Marked Analysis

The world where Marked takes place is a lot like ours, except that the mystical and mysterious creatures known as vampyres have always existed alongside humans. We'll take you on a brief tour of th...

Zoey's our main gal in Marked, and this isn't just because all the action revolves around her—it's also because she's our first-person narrator, describing the stuff that happens to her and aroun...

Marked hits both of these genre categories, and it hits 'em pretty hard. We consider the book young adult lit because the main character is sixteen, so she's dealing with all the normal stuff teena...

With Zoey as our first-person narrator setting the tone (a.k.a attitude) of the book, we get a lot of snark, drama, and angst. Which basically just means that she's your typical teenager—she just...

The style of Marked helps us get a pretty accurate mental image of what's going on, even if it's not always terribly detail-oriented. What's more, since it's narrated by our teenage heroine Zoey, a...

Well, let's see, in the very first chapter of the book, Zoey is Marked by the vampyre Tracker, which instantly turns her life upside down. So it seems fitting for a title, right?We think there's a...

There also stands the gloomy house of Night;ghastly clouds shroud it in darkness.Before it Atlas stands erect and on his headand unwearying arms firmly supports the broad sky,where Night and Day cr...

Yay. Zoey and her new friends banish the hangry ghosts that are threatening Heath, Nefret strips Aphrodite of her leadership of the Dark Daughters and hands it to Zoey, and Zoey's Mark is mysteriou...

Unless you are completely ignorant of the daily reality and language of teenagers, Marked is a breeze to read. Like, totally. Even though Zoey's new friend Damien loves to use big words, they usual...

Mark Away Your AngstTeenager Zoey hates her family and her school, and isn't thrilled with her almost-ex-boyfriend and her flaky best friend, either. Then a vampyre Tracker shows up and Marks her,...

P.C. Cast has served in the United States Air Force, taught high school, and owned horses. (Source.) Cascia Hall actually exists in Tulsa, though the Casts made a few changes in the book such as ad...

Take a bunch of teenagers, turn them halfway into vampyres, and put them all in a boarding school together. That sounds like a recipe for sexytimes, yeah?While we don't see a lot of action in Marke...

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