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Marked (House of Night #1)
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
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Published
September 29th 2009
by St. Martin's Press
(first published May 1st 2007)
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Kira
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I'm trying hard to remember the last time I read a book this bad. Needless to say, I'm not having much success. I'm pretty sure this one trumps Halo and Fallen in the Should Never Have Been Published In This Universe category.
Hurrah for the Cast ladies!
Oh, I made a valiant effort, I really did. It's not like I gave up lightly. I borrowed it from the library, sure that since it was written by two authors, there couldn't possibly be room for errors! Right?
Oh, Go...more
Hurrah for the Cast ladies!
Oh, I made a valiant effort, I really did. It's not like I gave up lightly. I borrowed it from the library, sure that since it was written by two authors, there couldn't possibly be room for errors! Right?
Oh, Go...more
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Not even idiots, Trolls, dimwits, not even the crows, not even the brainless
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No one, but I still read it and I'm in a Book Coma
I am currently suffering from PTJRARCBD.
Post Traumatic Just Read A Really Crappy Book Disorder
July 8-12. Worst five days of my entire life.
I don't think I can read another book in a long time. I picked up The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta a few days ago. However, there is no progress. I haven't started reading it. I couldn't. Horrible flashbacks and memories were running in my mind. Constant, dreadful images of the the characters (ahem Mary Sues). I sudden...more
Post Traumatic Just Read A Really Crappy Book Disorder
July 8-12. Worst five days of my entire life.
I don't think I can read another book in a long time. I picked up The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta a few days ago. However, there is no progress. I haven't started reading it. I couldn't. Horrible flashbacks and memories were running in my mind. Constant, dreadful images of the the characters (ahem Mary Sues). I sudden...more
When I went to read this book, I first checked out the reviews to see what I was in for. I was led to believe that this book was going to be bad by the sheer number of people who came to commiserate with me. Few books have ever drawn such a crowd of victims to console one another. And can anyone wonder why when this book reads like a thirteen year old's badly executed wetdream?
I have a theory though. Bear with me. I think we've all been reading this book wrongly am I'm willing t...more
I have a theory though. Bear with me. I think we've all been reading this book wrongly am I'm willing t...more
Read about half of it. Hated it. I'm returning the rest to the library.
The authors tried to make so many references to pop culture, they sounded ridiculous, and then were even proud of themselves for "sounding like teenagers," as they stated in the preface. Dumb. They tried to make moral lessons out of the life of this "fledgling," and had her reject things like Paris Hilton's weight, oral sex amongst teenagers, and Ashton Kutcher unfortunately liking older women....more
The authors tried to make so many references to pop culture, they sounded ridiculous, and then were even proud of themselves for "sounding like teenagers," as they stated in the preface. Dumb. They tried to make moral lessons out of the life of this "fledgling," and had her reject things like Paris Hilton's weight, oral sex amongst teenagers, and Ashton Kutcher unfortunately liking older women....more
I don't favour writing scathing, hateful reviews. I really don't. But when I come across books like House of Night which pained me and disgusted me so much while reading, I just have to. Because there are so, so many things I hated about this book. The whole plot was poorly written ( I felt like my IQ level was slowly deteriorating by each passing page),and the plot was very unbelievable and cliched. Zoey, the main character in the novel, lives with her dysfunctional family- where she has a *ter...more
Are you a slut? Take this quick quiz:
1. Have you kissed a boy outside your dorm after he walks you home?
2. Does your skirt hike up a little if you’ve climbed up a fence and are perched on top?
3. Do you wear make-up?
4. Do you want to make out with a boy after only knowing him two days?
5. Do you dance in public?
If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then, according to P.C. Cast (and her daughter), yes, you are a slut. High-five! I think th...more
1. Have you kissed a boy outside your dorm after he walks you home?
2. Does your skirt hike up a little if you’ve climbed up a fence and are perched on top?
3. Do you wear make-up?
4. Do you want to make out with a boy after only knowing him two days?
5. Do you dance in public?
If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then, according to P.C. Cast (and her daughter), yes, you are a slut. High-five! I think th...more
This book was weird, disgusting and Epic Fail at the same time.
Let me tell you the whole story in pictures.
Enjoy :)
There was this stupid smart ass girl Zoey who was marked as a vampyre... but she was special... in failing xD
This failure stupid girl got a failure annoying boyfriend, Heath who is always drunk >.<
She joined this so called vamp"y"re school which had failure students.
