The sixteen-year-old Zoey led a normal life, until she is suddenly was preferred for the house of the night, a school for Fledgling vampire. Of the one on the other day everything behind itself life must let Zoey as a vampire, learn where she will change year within a couple in. At least, if its body allows the verandering’ to `. Because if this does not happen, then she dies…

At people who are preferred joining the house of the night, the access of crescent on their face appears. Normally said it lasts a number of year before these `tattoeage’ are colored, but at Zoey happens this already after a couple days. She proves the goddess Nux favorite being for a special task, already weet them not yet this way well which that is… But in a or other manner weet Zoey `toevallig’, however, the complete time what must do them. At any time she gets an illumination of the goddess Nyx as a result of which she takes the correct decisions each time. She feels himself thereby also once more best particular, what does not turn her into most empathetic the protagonist.

The tale concerning Zoey is little particular, books with a tale line as these is there enough. That does not have however mean that it is then not nice read the book. It shuts, as it happens, not always for the destination, but sometimes also travel. Unfortunately it is enjoy nearly impossible to this excursion.

To start be there beside the smooth passages, passages also a lot of which are simply weak. For example when Zoey are obtained by its dead cherokee ancestors to geestenrijk and in contact comes with the goddess Nux. This situation has been terribly slowly described with all kinds of beeldende senses which call of everything except the correct pictures. Moreover it is handled terribly American standards and values concerning sex, narcotics and belief. The author describes how a boy gepijpt, but afterwards themselves of bump becomes almost the complete book recover as a result of which it every time is raked up as if is a terrible experience, must.

Secondly the translation has been a lot touched. That zit this way dense at English you this by the Dutch senses gone sees shimmering. Moreover the translation is terribly old-fashioned and infantile. Which does itself respecting teenager scold nowadays still with `to complete Jee’? who says there `what kind of…? as fear? Who use there still words as `zowaar’, `what you says! , `mispunt’ and `boeven’? But it would be too easy only to the translator give the debt of this enormous lack of young people language. A good editorial staff round could have overcome this, as a result of which the young reader in any case something could imagine oneself itself more in the tale. And that a word as `overnieuw’ (foei!) in the book, can something has arrived say concerning editorial dowdiness but also concerning the `verloedering’ of the Dutch language – we let us leave that but in the middle to leave.

Nevertheless the book is best quite, especially for little girls of a year or fourteen that not too choosy is and let drag itself by the vampire hype which has been used by Stephanie Mayer. But you could decide to this book as a parent gift to give to your child, you choose then alstublieft, however, for the English version: that it will read a piece leuker to make and your child learns of it still something also.

Again sorry for the horrible translation.

Source: NU BOEK