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Marked - P.C. and Kristin Cast
Title: MarkedAuthor: P.C. and Kristin Cast
Genre: Paranormal, YA
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 268
Date read: March, 2009
Summary: The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampires have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire - that is, if she makes it through the Change. Not all of those who are chosen do. It's tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as special by the vampire Goddess, Nyx. But 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 club, 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 vampire friends.
Review: Harry Potter meets Twilight... probably enough to scare off most people, but for me, it worked. I really enjoyed the book and finished it in hardly any time at all. I've always found descriptions of life at a boarding school fascinating, and this was no exception, just because the students were also vampires-to-be.
Vampires in this universe worship a pagan-like goddess, which gives an interesting new angle to a by-now-oft-used vampire story (even though the Casts - like Meyer - steps away from the traditional vampire-legend).
I won't deny that Zoey could perhaps be seen rather Mary-Sue'ish (marked as a Daughter of the Night, immediately more powerful than the others, sought after by handsome guys etc.), but I've yet to come across a YA-novel where that isn't the case with the main character, and while I've now gotten to the point where I can see and recognise it, it still doesn't bother me when the rest of the book is as captivatingly written as is the case here.
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