House of Night

The House of Night Series currently consists of nine books that were written by a mother and daughter, P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. In addition to the series, they have also written The Fledgling Handbook 101 and two novellas; Dragon’s Oath, and Lenobia’s Vow. The website for this series is below and contains information and fun interactive content.

The story begins with the main character, Zoey Redbird, getting “Marked”. In this world, people are not bitten to become vampires, instead, sometime during adolescents a vampire comforts them and magically marks them with a crescent moon on their forehead connoting that the goddess of night chose them. However, they do not change instantly but instead the genetic change takes quite some time. It is mandatory that they move into the House of Night School in order to start their training and prepare for the change. Unfortunately, not all fledglings make it out of the change alive. Some of the fledglings’ bodies reject the change and they bleed out and die. This indeed happens to several of the most unexpected characters throughout the series.  Another reason that the newly marked fledglings must move to the school is because being around adult vampires is necessary in order for them to remain healthy and alive. 

After Zoey was Marked, her strict Christian mother and step-father rejected her, leaving only Grandma Redbird to support and comfort her. While Zoey is getting accustomed to her new life she learns that she has been given a rare “gift” by her goddess, Nyx, the ability to control all five elements; earth, air, fire, water, and spirit. However, life at the school quickly turns Zoey’s life upside down and she encounters love, lust, deceit, betrayals, friendships, death, and even magic that has long been forgotten!

I really hope you check this series out. I have gotten many of my friends attached to this series because of the suspense and twists that make you emphasize with the characters. I have even been so hooked into the books that I will stay up all night reading because I refuse to put it down. And the best part, the authors are not even finished so there is still more to come!

*The content from this page was from http://www.houseofnightseries.com/.

**The order of the books by pictures started with Marked (top left), goes down, then top right down, and ends with Destined.