The House of Night Series book five Marked

Author- P.C Cast & Kristin Cast
Book- Marked a House of Night Novel
Link- http://www.houseofnightseries.com/

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What if the hottest guy in the world was holding a nameless evil and all he wanted was you? A shape materialized at the edge of the medow, just inside the shadows of the trees. I could see his body because the moonlight caught the smooth , chiseled lines of his skin. I stopped cold. Something about this dream didn't seem right. " You hesitate, my love? " At the sound of Kalona's voice, a shiver passed through my body and terrible mocking laughter whispered through the leaves of the trees.

Inside the Jacket....

At the start of this heart- pounding new installment in the bestselling House of Night series, Zoey's friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings aren't Neferet's secrets any longer. But an unexpected danger has emerged. Neferet guards her powerful new consort, Kalona, and no one at the House of Night seems to understand the threat he poses. Kalona is gorgeous, and he has the House of Night under his spell. A past life holds the key to breaking his rapidly spreading influence, but what if this past life unearth secrets Zoey doesn't want to see and truths she can't face.

On the run and holed up in Tulsa's Prohibition-era tunnels. Zoey and her gang must dicover a way to deal with something that might bring them all down. Meanwhile , Zoey has a few other problems. The red fledglings have have cleaned up well - they've even managed to make the dark , creepy tunnels feel more like home - but are they really as friendly as they seem? On the boyfriend front, Zoey has a chance to make things right with super-hot ex, Eric, but she can't stop thinking about Stark, the archer who died in her arms one unforgettable night, and she is driven to try to save him from neferet's sinister influence at all costs. Will anyone believe the power evil has to hide him among us?

~Christi's thoughts ~ This review has the possibility to contain SPOILERS! As with every review I will try my best to NOT give TOO much away.

Well the back and inside of the jacket of the hard cover book really fills you in on what this book is about. There of course is more of the Heath, Erik and now Stark hawtness. It is just so hard to choose who to root for in that lil tirangle. I personally wanna root for Heath because he has loved her from moment one, from human to vamp he stills sees the Zoey that has always been there. I am such a vote for the under dog person. Just ask my hubby when we watch football. *laughs*

Zoey has so much to take in this time around. Her gifts, Neferet and now Kalona, who is becomming the wet dream Zoey does not need to have. But sometimes our dreams allow us to learn things or see things we would normally miss in our awaken state.

The ending I can not say much on for I do not want to give too much away. I did feel though it lacked something or just wasn't as strong as it should have been. Of course that is for you to find out for yourself when you decide......

Do I wanna read this?

The House of Night Series Book Four Untamed

Author- P.C Cast & Kristin Cast
Book- Untamed a House of Night Novel
Link-http://www.houseofnightseries.com/

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Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you.Just ask Zoey Redbird - she has become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, of the two Zoey has left, one is undead and on eis unmarked. And Neferet has declared war on humans, which Zoey knows in her heart is wrong. But will anyone listen to her? Zoey's adventures at vampyre finishing school take a wild turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, and an ancient evil is awakened in P.C and Kristen Cast's spellbnding fourth House of Night novel.

~Christi's thoughts ~ This review has the possibility to contain SPOILERS! As with every review I will try my best to NOT give TOO much away.

Book four starts with a bang... a bang to the ego. Zoey finds herself talking to the only thing that will listen to her at the moment a horse. She has lost her virginity to a jerk who was under orders, she has friends who are pissed at her and she has lost the two men who were fighting for her attention. Life Sucks for Zoey.

Then a new kid walks into the House of Night and with a dog of all things.... Stark, a young man who has been gifted with the ability to never miss his target. He is most certainly off to a good start and the twins along with most of the girls at tHoN notice how hawt he is. Aphrodite on the other hand recalls him in a different mannor and is none to happy about it.

Zoey and the Dark Daughters start working with the Street Cats, a local rescue, to help human/vampyre relations. To Zoey's surprise the orginization is ran by a nun. Zoey is surprised at how the nun doesn't flip when she is told who and what they are.

With the help of Zoey's grandma Zoey is able to find out what it might be that Neferet is up to. Kalona, an angel and the father of the Raven Mockers. An entity so awful that it was tricked and now firmly held deep within the Earth. With the news that Zoey announces at the Dark Daughters ritual all that Neferet has been up to is finally revieled and everything changes for Zoey and her group of friends.

