The House of Night series

A new young adult series lent to me by a friend describes a "high school" for vampires. In the world of Zoey Redbird, vampirism happens to some teenagers in puberty, and when it strikes, they acquire a Mark - a crescent moon on their foreheads - and must live around adult vampires until they either Change to full vampires, or die. So there are Houses of Night where the fledglings learn their history and religion, and go to school from 8pm to 3am.

Zoey gets Marked, which gets her away from her religious step-father and mother, who just don't understand her anyway, and goes to the House of Night where she makes friends, is attracted to boys - her old human boyfriend, a talented fledgling who wants to be an actor, and a professor who is the Poet Laureate of vampires. Her grandmother, a Cherokee, loves her and supports her in the change in her life.

Zoey discovers she is very talented in the ways of the Goddess Nyx, the vampires' god, and quickly takes on responsibilities, makes friends and enemies, is adopted by a cat (as most vampires are), and begins to have adventures.

A light series, sometimes over the top, but interesting reading. There are seven books in the series thus far. I have read four and will keep on until I get bored, or run out of books.
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Other books read since the last post: In the Woods - Tara French; The Risk of Darkness - Susan Hill; Worth Dying For - Lee Child; Side Jobs - Jim Butcher.