She...more
Let me tell you the whole story in pictures.
Enjoy :)
There was this stupid smart ass girl Zoey who was marked as a vampyre... but she was special... in failing xD
This failure stupid girl got a failure annoying boyfriend, Heath who is always drunk >.<
She joined this so called vamp"y"re school which had failure students.
She...more
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The masochist in me
This was how the book started. The first two pages literally went like this:
Tweeny 1: "ZOMG like -insert some teeny bs gossip here-"
Tweeny 2: "ZOMG like no! -more teeny gossip and more OMGs-"
Tweeny 1: "ZOMG like yeah."
All of a sudden some macho vamp guy stands in the hallway, points at teeny no #1 and is like "ZOEY YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A BOOK THAT IS SO NOT TRYING TO BE LIKE TWILIGHT BU...more
Tweeny 1: "ZOMG like -insert some teeny bs gossip here-"
Tweeny 2: "ZOMG like no! -more teeny gossip and more OMGs-"
Tweeny 1: "ZOMG like yeah."
All of a sudden some macho vamp guy stands in the hallway, points at teeny no #1 and is like "ZOEY YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A BOOK THAT IS SO NOT TRYING TO BE LIKE TWILIGHT BU...more
This was a really quick read, made even quicker by skipping over the pages of repetitive neo-pagan-vampyre rituals (which I could have done entirely without). The author is clearly trying to win over the wiccan-teen demographic, while appealing to those who loved the Twilight series.
What bugged me most about this one was the author's attempt to address every controversial teen issue imaginable, while instilling good morals without being condescending. She managed, but honestly, t...more
What bugged me most about this one was the author's attempt to address every controversial teen issue imaginable, while instilling good morals without being condescending. She managed, but honestly, t...more
Oh, I liked this book SOOOOOOOOO much better than the Stephanie Meyer series--these kids are smarter, more diverse, less whiny and far more intersting. Add to that a new version of vampirism, and it's a completely winning combination. The story telling is top notch, the characters are interesting, and the book is compelling start to finish. I can't wait to dive into the next in this series!
And I have to admit I'm intrigued by the concept of a mother/daughter writing team, especia...more
And I have to admit I'm intrigued by the concept of a mother/daughter writing team, especia...more
Admittedly deeper than my last read (Glass Houses by Rachel Caine), it's still in the same basic genre that I felt like reading at this time. Even though Zoey is a bit of a Mary-Sue character (practically perfect in every way), I still liked her, and it probably helped it was written in first person so that I could read her insecurities and such. I loved the basic plot and the side characters, Damien and Stevie Rae (oh, and Nala!) were great. On the other hand, I could probably do without the 'T...more
Typical teen story in which there is a black and white delineation between the heroes and the villains, and you will never mistake one for the other. Our heroine comes from a troubled family, longs for a place to belong, is marked as incredibly and shockingly extraordinary amongst her new peers, butts heads with the queen of the school who is also the flatly drawn villainess, immediately catches the eye of the hottest guy at school who is also the ex of our villainess, shows remarkable powers an...more
This book basically screams its own elevator pitch at you on the first page: vampire finishing school. Of course, in that regard it's not very original. I don't know why they were so excited. Besides, before there were vampire finishing schools there were wizard finishing schools and seriously can we all get over the finishing/boarding school fixation now?
Whatever. Let's meet Zoey, an incredibly annoying teen from Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma. There was a small, reluctant...more
Whatever. Let's meet Zoey, an incredibly annoying teen from Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma. There was a small, reluctant...more
1.5 stars
Zoey, you're such a hypocrite.
"Eww! Heath, fat! Not a visual I want.”
I managed to ignore another urge to cough. "And kissing him is like sucking on alcohol-soaked feet.”
K scrunched up her face. "Okay, sick. Too bad he's so hot.”
I rolled my eyes, not bothering to try to hide my annoyance at her typical shallowness.
Shallowness? You should remember why you date him, Zoey! Because he is so smart and honest? Because you can...more
Zoey, you're such a hypocrite.
"Eww! Heath, fat! Not a visual I want.”
I managed to ignore another urge to cough. "And kissing him is like sucking on alcohol-soaked feet.”
K scrunched up her face. "Okay, sick. Too bad he's so hot.”
I rolled my eyes, not bothering to try to hide my annoyance at her typical shallowness.
