apark1186's review
THE WORST! My issue is that once I start a series I am compelled to finish it...Do Not Read this CRAP!
vkeatongrreb's review
Omg another terrible vampire series I read in middle school…. I keep find these terrible looking series on goodreads that I read as an adolescent. Literally what was I thinking
si0bhan's review
2.0
My teenage self was a sucker (no pun intended) for torture when it came to vampire books. I worked through far too many of these books before I allowed myself to give up, and I’m not sure if I’ll ever forgive myself for that.
I think my biggest annoyance with the books is the slang. The teenage version of myself found it endearing in the first book, but even my teenage self grew annoyed with it. You know something is bad when teenage you is annoyed by it.
Then there is the fact that the stories get so repetitive. It’s a rehashing of the same things over and over again, and you can only take this for so long before you start ripping your hair out.
I guess I stuck around out of teenage stupidity. I found the different take on vampires interesting, and being in that vampire phase I wanted to know more about this vampire world. However, by the time I reached book six (I lasted longer in my teenage years than I would now) I knew I couldn’t carry on as I’d grown to hate both the characters and the storyline far too much to feign interest in how things ended.
I think my biggest annoyance with the books is the slang. The teenage version of myself found it endearing in the first book, but even my teenage self grew annoyed with it. You know something is bad when teenage you is annoyed by it.
Then there is the fact that the stories get so repetitive. It’s a rehashing of the same things over and over again, and you can only take this for so long before you start ripping your hair out.
I guess I stuck around out of teenage stupidity. I found the different take on vampires interesting, and being in that vampire phase I wanted to know more about this vampire world. However, by the time I reached book six (I lasted longer in my teenage years than I would now) I knew I couldn’t carry on as I’d grown to hate both the characters and the storyline far too much to feign interest in how things ended.
amtl73's review
5.0
I love Vampires and I am beginning to love Young Adult fiction...Enter Marked by PC and Kristen Cast. I was made aware of this series by a coworker. We somehow got on the topic of Vampires (maybe talking about Twilight?) and she said she LOVES this series. Vampires + Young Adults = Winning! I was in.
I picked up this book and immediately got sucked in! This series has a very different take on Vampires: instead of being "made" Vampires are born and around puberty get "marked" if they are vampires. Once you are marked, you have to leave your family/friends and enter the "House of Night" where you finish going through your change into becoming a vampire. Sometimes people are not strong enough for the change and could die. The main character is Zoey Redbird (who has some Native American ancestry). She gets marked in school and has to go into the House of Night and adopt the vampire way of living. Once there, she has to deal with school cliques, an boyfriend, and just being away from a not so great home.
I enjoyed this book because it was so different from what I have always "known" about vampires. The fact that you are genetically predisposed instead of Brad Pitt making you into one? Interesting.
With the Twilight series, I really didn't enjoy the first one but got more into it as I read the series. But Marked - this one is so different but interesting, I know I will finish the series!
I highly recommend your reading it if you like Vampires!
I picked up this book and immediately got sucked in! This series has a very different take on Vampires: instead of being "made" Vampires are born and around puberty get "marked" if they are vampires. Once you are marked, you have to leave your family/friends and enter the "House of Night" where you finish going through your change into becoming a vampire. Sometimes people are not strong enough for the change and could die. The main character is Zoey Redbird (who has some Native American ancestry). She gets marked in school and has to go into the House of Night and adopt the vampire way of living. Once there, she has to deal with school cliques, an boyfriend, and just being away from a not so great home.
I enjoyed this book because it was so different from what I have always "known" about vampires. The fact that you are genetically predisposed instead of Brad Pitt making you into one? Interesting.
With the Twilight series, I really didn't enjoy the first one but got more into it as I read the series. But Marked - this one is so different but interesting, I know I will finish the series!
I highly recommend your reading it if you like Vampires!
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