Yet another young adult book series is on the way to the big screen, aren’t you glad? This one’s called HOUSE OF NIGHT; written by the mother-daughter team of P.C. and Kirsten Cast, there’s evidently nine books in this series already – and the first book, “Marked”, only came out four years ago! Kind of bewildering.
In any event, the HOUSE OF NIGHT books are being adapted by Davis Films, the production company behind the RESIDENT EVIL and SILENT HILL films. If that leads you to believe that the material is a bit darker than the usual “young adult” fare, well… don’t get your hopes up.
Here’s the overview of the book series: House of Night is a thrillingly engaging book series that follows 16-year-old Zoey Redbird, who gets “Marked” by a vampyre tracker and begins to undergo the “Change” into an actual vampyre. She has to leave her family in Tulsa and move into the House of Night, a boarding school for other fledglings like her.
It’s within the school’s walls that the heart of the action takes place as Zoey meets new friends, finds love, comes to terms with how her life will be different now and begins to realize her awesome new powers.
Here’s the deal though: Yes, Zoey’s a vampyre now. But she’s still a teenager – with all the humor, angst and confusing feelings any other teenager has.
So TWILIGHT meets HARRY POTTER meets “The Vampire Diaries” meets etc., etc.
According to Variety, the series has sold more than 12 million copies in the U.S. and has been on the New York Times bestseller list for a record 140 weeks.
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