Shallowness? You should remember why you date him, Zoey! Because he is so smart and honest? Because you can...more
This is – literally – the worst (published) book I have ever read in my life. Every time I so much as think about this book, or this series in general, I suddenly have the urge to take a nine iron to an old lady, or set a kitten on fire or something else just as random and pointless that won’t actually solve my hatred towards this piece of crap but will help release some of my anger because Zoey is only a fictional character and I can’t actually kill her will a dull axe. *deep breath* It’s times...more
These four books (with the exception of Hunted) are the only House of Night novels worth reading, sadly. After that, they go severely downhill. I just figured I'd say that.
These books don't really have any literary value. Some of it is totally ridiculous (almost everyone of the XY persuasion wants to get into the main character's pants) and the writing can be horrible at times (the authors try way too hard to write how teenagers apparently communicate with each other). However, they ...more
These books don't really have any literary value. Some of it is totally ridiculous (almost everyone of the XY persuasion wants to get into the main character's pants) and the writing can be horrible at times (the authors try way too hard to write how teenagers apparently communicate with each other). However, they ...more
I know, I can't believe I read this book either. What's worse? I've read all of them--the six that have been published. Why? Because I'm a moron, that's why.
Seriously, this is the worst YA vampire--I mean vampyre--series I've read (so far). While there are elements in this series that are interesting, it's nothing special. I mean, vampyres that control the elements? Come on! Richelle Mead already did that, just much, much, much better. Much better.
Why not just ...more
Seriously, this is the worst YA vampire--I mean vampyre--series I've read (so far). While there are elements in this series that are interesting, it's nothing special. I mean, vampyres that control the elements? Come on! Richelle Mead already did that, just much, much, much better. Much better.
Why not just ...more
UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~*
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I saw this series at the bookstore and decided to check it out.
A very easy read. I wasn't sure if I wanted to read this book, but the first sentence, "Just when I thought my day couldn't get any worse, I saw the dead guy standing next to my locker.", got my attention.
The House of Night Series is yet another addition to the vampire/vampyre genre. Veering off of the traditional vampire path, in this series, vampyres are chosen and Marked, not Changed by being bitten, and not all those who have been Marked actually live through th...more
16 year old Zoey has a crappy home life, an almost-ex-boyfriend who drinks too much, a best friend who's shallow and a geometry test tomorrow. But all this matters for naught when she is Marked by a Vampyre Tracker and must move to the House of Night school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for four years while her body undergoes the Change into a Vampyre - or rejects it and she dies.
This is a new and original take on the Vampire legends, and mixes in matriarchy and goddess-worship with pleasing e...more
This is a new and original take on the Vampire legends, and mixes in matriarchy and goddess-worship with pleasing e...more
This probably one of the worst books I have ever read... It was horrible. The writing was stupid. If you like to read a grown woman try to talk like a teenager then this is for you.. I hated it. I mean I felt stupid after reading some of this. They compared people to Paris Hilton, and Ashton Kutcher, they brought oral sex into and they didn't just briefly talk about it they made it stretch out over a couple of chapters. This mother/daughter writing team needs to rethink working together ag...more
This book was so bad, I wanted to quit reading it, but then I could not have fairly rated it. So despite my better judgment - I read on, wincing all the way!
Marked tries so hard to be hip - but "like totally" fails. I know you have to be careful when choosing YA books. Some of it is great - it resonates with those of all ages. And some of it, like this book, is YA crap.
The main character was also very poorly created. She enjoyed reading the horrid Gossip girl se...more
Marked tries so hard to be hip - but "like totally" fails. I know you have to be careful when choosing YA books. Some of it is great - it resonates with those of all ages. And some of it, like this book, is YA crap.
The main character was also very poorly created. She enjoyed reading the horrid Gossip girl se...more
It pains me to even give this book one even 1 star. I don't know what was worse, the tacky and unsympathetic attitude towards eating disorder victims, the blasé attitude towards male rape(the hallway scene, imagine the gender roles reversed and you'll see how sexsist it is), or the constant usage of the words slut and hoe, oh yeah what a great example we're setting for young girls. Call each other degrading terms because women are apparently so empowered now it doesn't matter.
If the...more
If the...more
Awful. Awful, awful, awful. I got probably halfway through this, wanting to give it a fair go for reviewing purposes, and just couldn't continue.
