Cast, P. & Cast. K. (2007). Marked (House of Night, Book 1) Vol. 1. (1st ed.). New York, New York: St. Martin's Griffin, A Division of Macmillan.
Zoey is marked.
In P.C. Casts new Vampire series, she pens it along with her teenage daughter Kirsten. Marked is marked by the fact that it has actual input from a teen. As a result the series sets itself in a league of its own. Vampires in this narrative are normal until puberty at which point they become selected, by chance, as a candidate for the change. If a teen is selected a group is set out to find them and mark them. The mark is a crescent moon on the forehead (which seasoned fantasy readers will recognize from The Mists of Avalon, and therefore connect the goddess references). Upon receiving their mark, soon to be, but not fully changed vampires get sent to a special school for the training of the undead. The scary part is, if you body doesn’t accept the change you die. And, a special sign has marked Zoey. One that is rare for a vampire so young.
Speckled with less then clean language and some sexual encounters, the book should be for the older teen. Four more books follow it: Chosen, Betrayed, Untamed, and Hunted (due this month, March 2009).
You simply must visit the House of Night's Website. It's Beautiful and a fan of the series will be in internet heaven:
http://www.houseofnightseries.com/
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