I took a break from Keith Richards to start a new book (well actually I took a break, read to romance novels and then started the new series). I'm reading the first in the House of Night series: Marked. Both my mom and one of my best friends recommend the series to me, so it's about time I got around to reading it. The series is classed as teen fiction, HOWEVER (notice how I used caps, that's to get you to pay attention) if you are thinking of handing this book to anyone under the age of 17 I urge you to read it first. Really, you should do that anyway, but consider it a requirement with this series. Within the first 50 pages there's a rather adult scene in a hallway. If you've just gone back to the start of this post to clarify that I did in fact admit to reading two romance novels prior to this, yes, I'm aware of the irony. Regardless, that's enough of the public service announcement.
My current feelings about Marked fall in the Cautiously Optimistic range. The friend who recommended the series compared it to the Gallagher Girls series (One of My FAVORITES) and I can see where she's coming from. I'm not sure I'll like it as much as the GGs, but I'm just starting out. So far, I'm entrenched in the character development phase. One thing I do Love about the book is that its written by a Mother and Daughter. I find that Cute with a capitol C. In the acknowledgments at the beginning of the book P.C. Cast (mother) thanks Kristin Cast (daughter) for ensuring that the characters really sounded like teenagers, which they very much do.
So that's my thoughts for now! Off to read some more
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