Untamed made me hungry for the fifth novel so much so I went and bought the hard cover not being able to wait for the paperback like I had originally planned. The ending is a cliffhanger of sorts so you might want to have Marked handy to dive into.

So.... Do you wanna read this?

The House of Night Series Book Three Chosen

Author- P.C Cast & Kristin Cast
Book- Chosen a House of Night Novel
Link-http://www.houseofnightseries.com/

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 Bloodlust and dark forces are at work at the house of night, and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird's adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out too be enemies, and, oddly enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this " highly addictive series" (romantic times Bookreviews), in which Zoey's mettle will be tested liek never before. Her best friend , Stevie Ray, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity. Zoey doesn't have a clue how to help her, but she does know that anything she and Stevie Ray discover must be kept secret from everyone else at the House of Night, where trust has become a rare commodity. Speaking of rare Zoey finds herself in a very rare position of having three boyfriends, a situation with the potential to spell social disaster. Then vampyres start turning up dead. Really dead. But as Zoey and her friends find out, things are not always what they seem.

~Christi's thoughts ~ This review has the possibility to contain SPOILERS! As with every review I will try my best to NOT give TOO much away.


I loved how this book opened.... and I do mean LOVED. I have sorta the same issue as Zoey when it comes to my birthday. Mine isnt in the month of Dec. but it is in Jan. and people always gave me either Christmas themed gifts or said the ole this is your Christmas and bday gift... Grrrrr! So when Zoey opens the third book by saying " yep, I seriously have a sucky birthday " I wanted to go through printed page and hug her.

This book has you seeing how Zoey trys to see the good in everything even when the bad is so straight in her face she should be blinded by it. Some things you can bring the good from even if it is just a small glimmer hidden in the darkest corner. Then some things bite your out reached hand so hard you are left with a scar to remind you of your lesson.

The love triangle gets even stronger in this installment. Loren really lays on the charm and makes himself at home with Zoey. Erik is not a blind vamp but is very hard headed one and shows this all too well this time around. Heath is as always Heath, he will forever have Zoey on the brain it seems and maybe Zoey has a little case of Heath on the brain as well.....might not be the worst possible thing to have.

With Stevie Rae not being able to partake in the Dark Daughters rituals , Nyx has gifted Aphodite with the element Earth to ALL of Zoey's friends dismay. Aphodite's visions have become stronger in she isn't just seeing them but she is feeling them now. She is able to help fill in some of the blanks concerning Stevie Rae's condition. She seems to have become a vamp you find in books, hates the sun and needs to feed. Zoey's determined to help Stevie Rae find the common ground of her new form and stop living like a monster.

I can't fill you in on the last part of this book for it is filled to the brim with so many jaw dropping surprises and twists. I do not want to take away any of the jaw dropping, heart pounding moments. BUT take this with you on your journey ... keep reading till the end and then pick up book four.... you will not be sorry you did.

With that last sentence I guess I told you the answer huh.....

Do I wanna read this?

The House of Night Series Book Two Betrayed

Author- P.C Cast & Kristin Cast
Book- Betrayed a House of Night Novel
Link- http://www.houseofnightseries.com/

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Fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird has managed to settle in at the House of Night finishing school.She finally feels like she belongs, even gets chosen as the Leader of the Dark Daughters. Best of all, she actually has a boyfriend....or two.Then the unthinkable happens: human teenagers are being killed and all the evidence points to the House of Night. While danger stalks the humans from Zoey's old life, she begins to relaize that the very powers that make her so unique might also threaten those she loves. then, when she needs her new friends the most, death strikes the House of Night, and Zoey must find the courage to face a betrayal that could break her heart, her soul and jeopardize the very fabric of her world. Betrayed , the second in the House of Night series, is dark and sexy, and as thrilling as ity is utterly shocking.


~Christi's thoughts ~ This review has the possibility to contain SPOILERS! As with every review I will try my best to NOT give TOO much away.

For the second book in this series, I was pretty happy with it. It gave some new insight into Zoey and how strong of a person she is having to be in her new journey of being a vampyre.

First thing you get to wrap your brain around is how Zoey is having to trust her gut and keep those she felt were enemies closer then she might have wanted to. Even when all her close friends fight her on it tooth and nail.

It is bad enough Zoey is having her heart being tugged by two men, her ex Heath and the school hunk Erik. Now she finds she is intrigued by the new teach in school as well. The start of a love triangle? It won't soon be forgetten.

