Marked

The book I read was Marked. It was written by P.C. Cast and her daughter Kristen Cast. The book is about a school called The House of Night and it is the home of vampires and vampire fledglings. I chose this book because one of my friends recommended it to me.

A 16-year-old girl named Zoey gets Marked by a vampire tracker while she was in school one day. The only good part about it is that she will get to skip the geometry test she has been dreading. She tries to hide the mark until she is safely in her car but before she gets there the wind blows and her boyfriend and his friends see the mark. If only that were the worst of it. There is a bigger problem at home. She lives with her mom and her "steploser" John Heffer. John Heffer is part of the People of Faith and because of him, her mother hasn't been herself in 3 years. If the steploser hadn't joined the "family" her mother would have tried to be calm. Unfortunately for Zoey he did. He acted as if if he didn't start the prayer tree and all the family shrink the whole world would explode. Zoey had told her mom she was going to take a nap before everyone got to the house because she wasn't feeling well. That is one of the signs that your either going to get Marked or your body is rejecting the Change. Which will happen if your not safely in the hands of adult vampires. And because of all the madness at home Zoey knew there was only one person who could help her get safe. Grandma Redbird. When Zoey gets to her house after sneaking out of her bedroom window, she began to walk the long path to the field of lavender. But before she makes it to her grandma, she gets so light-headed she falls and hits her head and gets knocked out. The next thing she knows she is laying in a bed with Grandma Redbird and the High Priestess Neferet sitting at her side, at the House of Night.

Two things i liked about the book were one, the way the authors describe each character with so many details you can automatically imagine in your head what they look like. And two the cliff hanger at the end of the book that made me want to read the second book in the series. One thing I didn't like about the book was some of the language. Another was how some parts are just like the real world when certain groups of kids fight. This book is appropriate for people 12 and older. I would recommend it to people who are interested in fictional stories about vampires.