Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast is the first book in the House of Night series. Here is a description from Amazon:

"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."

I thought this book was pretty good. I liked the story and I felt like it was easy to identify with Zoey. I'm really not into the odd spelling of vampire. Is there something extra special about the "y"? It just seems weird. I also felt that it was kind of Harry Potter like. Suddenly she's a "vampyre" and goes to a "vampyre" school where she has a special mark on her forehead etc. Very Harry Potterish. This book leaned a bit more toward the "adult" than the "young" in this genre. I would never write a book with my mother that had the same kind of adult content that this book has. Talk about awkward... I guess P.C. and Kristin have a very open relationship. I'd like to know what happens next in this series so I'll probably continue to read the books.

3 out of 5 stars