New teen fiction!

This week's book reviews, by Connie Forst, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury.

Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

In this first book of a new series, 16-year-old Zoey Redbird enters the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampyre. Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been RmarkedS by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers.    

Betrayed by P.C. Cast

In this follow-up to "Marked," fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird has settled in at the House of Night. But when she needs her new friends the most, death strikes the House of Night, and Zoey must find the courage to face a betrayal that could break her heart and jeopardize her world.

Chosen by P.C. Cast

Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird''s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out to be enemies. And oddly enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this "highly addictive series", in which Zoey''s mettle will be tested like never before. This installment picks up exactly where Betrayed left off.

Untamed by P.C. Cast

Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird. She's become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her, to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey has left are undead and unMarked. And Neferet has declared war on humans, which Zoey knows in her heart is wrong. But will anyone listen to her? Zoey''s adventures at vampyre finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, and an ancient evil is awakened in P.C. and Kristin Cast''s spellbinding fourth House of Night novel.

Stay tuned for Hunted, book five in the House of Night novel series, coming out in March 2009.

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