Marked by P.C and Kristin Cast pitched as Nyx's Daughter by Heidi

Zoey Redbird was just your average teenage girl. She gossiped with her friend, Kayla, fought with her boyfriend, and attended football games. That all ended when she was marked by a tracker in her school’s hallway. Unless she moved to the House of Night, she would die. At first, Zoey was scared. She did not want to be a freaky vampire. She just wanted to be normal until she realized her connection with the goddess, Nyx, and her new status as a vampire would give her a better life. At the House of Night Zoey meets her new mentor Neferet who may not be what she seems and her group of new BFF. They are all shocked by Zoey’s colored in mark of the fledgling vampire. The mark puts her on the radar of the Dark Daughters and Sons that the hateful and corrupt 6^th year Aphrodite runs. It isn’t long before Zoey’s superior status as a vampire and affinity for the elements drives her to take over the Dark Daughters but not before Aphrodite has a chance to ruin a ritual causing dead vampire spirits to run rampant and almost murder the Dark Daughters and Sons. Zoey with the help of her friends contains the spirits and is finally placed in her rightful spot as High Priestess in training leader of the Dark Daughters and Sons.

Reviews

“A fast paced tale featuring a strong female lead. I couldn’t put the book down once I opened it”

 -MaryJanice Davidson, author of Undead series

"A unique and intruiging take on vampires."

-The New Yorker

"The cast. The school. The language. Five stars for this wonderful tale"

-SLJ

"Deliciously Sensual. I was hooked from the very first sentence."

-Gena Showalter, author of Oh My Goth 

Characters

Zoey Redbird is a new fledging at the house of night. She uses the confidence and power given to her by the goddess, Nyx, to make things just and fair in the House of Night.

Aphrodite is the popular and cruel leader of the Dark Daughters but she has a vulnerable side that she hides at all costs. With the pressure from her parents and the misguidance of Neferet Aphrodite loses everything.

Stevie Rae is a sweet, bubbly girl with an Okie accent. She is the best friend of Zoey and will do anything to help her friends.

 Neferet is the powerful high priestess at the House of Night. She is motherly and supportive of Zoey but her darkside breaks through her façade every once in a while.

Pitch

Nyx's Daughter is an adolescent geared novel. The main character is a young fledgling vampire named Zoey Redbird.  This novel is set in the House of Night: a high school for vampires. Like any high school the House of Night has cliques, romance, and friendship that will intrigue the adolescent reader and allow them to relate better to the life of fledgling vampires. Really the fledglings are just like them except they can’t go tanning. The novel uses humor and typical teenage language to make it an easy and fun read but there is more to the novel than its ability to entertain. Nyx's Daughter is a novel that subverts the idea that femininity means fragility. In the House of Night and the vampire world women hold the powerful positions and mostly women make the important decisions. Men in the novel are known as necessary to life but not the all-powerful beings that they are often portrayed as. They take a back seat in rituals and are mostly there to support the women. The novel also does not shy away from female sexuality. Zoey feels attraction to multiple men at her school and is free to explore all of those relationships because she has the independence to. Her feminine energy and acknowledgment of her desire and the affect she has on men is not downplayed because she is already a powerful character but is showcased because it is another facet of her personality, situation, and power. In addition, the book has a diverse set of characters. Not only does Zoey’s group of friends include LGBTQ characters and characters of color but so does the rest of the book. They are not put in to fill a quota or to make a statement. They are just part of an accurate representation of how diverse the world and high school is. The novel builds on novels like Pipi Longstocking, Ramona Quimby, and the Book Thief with their strong and curious female characters but is more diverse and progressive in its display of powerful female characters.