Marked by P.C. and Kristin Cast

Author: P.C. and Kristin Cast

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Rated 9/10

                                                                                   

Enter the dark, magical world of the House of Night, a world very much like our own, except here vampyres have always existed.

One minute, sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird is a normal teenager dealing with everyday high school stress: her cute boyfriend Heath, the school’s star quarterback who suddenly seems more interested in partying than playing ball; her nosy frenemy Kayla, who’s way too concerned with how things are going with Heath; her uber-tough geometry test tomorrow. The next, she’s Marked as a fledgling vampyre, forcing her to leave her ordinary life behind and join the House of Night, a boarding school where she will train to become an adult vampyre. 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 with Heath, who just doesn’t know how to take “no” for an answer. 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.

MY REVIEW
This is the first book in the House of Night series and I just adored it. It takes vampire(they spell it vampyre in the book) to a new meaning and level. Once I picked this book up I literally couldn't put it down. One day Zoey Redbird is in school when she is marked to become a vampyre. Now in this book you don't have to be bitten to be a vampyre,it's more of like a genetic thing that has to do with their DNA,it can't be cured and it doesn't have to run in families. To help adjust to the change she has to move to a boarding school(one of the House of Night ones) to help cope with it. Some survive the change whiles others die from it. During the book Zoey finds friends,love,enemies, and powers she never knew she possesed