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House of Night: Book 1

Marked (2007) (edit title/settings)

by P. C. Cast (Author), Kristin Cast (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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Zoey Redbird, a 16-year-old girl has been marked. After, being shunned by her "friends" and family (except her ex-boyfriend Heath), Zoey goes to her grandmother's house and, finding a note that says her grandmother was at her lavender fields, goes through the woods that lead to said field but... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Zoey Redbird, a 16-year-old girl has been marked. After, being shunned by her "friends" and family (except her ex-boyfriend Heath), Zoey goes to her grandmother's house and, finding a note that says her grandmother was at her lavender fields, goes through the woods that lead to said field but collapsed due to severe weakness and health deterioration (a consequence to fledglings if they stay away from adult vampyres for too long). She lost consciousness when she hit her head on a rock when she collapsed. While out of consciousness, her spirit seemed to have travel deeper into the woods where she met the Goddess Nyx, and wakes up with her crescent moon mark completely filled in (a feature only seen in adult vampyres). Her grandmother then finds her and takes her to the House of Night, a vampyre finishing school. Zoey quickly finds a group of friends - Damien, an extremely nice and intelligent gay boy, Stevie Rae, a girl with an Oklahoma accent who becomes Zoey's best friend, and Erin and Shaunee, best friends who are freakishly alike even though they look different (nicknamed "The Twins"). Zoey also meets the High Priestess in Training, Aphrodite, who is pretty, mean, and the queen of the social scene. Aphrodite invites Zoey to join the Dark Daughters, a 'members-only' group run by Aphrodite. Zoey is forced to go where she experienced blood-lust. After finding out she drank blood, she runs into Heath who she accidentally imprints on. Also, Zoey realizes that she can control the five elements: water, fire, air, earth and spirit after she sees the spirits of students who rejected the Change and at a Goddess ritual. Zoey meets a boy named Erik Night, who is Aphrodite's ex-boyfriend, and they become very close. Later on, Erik asks out Zoey and they kiss. At another Dark Daughters meeting, Zoey realizes that Aphrodite had been using her powers in a bad way and stops her. Neferet, the principal of the House of Night, sees this and strips Aphrodite of her title of Leader of the Dark Daughters and High Priestess in Training and gives it to Zoey.

