Marked (House of Night, #1) in YA and Beyond

Jun 05, 2010 Tianna L. rated it it was amazing

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 by a vampire. She must ...more

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May 17, 2010 Natasha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own

I finished this and thought alot about the rating I would give the book. Throughout the day it has ranged from 3 to 4 and I finally settled on 4, I don't know why but this book is kinda like two books. I found that the characters never really developed with the book, all the action but the characters never connected much between themselves.

As for the beginning I was really tempted to put the book down, the language the characters use, for example Zoey says 'poopie' quite a few times in the openi ...more

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Apr 25, 2011 Misha Fitt rated it really liked it

god damn, another series for me to get sucked into...

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May 08, 2011 Holly rated it it was ok

This book had the potential to be a really good series. Unfortunatly, it tanked. The way the girls talked to one another was so juvenile and maybe that's what the authors were aiming for. I don't know. I enjoy YA, more so than most other genre's but maybe it's the 30 year old woman in me that couldn't get past the pettiness between the girls. And the "twins" were just a little annoying. I highly doubt I'll finish reading the other books in this series. ...more

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