Okay, the book I'm going to review is classified as Teen Paranormal Romance. Don't kill me. Please don't.
I know what everyone is thinking right now, "Teen Paranormal Romance consists of nothing more than Twilight junk, blahblahblah."
That, is completely inaccurate.
Sure, it's insane to have an entire section of Barnes and Noble devoted to such a specific literary group. And, yes, it's kind of a stretch to call these books literature. But, hey, sometimes you strike gold.
Believe me, in no way, shape or form, would I have bought this book on my own. My mom's friend (who also loves books, mind you) gave this book to her to read and I ended up reading it due to a reading challenge I imposed on myself.
The book is told by a girl named Zoey/ Zoe (I forgot how it was spelled) who is "Marked" by a vampire-hunter-dude and has to leave her regular highschool so she can go to the House of Night to transform from a newborn fledgling to a full-grown vamp.
What struck me as strange in this world was the fact that every single person on the planet knew that vampires existed and, besides being deathly afraid of them, they were indifferent everytime a vampire came up in conversation. I don't know if it was some type of dystopia or whatever but it was kind of irritating how there was no real world-building in this book. I don't know if I missed something but there had to have been some event that led up to this vampire-filled world. Maybe it's evident in later books. We'll see.
The plot in the book was kind of cliche; the whole, new girl comes in, turns all the boys' heads especially the hot popular dude even though she's not as beautiful as his old girlfriend who he doesn't like anymore, changes up the rules in the new place and makes the bad girl look stupid in the end. I've heard it, seen it, and even said it before. It was nothing new to me and for that I was slightly disappointed.
What put this book over the edge was the comedy. The book's narrator, Zoey/ Zoe is extremely funny and witty and even a little bit crude sometimes. Not to mention her friends: a Southern Bell, a Knowledgable Homosexual, and a pair of mixed-race twins. Plus, it's funny to see how she makes her parents squirm with anti-christ angst.
So this book was not horrible. I will definitley read the next books after this. You should read this book if you are looking for an O.K. storyline, some funny characters, and a paranormal romance, ha.
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