Characters edit see section history

  • Zoey Redbird: The main character. Zoey is a 16 year old girl of Cherokee descendence who is Marked and enrolled in a vampyre school called House of Night. The novel revolves around her discovering more about being a vampyre, having a love interest, meeting new friends, and finding her new role in the House of Night.
  • Stevie Rae Johnson: Zoey's roommate who is smart, pretty and has a thick Oklahoma accent. Loves country music and her Ropers.
  • Erin Bates: A friend of Zoey's at the House of Night. Erin and Shaunee, despite looking different, act like twins.
  • Shaunee Cole: One of Zoey's new friends at the House of Night and one-half of the "Twins."
  • Damien Maslin: Damien is another student who befriends Zoey. He is gay. Damien uses lots of complex vocabulary, tries to expands his friends vocabulary and exceptionally intelligent.
  • Aphrodite LaFonte: She is one of the "popular" girls in the House of Night and has a tough attitude towards many at the House of Night. She is a High Priestess "in training." She is the leader of the Dark Daughters.
  • Erik Night: A student at the House of Night. He is talented in the area of drama, and is invited to Zoey's drama class to deliver a monologue. He is very attractive.
  • Heath Luck: Zoey's human football player ex-boyfriend.
  • Nyx: The Goddess of night and the mother of all vampyres. Vampyres worship her.
  • Neferet: Zoey's Mentor and High Priestess. She is also a healer.
  • Loren Blake: The youngest Vampyre poet laureate and professor at House of Night.
  • John Heffer: Zoey's step dad who is very religious. She refers to him as step loser. Zoey does NOT like him.
  • Linda Heffer: Zoey's mother. She had a great relationship with Zoey until she got remarried. Since then, Linda has allowed her new husband to tell her what to do, and her relationship with her daughter has suffered.
  • Dragon Lankford: The fencing professor at the House of Night. Elliot's mentor.
  • Lenobia: Equestrian studies professor, named after a famous vampyre. She is very beautiful. She is really good with horses, she can talk to them to calm them down, find out their past, and what breed, and history.
  • Anastasia Lankford: The spells and rituals professor. Dragon Lankford's wife.
  • Kayla: Zoey's ex best friend, whom Zoey often called 'K'. She is human and is crushing on Zoey's almost-ex-boyfriend Heath.
  • Elizabeth: A classmate of Zoey's at the House of Night. When she entered the House of Night she chose to have no last name (all students can select new names if they wish), as she disliked her actual last name (Titsworth).
  • Nala: Zoey's cute cat. Named after the lioness in "The Lion King."
  • Sylvia Redbird: Zoey's Cherokee grandmother who she can always count on. Grandma Redbird has a lavender farm and always smells of Lavender. She teaches Zoey the Cherokee ways.
  • Penthasilea: Literature professor. She is referred to as Professor P by the students.
  • Persephone: Zoey's favorite horse. She is able to learn about horses in her equestrian studies class.
  • Deino: One of Aphrodite's followers.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Zoey Redbird Daughter of Night , I name you my eyes and ears in the world today, a world where good and evil are struggling to find balance”
    Nyx
  • “Darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.”
    Nyx
  • “But I'm sixteen! I can't even parallel-park! How am I supposed to know how to be your eyes and ears?”
    Zoey Redbird
  • “Well, I guess being the next Nicole Kidman wouldn't be bad (not that I plan on marrying and then divorcing a manic short guy)”
    Zoey Redbird
  • “And this is our token guy in our group, Damien Maslin. But he's gay, so I don't really think he counts as a guy.”
    Stevie Rae
  • “Actually, since I'm gay I think I should count for two guys instead of just one. I mean, in me you get the male point of view and you don't have to worry about me wanting to touch your boobies.”
    Damien Maslin
  • “Kayla, if you don't shut up I'll fly down there and suck every last bit of blood from your stupid cheating cow body!”
    Zoey Redbird
  • “Zoey Montgomery! Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; hearken to Her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night.”
    Tracker
  • “Oh no..." I whispered to myself, "it would be just my luck to get a raging case of diarrhea.”
    Zoey Redbird
  • “If everyone called things what they are we'd all be a lot less confused. For instance, you know when I have to go to the bathroom I state the obvious - I have urine that needs to come out of my urethra. Simple. Easy. Clear.”
    Damien Maslin
  • “It didn't work because it seemed like a crude imitation of Neferet's dance to "She Walks in Beauty." If this music was a poem it would be more like "Some Ho Grinds Her Bootie.”
    Zoey Redbird
  • “It's Star Wars, the original ones. I know all the lines for all the parts." He leaned closer and whispered again. "I can even do Chewbacca's parts.”
    Erik Night
  • “Don't you think baby corns are scary? There's just something wrong about their midget bodies.”
    Erik Night
  • “The entire world knew that there was nothing anyone could do to bring on the Change. The whole "if you get bit by a vampyre you'll die and become one" thing is strictly fiction. Scientists have been trying to figure out what causes the sequence of physical events that leads to vampyrism for years, hoping that if they figure it out they could cure it, or at least invent a vaccine to fight against it. So far, no such luck. But now John Heffer, my step loser, had suddenly discovered that bad teenage behavior-specifically my bad behavior, which mostly consisted of an occasional lie, some pissed off thoughts and smart-ass comments directed primarily against my parents, and maybe some semi-harmless lust for Ashton Kutcher(sad to say he likes older women)- actually brought about this physical reaction in my body. Welll, hell! Who knew?”
    Zoey Montgomery
  • “Well, he was wearing those really bad pants with that awful shirt. Clearly he did need some things explained to him by a teenager, but I didn't think it was the right time to mention his unfortunate and obvious fashion impairment”
    Zoey to her step loser
  • “Oh, God, I'm sorry I-" I broke off, wondering if it was okay to say "God". Would it offend Neferet, a High Priestess who wore her Goddess Mark so proudly? Hell, would it offend Nyx? Oh, God. What about saying "Hell"? It was my favorite cuss word ever. (Okay, it was really the only cuss word I used reguarly.)”
    Zoey
  • “Okay, I knew exactly what she was talking about, but it wasn't because I'm a hopeless history nerd. It's because when I was younger I thought I was in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, and my mom got me the entire DVD collection of his movies for my twelfth birthday. This particular movie I watched so many times I still have most of it memorized (and I cannot tell you how many times I snot cried when he slipped off that board and floated away like an adorable Popsicle).”
    Zoey Redbird
  • “As he said the last 2 lines his eyes locked with mine and, just like in the hall the day before, it seemed as if there was no one else in the room- no one else in the world.”
    Zoey Redbird:
  • “Zo, whatever's happened with your body is cool with me. You look seriously hot. You've always been beautiful, but now you look like a real goddess. (page 178)”
    Heath
  • “But I noticed Aphrodite wasn't looking at the dress. She was looking at my Mark, which bugged the crap out of me. Ok, my Mark is colored in- get over it already! I didn't say anything, though. I mean, this was totally her "party" and I was the guest. Translation: I was totally outnumbered, so I better be good. (page 157)”
    Zoey Redbird
  • “Magic! They were actually praying for magic! Would it work-could it work? Was there really magic in this world? (page 147)”
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Organizations edit see section history

  • House of Night: Boarding schools all around the world for people going through the Change of being a vampyre fledgling to an adult vampyre (people marked by Nyx), but not all make it. The particular House of Night in this book is the one in Oklahoma.
  • Dark Daughters and Sons: Elite group of students at the House of Night that are supposed to be all into school spirit, but majority are under Aphrodite's 'spell'. Aphrodite and her 'friends' put on two shows for two different groups of people, for the adult vampyres, they're nice, welcoming, what they're supposed to be. For everyone else, that isn't under Aphrodite's spell, they are frequently considered 'hags from hell' that hate humans.
  • Refrigerator: They are used during Dark Daughter and Son's ritual. Since drinking blood from a human is not allowed. They have a fellow student serve as a refrigerator, giving blood.
  • People of Faith: A large church that are against vampyres.

First Sentence edit see section history

Just when I thought my day couldn't get any worse I saw the dead guy standing next to my locker.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Half Title
Series Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Epigraph
Half Title

Chapters 1 - 29

Promotion

Glossary edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 16 in House of Night. (standard series)

Followed by Betrayed.

This is book 173 of 194 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2010). (authoritative list)
This is book 195 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2010). (authoritative list)
This is book 164 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 159 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 1 of 15 in House of Night: Reading Order. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. P. C. Cast (Author)
  2. Kristin Cast (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martins's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-0312360269
Page Count: 306

Awards edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3603.A869 M37 2007
  • Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Not suited for those under 15. Lots of sexual references, vulgarity, and cussing.

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

  • House of Night: Website that contains information about this book and all the other books in the series.

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • The Forever Girl
  • Vampire Academy
  • Twilight
  • Blue Bloods
  • The Van Alen Legacy
  • Revelations
  • Masquerade
  • Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
  • Arched Wing
  • Revealing Eden

Books Cited by This Book edit see section history

   
  • Othello
  • A Night to Remember
  • Great Expectations
  • The Taming of the Shrew

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