Marked

House of Night, Book 1

By: P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies

Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

Enter the dark, magical world of the House of Night series by bestselling authors P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, a world very much like our own, except here vampyres have always existed.

One minute, sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird is a normal teenager dealing with everyday high school stress: her cute boyfriend Heath, the school's star quarterback who suddenly seems more interested in partying than playing ball; her nosy frenemy Kayla, who's way too concerned with how things are going with Heath; her uber-tough geometry test tomorrow.

The next, she's Marked as a fledgling vampyre, forcing her to leave her ordinary life behind and join the House of Night, a boarding school where she will train to become an adult vampyre. That is, if she makes it through the Change—and not all of those who are Marked do.

It sucks to begin a new life, especially away from her friends, and on top of 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 with Heath, who just doesn't know how to take "no" for an answer. 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 courage to embrace her destiny—with a little help from her new vampyre friends.

©2007 P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast (P)2017 Macmillan Audio

vampire Hogwarts?

this book was amazing . would listen all day every day and the narrator is amazing.

Big fan

Loved the HON series since I was a teen and was excited to delve back into the adventures of zoey and the nerd herd again in the audiobooks. Did not disappoint and I loved the narrator!

Loved!

this is one of my absolute most favorite book series and the author did an amazing job selecting the perfect narrator!

love this series

I've been obsessed with this book series for the last 10 years or so. it's really awe inspiring and completely captures the imagination.

perfect

absolutely love the series! the narrator was great. thanks for providing this amazing audible book.

Mixed feelings. *Spoiler free*

I own all of the books physically and decided to purchase them as audio books so I would get to experience the story again. I love the concept of the House of Night novels, but it's poorly executed. The main character is almost as mean as the intended bully. She constantly says awful things about different cliques and the authors felt the need to repeatedly point out how gay Damien was and how okay they are with it. I understand and support equality; however, the constant reminders get on my nerves. Still, I am willing to look past all of this considering I have been a fan of this series for eight years. Even more annoying is the narrator. I absolutely cannot stand the voices she does for some of the characters and her tone drives me nuts. Fortunately, not all of the books are narrated by her. Some of the narrators are slightly better.

If you like magic and vampires and are willing to look past the teenage drama and mean girl crap, you'll like this series. They really are great books, they're just hard to listen to/read sometimes.

***Do keep in mind that if you start this series and intend to see it through to the end, you're making a major commitment as this series has 12-13 main books and a few side story novellas as well. It's long and a bit drawn out.***

Good story, Horrible Voice Actor

The story is perfect for young adults and just a little hokey, but good all the same. I understand that they wanted the Oklahoma character Stevie to be a "country" but being from Oklahoma doesn't sound like that! I'm from Oklahoma and NOBODY sounds like that! Also, I understand that enunciation is important, but it sounds stilted. Again, I'm a teacher and read childrens' books aloud, and my kids would ask me why it sounded so weird. It doesn't sound like natural at all. She needs to relax and let the story flow.

good read

I read these books in high school always did like them. it was nice to listen to them again.

Favorite

I love these books. i just wish they had not changed narrators later in the series.

Old favorite

I read this series when I was a teen and loved them. Unfortunately now that I’m an adult and have more life experiences I hate some of the content in this book. Shes whiny and the voice actress talks really strange. The inflections in her voice are all wrong and when she does the male parts she sounds like BILL COMPTON when he says “sookie” lol it’s just really strange to hear a woman do the male parts. Not into it.