Independent Novel ProjectMarked is the first book in the House of Night series and was published on May 1, 2007. It was written together by PC Cast and Kirsten Cast. The book is about a high school sophomore named Zoey Heffner who is marked by a tracker to become a fledgling vampire. Once a person is marked and becomes a juvenile, they must abandon their old life and move to a boarding school where they can learn everything about history and what it takes to be a vampire. However, not all beginners successfully navigate change. Once a young person's body begins to reject change, there is no hope for them and they die. Her mother, Linda, blames Zoey for being marked, and she and her super-religious husband (Zoey's vampire-hating stepfather) try to keep Zoey home to see the Elders of the People of Faith, which is an anti-vampyre group. However, they cannot do this because novices must be with an adult vampire so their body does not reject the change. If Zoey doesn't make it to the House of Night, her body could begin to reject the change and she could die. So Zoey runs away to her grandmother Sylvia (who we later know as Grandma or Grandma Redbird). Along the way, she faints and has a vision of the vampire goddess Nyx, who tells Zoey that she will be her "eyes and ears" at the House of Night. The goddess then leaves Zoey saying, "Darkness does not always equal evil, light does not always bring good", which becomes very important throughout the book. Later, Zoey wakes up at school with her grandmother and the school's high priestess and her future. mentor, Neferet. She discovers that her mark is fulfilled, which doesn't usually happen to novices, but follows her instinct and says nothing middle of paper...... her Dark Daughters and Sons instead of Aphrodite. As they return home, Aphrodite angrily informs Zoey that "it's not over yet, you don't understand." After the whole incident, Zoey notices that tattoos have been added to her mark, adding to her already unusual mark. I think the main idea of ​​this novel is to follow your instincts and always do what feels right, even if it feels wrong. Throughout the novel, Zoey often finds herself in a situation where she must follow her instincts to do what's right, even if the teenager in her tells her to give up. The theme is good versus evil. Zoey defeats Aphrodite, gets the guy, the dark girls, and Neferet's complete trust. There are fifteen other books besides Marqué in the House of Night series and I am currently on book eight, Awakened. This is my new favorite series and these books got me back into reading.