Vampires

Vampires are such a big deal right now. In the library we can’t keep vampire books on the shelf. In fact, there is even a show on TV on Friday nights. I can’t think of the title right now, but the vampire main character is easy on the eyes!

I just received a new series in the library. It's called The House of Night series. They are written by a mother/ daughter team from Tulsa, Oklahoma and the books are set in Tulsa so it feels kind of local to me. I have an aunt who lives in Tulsa, so I know about several of the different places they go in the book. There are two books in the series so far. The first one is Marked and the second is Betrayed by PC Cast and Kristin Cast.

Marked takes place at the House of Night which is a school where people go to become vampires. Once a teenager is marked with a blue half moon on his/her forehead, he/she must move to the House of Night in order to survive. The days are reversed and they attend classes at night and sleep during the day. They learn of the vampire culture and about what happens to them as they change from a fledgling to an adult vamp. The change is difficult and painful and many do not make it through the several years it takes to completely change from human to vampire. The story is told through 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s point of view. Zoey has never fit in the human world and she welcomes the move to the vampire world. However, Zoey sees that one of her classmates is misusing her powers and she must do something about it. This book is fast paced and fun to read, but like all vampire books, there is some suggestive language and sexual content