Where do I start? Probably with the style of writing, which was the first thing that hit at me. Written from the point of view of teenager Zoey Redbird, the prose is so stereotypically teenage that I'm surprised this entire generation isn't throwing this book down in insulted disgust. Just because something was said by one teenager at one po...more
Where do I start? Probably with the style of writing, which was the first thing that hit at me. Written from the point of view of teenager Zoey Redbird, the prose is so stereotypically teenage that I'm surprised this entire generation isn't throwing this book down in insulted disgust. Just because something was said by one teenager at one po...more
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At first, I bought this book from B&N. I started reading the first chapter and I absolutely hated it. People already knew vampires existed?? There was no way that I was going to read this book. I left it in my pile of other books.
Months later, I decided to give it another chance and I fell in love with it!! This book isn't about the secrecy of vampires but the fact that although eveyone knows about it, they show a type of fear.
The protagonist in this book has been Marked...more
Months later, I decided to give it another chance and I fell in love with it!! This book isn't about the secrecy of vampires but the fact that although eveyone knows about it, they show a type of fear.
The protagonist in this book has been Marked...more
Review: Marked (House of Night) *Minor Spoilers*
November 13th, 2008 by Robbie
Marked (House of Night book 1)
By P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast
* Paperback: 320 pages
* Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; 1st edition (May 1, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0312360266
Let me start off by saying that at last year’s ALA Midwinter Talia from Macmillan gave me a copy of this book. And it sat on my shelf for nine months becaus...more
November 13th, 2008 by Robbie
Marked (House of Night book 1)
By P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast
* Paperback: 320 pages
* Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; 1st edition (May 1, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0312360266
Let me start off by saying that at last year’s ALA Midwinter Talia from Macmillan gave me a copy of this book. And it sat on my shelf for nine months becaus...more
Thank goodness it was only a library book! This book was so horrible I couldn't finish it. I was looking for something lighthearted, I figured it would be a safe read since it's Young Adult Fiction. Well I was wrong, this is so inappropriate for teens as well as being poorly written. I'm shocked this book was written by a mother daughter team, so did they get together and brain storm all the swear words and oral sex they were putting into this book? Marked also has a lot of anti-Christian statem...more
Scale of 1-10: 3
Pros: Vampire school is an interesting concept, and the story itself is interesting in the last 1/3 of the book.
Cons: The concept is so poorly executed as to make me tear at my hair and gnash my teeth. Vampires as fluffy bunnies? REALLY?!? *heavy sigh*
I got the feeling PC Cast wanted to write a "clean" supernatural thriller, but what she came up with is so antiseptic and sheltered that frankly, I don't understand why she chose such traditionally...more
Pros: Vampire school is an interesting concept, and the story itself is interesting in the last 1/3 of the book.
Cons: The concept is so poorly executed as to make me tear at my hair and gnash my teeth. Vampires as fluffy bunnies? REALLY?!? *heavy sigh*
I got the feeling PC Cast wanted to write a "clean" supernatural thriller, but what she came up with is so antiseptic and sheltered that frankly, I don't understand why she chose such traditionally...more
Sigh...
My love for this series wanes with each installment. The series is being drug out. Like, really drug out. Like, R E A L L Y. D R U G. O U T ! Looking back, I was generally happy with the series up to about book 6 or 7, after that point it becomes more of a task than a pleasure to read. I would give Books 1-4 or 5 a 3 or 4 star rating. After that: beware of meteor shower.
The storytelling is a little odd in the fact that Cast seems to...more
My love for this series wanes with each installment. The series is being drug out. Like, really drug out. Like, R E A L L Y. D R U G. O U T ! Looking back, I was generally happy with the series up to about book 6 or 7, after that point it becomes more of a task than a pleasure to read. I would give Books 1-4 or 5 a 3 or 4 star rating. After that: beware of meteor shower.
The storytelling is a little odd in the fact that Cast seems to...more
This book was recommended to me by my niece. I got her started with vampire books sometime back with Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse books. And I was the one who introduced her to Twilight. She gave me one of Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy books & I liked it, so figured this series might be okay, too. WRONG!! Others have mentioned the preponderance of pop culture references, which was annoying. However, my main quibbles are with Zoey's "perfectness" and what seemed to me to ...more
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P.C. Cast was born in Watseka, Illinois, and grew up being shuttled back-and-forth between Illinois and Oklahoma, which is where she fell in love with Quarter Horses and mythology (at about the same time). After high school she joined the United States Air Force and began public speaking and writing. Since her tour in the USAF, she has been speaking and teaching professionally.
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