordered Marked, not knowing if it would be all that good, and before I was even half way through the book, I was online ordering Betrayed, Chosen, and Untamed. I would recommend these books to just about anybody. It's a new twist on an old tale.
2008-11-07 - Marked was right up there with the Twilight saga for me
I was having a hard time finding a book I could get into after reading the Twilight saga when I happened along the House of Night series. I thought oh what the heck I will give it a try. And believe it or not I couldnt put the books. I got my sister and a couple of her co-workers to read them ( they had also read the Twilight saga). Now I am wanting for the next one to come out (March 2009). I would totally recommend these books to anyone that love the Twilight saga.
 2008-10-29 - Great new series!
From page one in "Marked", the reader is thrown headfirst into the world that P.C. Cast and her daughter has created around Zoey Redbird. When the character of Zoey is first introduced we have absolutely no idea what is going on - she's horribly sick and keeps coughing in a disgusting way -and then suddenly she is "marked" aka has a half moon on her forehead which indicates that she is a vampire and has to report to the closest House of Night school to continue her vampire education before she is considered "full-fledged", which she'll have to go through the "change" in order to do that (more on that in subsequent books). Anyway, Zoey's parents are religious and flip out even though Zoey didn't choose to be a vampire fledgling. The only person on her side is her American Indian grandmother before she reports to the school. The first half of the book is maybe 3 out of 5 stars just because it took some time to get used to Zoey's narrative and her descriptions about what the heck is going on at the House of Night. The second half I give a 4 out of 5 stars with an eagerness to continue the series after the last page of book one is read. You definately come to love Zoey's world: her shady mentor and House of Night High Priestess, Neferet; her country-girl roommate, Steve-Rae, as well as the other kids in her "group"; Aphoridite, the frenemy who has her own agenda where Zoey is concerned and last but not least, Erik Night, Aphrodite's ex and Zoey's new love interest. All in all the book is really good and the series gets better. Zoey is a normal girl at the beginning of the book that gets thrown into the vampire world but does it with a fearlessness that is admirable.
2008-10-26 - ~*Marked Review*~
Zoey Redbird is a normal teenager until she was marked to become a fledgling vampire. Her mom and her mean step-dad act like she has some type of plague and instead of being there for her they make her that much more eager to start her new life. So Zoey runs away to her grandmas' house & from there is taken to "The House of Night" which is a highschool for vampires. It is clear from the minute she walks in the door that she is going to have her hands full! She starts a new life, makes a friends that become like her family, & starts on a journey that everyone needs to read! I loved this book!! I couldn't put it down from the moment I started reading it! Its a must read!!
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