Chapter ONE
(Part I)Thankfully, the House of Night series doesn’t indulge in actual chapter title, which is just as well; any of that WORD UP, UNDULATING ANEMONE crap from Breaking Dawn Book II, and I would have been just about forced to kill something.

Alas, that’s not our focus. This work is in first person, and it’s the first line that draws us ( Read more... )

QuoteThis is the last hurdle before actual content, I promise!

The quote for today is simply contrived and useless. It lends nothing to the work except perhaps a term, and the illusion of intelligence and literacy in classical pieces: it’s a stanza from Hesiod’s Theogony. Now, I don’t know all that much about Hesiod, but I’m willing to bet that ( Read more... )

Acknowledgements( Warning: May cause horror and inflictions of 'do not want'. Enter at own risk... )

DedicationAs per the usual faff, the Casts open their debut tag-team novel with a dedication, since some writers feel obliged to let certain people know they inspired them- oh, how nice! The first one’s to their agent! Nice of you to name-drop the victim for my voodoo revenge.

As this is the marking of such a pivotal moment of history, I’m going ( Read more... )

House of Night Series

Book 1

Marked


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