This book goes into the gifts Nyx has given the kids of The House of Night and just how strongly they have been gifted. It is really nice to see a pagan religion in this light. Thanks again girls. The Council gets to see thier ideas put into motion with the Dark Daughters as well.

Onto top of all her new responsibilities, Zoey finds herself trying to find out why her old school mates are disapearing and how she is caught up in it all.


All in all it is a good book and leaves you ready and waiting to start the next in the series. I say you DO want to read this book.

The House of Night Series Book One Marked

Author- P.C Cast & Kristin Cast
Book- Marked a House of Night Novel
Link- http://www.houseofnightseries.com/

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Enter the dark, magical world of the house of night, a world very much like our own, except here vampyres have always existed. Sixteen year old Zoey Redbird has just been marked as a fledgling vampyre and joins the House of Night a school where she will train to become an adult vampyre. That is, if she makes it through the change - and not all pof those who are marked do. It sucks to begin a new life , especially away from her friends, and to top off that , Zoey is no average fledgling. She has been chosen as special by the vampyre Goddess Nyx. Zoey discovers she has amazing powers, but along with her powers come bloodlust and an unfortunate ability to Imprint her human ex- boyfriend. To add to her stress, she is not the only fledgling at the house of night with special powers: When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite group, is misusing her Goddess - given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courge to embrace her destiny - witht he help from her new vampyre friends.


~Christi's thoughts ~ This review has the possibility to contain SPOILERS! As with every review I will try my best to NOT give TOO much away.

I shall open my first review with the blanket statement.... I really liked this book. Now if you are happy with that go buy, check out or borrow this book and get to reading. If not continue on to know why I liked it so much.

First off I run my household on the we can think for ourselves so we do not judge another and feel we have to change them idea, so when right off the bat this book showed a young girl being Marked not being given the chance to decide if she wanted this as her life or not, then her step-loser saying " get thee behind me Satan!" I knew this book was going to be good. I loved the diversity of the characters. White, black , gay, straight and best of all cowgirl. Yes it is true, even if WE aren't the wrangler, boots and hat family, they Do REALLY exisit here in Okieland and it was really cool to see that character in this book. Like I said WE aren't into the whole REAL cowboy/girl lifestyle we are city folk *laughs* BUT one thing that holds true to ALL Okies is the heart that the Cast's filled Stevie Ray with. Someone I would add to my adopted family. The be there through thick and thin, rain or shine friend.

This series is for the Tween reader but can be enjoyed by adults. I say tween but if you are a parent reading this review know there is sexual content in this series and I would not recomend it to anyone who has not had THE TALK with someone. Now it is not over the top discription but it is the plain fact of sex discription. *spoiler* Someone walks up and catches someones in the act of oral... no overly details of the act just the details of how this person felt walking in on it. * end spoiler* In this day and age and having two teens myself, I know they learn a heck of a lot more a heck of a lot sooner then even I did just 17 years ago.

The Cast's did their homework and really added the details to the religion that is used in this series. Kudos girls you made me proud. So nice to see some of the faith side ( respect and pride ) and not just the magick.

The story line is a nice twist on vampyres, This is more a here is a different type of person and your chance to learn and understand them, watch them grow and change even the things that have been the same for eons. One of the things I wish was found more in real life and not just in books. Some of these people you start to really care about and others you wanna slap the snob right out of. Yes this is a high school themed time frame and of course you have the typical HS types... such as: preps, normals, nerds, geeks and those who use their looks for gain. The struggle Zoey is having to take in that she will BE a vamp IF she makes it through the Change, having to deal with the dramas high school has to offer, seeing gifts being used and abused in a social group of the school (Dark Daughters) ,not to mention being personally gifted by the Goddess and having to deal with a mentor who seems to have a hidden agenda of her own and maybe a hint of jealousy to boot, is a lot for one to handle but Zoey's new found friends help her out along the way.

If you are from Oklahoma or know the area you are going to enjoy the familiarity of the locations in this book. Me, well I grew up part time in the mentioned areas so ya I knew all of them very well. No I did not go looking for the House of night there... but wouldn't that be cool to find!!

So there it is my thoughts on Marked. Just a small note here.... the format they are written may change as Beth and I grow and learn how to GIVE a review. But for now I hope this helps you decide......

Do I wanna read this?