November 30, 2009

Chosen

Book 3 in the House of Night Series
By P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

This book is the return of Zoey. Stevie Rae, her best friend, is undead and struggling to keep a grip on humanity. Then, they find out vampyres are being murdered. The blame falls on the People of Faith but no one really knows. Her old enemy, Aphrodite, becomes the only person she can trust. Just to make things worse, she's stuck juggling three boyfriends.
This book is the third book in the series. The first is Marked and the second is Betrayed.

I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars. * * * * *

Betrayed

Book 2 in the House of Night Series
By P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

Zoey, a young fledgling, is finally starting to get used to the House of Night concidering the fact that she has been gifted with powers. The great goddess, Nyx, gives powers but not as special as controlling the five elements like Zoey. With her friends help, she settles in nicely. Until human boys start disappearing. Just Zoey's luck, she happened to know them. Then Heath, her human boyfriend, gets taken. Now, she has to rely on an old enemy to save him.
This book is the second one in this series. The first book is Marked.

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. * * * * *

November 16, 2009

Marked

Book 1 in the House of Night Series
By P. C. Cast & Kirsten Cast

     Marked is about a high school girl named Zoey. She lives in a world exactly like ours except that everyone knows that vampyres are real. Zoey was marked with an outline of a cresent-shaped symbol on her forehead, marking her as a soon-to-be vampyre, or fledgling. She was sent to the House of the Night which is a school where fledglings learn how to be a vampyre and survive the Change, or going from a fledgling to a vampyre. (Your body can eather accept the Change and turn into a vampyre or your body rejects the Change and you die.) Zoey is different though, she was kissed by the goddess of the Night, Nyx and her mark is colored in, like an adult vampyre. Then, Aphrodite, the leader of Dark Daughters and Sons, wants her to join the exclusive club. All the drama begins when Aphodite starts hating Zoey and Zoey figures out she can control the five elements, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, and Spirit.
     This book is the most dramatic book I have ever read. It also has a sequal, Betrayed.

     I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars. * * * * *

The People of Sparks

By Jeanne DePrau

     The People of Sparks is is the sequal to the book The City of Ember. The People of Sparks is about a small city called Sparks. In this book, the people of Ember find the city of Sparks and are forced to live there. The council of Sparks dicided they could stay until winter and then they would have to build their own town. There was barely any food for the people of sparks on their own because of the Disaster. The Disaster was when there was four wars and three plagues and most of the world's population died because of it. This left barren cities, empty homes, and people called "roamers". They travel the country going through cities and finding any hidden food or interesting items. Then, they return to their home city and sell them. Lina, a twelve year old girl, sneaks onto a roamer's truck and finds an old city. When she returns, she finds that extreme bickering and shortness of food is causing fighting and talks of war. Now, it is up to her and her friend Doon to stop a war before it starts.

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. * * * *