Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #306 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-01
• Released on: 2007-05-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up—In 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres not only exist but are also tolerated by humans. Those whom the creatures "mark" as special enter the House of Night school where they will either become vampyres themselves, or, if their body rejects the change, die. To Zoey, being marked is truly a blessing, though she's scared at first. She has never fit into the human world and has always felt she is destined for something else. Her grandmother, a descendant of the Cherokee, has always supported her emotionally, and it is she who takes the girl to her new school. But even there the teen stands apart from the others. Her mark from the Goddess Nyx is a special one, showing that her powers are very strong for one so young. At the House of Night, Zoey finds true friendship, loyalty, and romance as well as mistrust and deception. She realizes that all is not right in the vampyre world and that the problems she thought she left behind exist there as well. Readers will identify with many of the characters, especially the protagonist. The story moves quickly (a little too quickly at the end) and purposely leaves many unresolved issues. A good choice for those libraries serving fans of the occult, but be aware that the book contains some suggestive language and sex.—Donna Rosenblum, Floral Park Memorial High School, NY
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Review
“From the moment I stuck my face in this book it hooked me! Totally awesome new take on vampires! Marked is hot and dark and funny. It rocks!”
–Gena Showalter, author of MTV’s Oh My Goth

“Cast reeled me in from paragraph one. I snorted and giggled through the whole thing, and devoured it in one sitting.”
–MaryJanice Davidson, New York Times best-selling author of the Undead series

From the Back Cover
Enter the dark, magical world of The House of Night, a world very much like our own, except here vampyres have always existed. Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird has just been Marked as a fledgling vampyre and joins the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampire. That is, if she makes it through the Change--and not all of those who are Marked do. It sucks to begin a new life, especially away from her friends, and on top of that, Zoey is no average fledgling. She has been chosen as special by the vampyre Goddess Nyx. Zoey discovers she has amazing powers, but along with her powers come bloodlust and an unfortunate ability to Imprint her human ex-boyfriend. To add to her stress, 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 group, 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 vampyre friends.

Customer Reviews

The Host
Loved it!! It took me a few chapters to figure out what exactly a "host" was but once I did I couldn't put the book down. A great read!

Poorly written...
I read this book with an open mind, not like the authors. They continuously talk down about "People of Faith" yet the main character worships a goddess named Nyx.

Also, if the Cast's daughter tried way too hard to add an updated edge to the book which in turn takes away for the intensity of the story line. She should've kept herself out of this book in my opinion.

If I had the choice to read this book or something else, I would go with a different one, say Twilight, Vampire Academy or possibly Blue Bloods.

My grandma could've written this
Sorry, I did not care much for this book. One, the writing is very childish and untalented. Two, I'm not really into the analogies they have used which included a variety of Country music stars. The antagonist was describe as a Jessica Simpson look a like. Are you kidding? Here: Aprodithe was beatiful from head to toe, but her divine outer beautfy unmatched her loathesome innerself. Three: It's like a 3rd rate mixture of Harry Potter and Twilight.