House Of Night

Hey guys I wanted to talk to you guys about one of  my favourite book series (other than Harry Potter, Vampire Diaries, Twilight, The Immortals and Doctor who. Yes they seem to be mostly vampires:/). Now I love this series of books and I have for ages, just never thought of posting a blog about it. This series is not the usual kind of vampire stories.

In the fictional world of House of Night the change from human to vampire takes four years, during which time the adolescents, known as "fledglings," must attend one of the "House of Night" boarding schools. While there, they are required to take the Vampire Sociology 101 course to learn the dangers they face. If a fledgling is not close to adult vampires, the fledgling will die; so the fledglings rarely leave the school. About one in ten fledglings die anyway, since their bodies cannot tolerate the Change. For those who survive, there's a big reward: in the words of one of the authors, "Vampires are like Superman. They’re super-gorgeous. They’re super-talented. They’re super-men." Vampires are physically stronger than most adult humans, with accelerated reflexes, enhanced dexterity, life of more than five centuries, as well as heightened senses such as night vision.

The series main character is Zoey Redbird is the main character in the series and has, what I think one of the cooler powers you can get. She has an affinity to all the elements- earth, fire, water, earth and spirit, while her 'nerd herd' has an affinity to an element each. Damian is air, Shaunee is fire, Erin is water and Stevie Rae is earth, but I don't want to give too much away in relation to the story and what happens.

The authors P.C Cast and Kristin Cast (a mother and daughter duo) have used a lot of mythology in their story. The House of Night religion is, in the words of P.C. Cast, "heavily pagan and Wiccan based, with a huge influx of Native American myth and legend". Within vampire society, the primary Goddess is a benevolent female named Nyx who appears to Zoey at the beginning of the series and tells her that Zoey will be Nyx's agent in the House of Night. Nyx is derived from the lesser known Greek Goddess, Nyx. Vampires and fledglings cast a magic circle to communicate with Nyx or to harness the power of the elements: air, fire, water, earth, and spirit. Some demons from Cherokee mythology also play an important part in later volumes, and the Raven Mockers ^[ and Tsi Sgili are taken from real Cherokee legends.

I Love this series it takes the basic vampire we all know and dare I say love and twist it. Not only do people know who vampires are most people are accepting of them and also I love the idea of them going to a type of finishing school to learn about vampires history and what is happening to them. They are also kick ass in trying to save the world at the same time :)

Now if you would love to read this series, which I highly recommend there is about 12 books in the series and that is not including the novellas...

So it all starts off with...

1. Marked
2. Betrayed
3. Chosen
4. Untamed
5. Hunted
6. Tempted
7. Burned
8. Awakened
9. Destined
10. Hidden
11. Revealed
12. Redeemed

And the novellas

1. Dragon's Oath
2. Lenobia's Vow
3. Neferet's Curse
4. Kalona's Fall

So that's me for now

TTFN Abiii:)