Gone into vampire withdrawal yet? We've seen "New Moon" a hundred times, "Vampire Diaries" is in reruns, and "True Blood" is on hiatus. Take that Jasper grimace off your face and relax; we're here to help. Peruse through past Book Report recommendations for your supernatural
YA fix, and get sucked into yet another vampire series this week: P.C. Cast and daughter Kristin Cast's "House of Night" books, which have also been optioned for a movie adaptation.If I wanted to be lazy, I'd call this book "Twilight" meets "Harry Potter." And sure, it's definitely got elements of both: vampires and a boarding school for very special students. But it has one very unique element: main character Zoey Redbird, who is basically the most relatable vampire — sorry, fledgling vampyre — I've ever read about. She starts off as a regular girl from the suburbs of Tulsa with a flaky mother and an oppressive, Christian fundamentalist stepfather. And even when she turns into an extraordinary supernatural being charged with saving the school (or the world, as the series goes on) as three guys fight for her love, her down-to-earth attitude and relentless inner monologue keeps her likable.
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