Breanna L. (Spreebre) - reviewed on 2/23/2010 + 7 more book reviews

This book is like the "Harry Potter" of vampires. It jumps head first into the story. A seemingly normal girl who has a sad, messed up home life is "marked" to become a vampire. When her parents find out, they freak out and try to keep her locked in the house so she doesn't have to go to the House of Night vampire school (which looks like dark scary castle - Hogwarts?). The school trains its "fledglings" to become vampires. In this book, all vampires have a mark on their forehead (a crescent moon), but Zoey's (the main character) is unique and causes a stir in the school (sound like a certain boy with a lightning bolt scar?). She has an interesting lineup of classes one of them being horseback riding (broomstick?) along with vampires sociology, fencing, ect. She makes new friends, one being a silly nerdy girl with red hair (Ron?), a pair who are silly and don't take things seriously who are referred to as "the twins" (Fred and George?), and a really smart guy who is always there to give his knowledgeable input (Hermione?).

Really, it wasn't a terrible read...I read the whole book in one sitting. It was a very easy book to read. There aren't many hidden clues or foreshadowing. The characters make comments that are so obvious it leaves nothing for you to wonder about. A few times I found myself questing the flaky obviousness throughout the book. But I think my biggest obstacle with this book was comparing to Harry potter. The idea is neat, but the book is not even close to being as clever as Harry. It's not as clean either. It's pretty crude at some points, and uses a quite a bit of unnecessary profanity. I haven't yet decided if I'm going to finish the series, but if your looking for a simple, easy read, I would recommend this book.

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