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Het leven is moeilijk als je zestien bent, je moeder getrouwd is met een loser van een stiefvader en je vriendje liever bier drinkt en chillt met zijn maten. Maar het is lang niet zo moeilijk als verkozen zijn. Zoey is uitverkoren: op haar voorhoofd verschijnt het teken van de vampiers. Ze verlaat haar familie om naar het Huis van de Nacht te gaan, een vampierschool. Als je faalt, sterf je.… (meer)
PandorasRequiem: Same flavor *grin* as these books in this series. If you like this series, you will also most likely "Blue Bloods" by Melissa De La Cruz.
Private "Vampire Finishing School": narrated by the outcast who has problems fitting into her new surroundings, her new attraction to blood and the Changes in her body. But, she has good friends who stand by her and attracts the eye of a quite fetching young man. Good read, same type of genre. :)… (meer)
I read this book for the first time when I was a kid and loved it. Vampires were all the rage and the thought of a vampire school was awesome! Some 15 years later it still holds up! It's been fun remembering the adventures of this crew and the trouble they get into. I'm excited to keep rereading the series! ( )
These books are, honestly, my guilty pleasure. The writing style is simple and flows well, and the series is fraught with angst, mayhem, and raging teenage hormones; what's not to love?! I reread these books all the time. ( )
It has been a bit of time since I read these, but I will give my opinion. I enjoyed the first few of this series in the way that I enjoy shows like South Park, mildly entertaining, however completely unstimulating. As a pagan I did enjoy the use of many aspects of Wicca that were brought into daily life for the characters at first. The circle castings were cute, though they do grow progressively mote ridiculous through the series. Props for original ideas, those are hard to find in modern vampire tales. The writing isn't great, but that seems to be common in books marketed to teens. (which I find incredibly counterproductive.) The descriptions and narrative tend to be regurgitated fairly repeatedly and if you continue through the series you will find that the first chapter or two, used to "catch the reader up if they are starting from this point", are almost exactly the same in every book. Overall, decent bubblegum reading if you stick to the first few books, but I believe the cast ladies should have stopped at book 4 and done a few more drafts of each book. *EDIT* And then I go and read the comments and remember all the little nagging things that disturbed me... the ridiculous stereotyping of all of her friends, male, female, from different cultures (her southern character is ridiculous.) of different races, and her pet gay boy. (also the way she frequently feels the need to say, "oh she's pretty but I'm totes not a lez, teehee, that would be gross! not that I'm judging, I don't judge, that makes me totes modern and like forward thinking. lawl!") The slut-shaming. The mental-health-shaming (is there an official term for that?) The overall shallowness of thought that is being implanted into teenagers' heads. Gr. I got pretty far in this series for the same reason I read all 4 twilight books and saw all 5 movies. Common ground with my mother. it's not worth it. ( )
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From Hesiod's poem to Nyx, the Greek personification of night:
"There also stands the gloomy house of Night; ghastly clouds shroud it in darkness. Before it Atlas stands erect and on his head and unwearying arms firmly supports the broad sky, where Night and Day cross a bronze threshold and then come close and greet each other."
(Hesiod, Theogony, 744 ᶠᶠ∙)
Opdracht
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
For our wonderful agent, Meredith Bernstein, who said the three magic words: vampyre finishing school. We heart you!
Eerste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Just when I thought my day couldn't get any worse I saw the dead guy standing next to my locker.
Citaten
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I've found that the way a person feels about cats - and the way they feel about him or her in return - is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character.
Cats chose us; we don't own them.
(pg. 43)
Beautiful, see the cloud, the cloud appear. Beautiful, see the rain, the rain draw near...
(pg. 43)
Who spoke? The little corn ear, High on top of the stalk...
(pg. 102)
1st hour-Vampyre Sociology 101. Rm. 215. Prof. Neferet 2nd hour-Drama 101. Performing Arts Center. Prof. Nolan or Sketching 101. Rm. 312. Prof. Doner or Intro to Music. Rm. 314. Prof. Vento 3rd hour-Lit 101. Rm. 214. Prof. Penthesilea 4th hour-Fencing. Gymnasium. Prof. D. Lankford
LUNCH
5th hour-Spanish 101. Rm. 216. Prof. Garmy 6th hour-Intro to Equestrian Studies. Field House. Prof. Lenobia
She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them.
(pg. 143)
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies...
(pg. 143)
And all that's best of dark and bright Mee in her aspect and her eyes...
(pg. 143)
Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
(pg. 161)
O winds of storm, in Nyx's name I do call thee forth, cast thy blessing, I do ask, upon the magic which shall be worked here!
(pg. 162)
O fire of lighting, in Nyx's name I do call thee forth, bringer of storms and power of magic, I ask your aid in the spell I do here work!
(pg. 162)
O torrents of rain, in Nyx's name I do call thee forth. Join me with your drowning strength, in performing this most powerful of rituals!
(pg. 162)
O earth, deep and damp, in Nyx's name I do call thee forth, that I may feel the earth herself move in the roar of the storm of power which doth come when you aid me in this rite!
(pg. 163)
O spirit, wild and free, in Nyx's name I do call thee to me! Answer me! Stay with me during this mighty ritual and grant me thy Goddess's power!
(pg. 247)
Great Goddess of Night, whose voice I hear in the wind, who breathes the breath of life to Her children. Hear me; I need your strength and wisdom.
(pg. 247)
Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset that comes before the beauty of your night. Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught your people.
(pg. 247)
Help me to remain calm and strong in the face of all that comes toward me. Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. Help me seek pure thoughts and act with the intention of helping others. Help me find compassion without empathy overwhelming me.
(pg. 247)
I seek strength, not to be greater than others, but to fight my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself.
(pg. 248)
Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes. So when life fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.
Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Het leven is moeilijk als je zestien bent, je moeder getrouwd is met een loser van een stiefvader en je vriendje liever bier drinkt en chillt met zijn maten. Maar het is lang niet zo moeilijk als verkozen zijn. Zoey is uitverkoren: op haar voorhoofd verschijnt het teken van de vampiers. Ze verlaat haar familie om naar het Huis van de Nacht te gaan, een vampierschool. Als je faalt, sterf je.