History Literature / TheHouseOfNight

%% * SaltAndPepper: Shaunee and Erin.

%% * TriangRelations: Zoey just has TooManyLoveInterests. {{Polyamory}} may end up being the only solution.

** Raven Mockers are mindless creatures of Darkness and they should all be wiped out. Everybody agrees with the KillEmAll attitude and, as of ''Burned'', around twenty Raven Mockers have been killed. Even the idea of giving them a burial is seen as strange. The only exception is Stevie Rae and when she raises valid points of WhatMeasureIsANonHuman and IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim not only does every character tell her she's wrong but she is suspected of secretly turning over to TheDarkSide.

* CantArgueWithElves: The series provides us with a serious in-universe example. Vampyre society is considered- both in-universe and by the authors- to be [[MarysueTopia completely perfect]]. The narrative ''explicitly states'' that vampyres are smarter, hotter, stronger, and more creative than humanity. The only good humans in the story all assist vampyres in some way. Any humans who don't like vampyres are invariably hateful, murderous people who are [[YoureJustJealous hopelessly envious]] of the vampyres' perfection and probably serving evil.

* MarySuetopia: A serious in-universe example. Vampyre society is considered- both in-universe and by the authors- to be completely perfect. The narrative ''explicitly states'' that vampyres are smarter, stronger, and more creative than humanity. The only good humans in the story all assist vampyres in some way. Any humans who don't like vampyres are invariably hateful, murderous people who are [[YoureJustJealous hopelessly envious]] of the vampyres' perfection and probably serving evil.

%% * BigDamnVillains: Being a FallenHero, Kalona has his moments, most notably in ''Awakened'' and ''Destined''.

* CharacterShilling: Taken UpToEleven with Zoey Redbird. Nyx chose her because she is supposedly wise beyond her years, is a fount of empathy and compassion, and is well versed in both the old ways and the modern world. She has an instant fanclub of people that serve mainly to ooh and ahh over how wonderful she is, men fall at her feet in droves because of how beautiful and awesome she supposedly is, and she gets new tattoos and praise for her bravery from Nyx anytime she takes care of whatever problem is plaguing her that particular book. Actually reading the book shows us that she's a stupid, shallow, judgmental, hypocrite that doesn't do much of anything except bemoan her boyfriend problems until the authors decide that something needs to happen so the book can end.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The entire series is seen and judged through Zoey's sense of Morality. Even in ''Tempted'' and ''Burned'' (when different POVS and LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters are introduced) and someone has different opinion than that of Zoey's having, they're considered to be having an [[OutOfCharacterMoment OOC moment]] at best or they're automatically considered to be a horrible bitch and/or in cahoots with the BigBad.

* RapunzelHair: Many of the vampyres have long, flowing hair due to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampyre biology]].

* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: [[TheDragon Rephaim]] [[spoiler:murders Dragon's wife]]. He later switches sides, and Zoey is shocked- ''[[MoralDissonance shocked]]''- that Dragon doesn't forgive Rephaim.

In July 2012, a five-issue comic book titled ''House of Night: Legacy'' was published.

A vampire series written by P.C. Cast and edited by her daughter Kristin Cast.

''The Fledgling Handbook 101'' (an in-universe textbook mentioned frequently within the series) was published on the 26th of October 2010. Prequels about various characters have also been released.

The twelfth book ''Redeemed'' was released on October 14th, 2014, thus ending the main series.

!!The House of Night contains examples of:

* BeautifulAllAlong: ''Burned'' reveals [[spoiler:that if Rephaim were to choose good and become human, he would look "hotter than an Oklahoma blacktop in the middle of the summer." Just how attractive he could be is the only thing Aphrodite and Stevie Rae can agree on]].

%% * CliffHanger: We get these at the end of ''Tempted'' and ''Burned''.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: What practically every vampyre says about Zoey's HeroicBSOD in ''Burned''. So naturally, we all know what's going to happen by the end of the next book...

# ''Burned'' (April 2010)

The twelfth book ''Redeemed'' was released on October 14th, 2014, thus ending the series.

Not to be confused with ''Film/TheNightHouse''.

* PresentDayPast: An example that applies to what's supposed to be contemporary fiction, likely caused by the fact the books were written and published between 2007 and 2014 but the writer and/or editor forgot the books themselves take place over the course of only about a year: Zoey is 16 in Book 1 (''Marked'') and turns 17 in Book 3 (''Chosen''); the first spin-off book (''Loved'') is set a year after ''Redeemed'' and features Zoey's 18th birthday (which falls on December 24th). ''Marked'' is presumably set in 2007, the year of publication, which would mean most of the books take place in 2007 or 2008, while ''Loved'' takes place around 2009 (the use of flip-phones and so on in early books make the time period obvious). Yet the later books feature things like [=iPads=] (first one was launched in 2010) and references to ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (first aired in 2011), as if it's the 2010s rather than the late 2000s.

%% ** [[spoiler:Neferet]]

%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Aphrodite.

* ALoadOfBull: In ''Burned'', an ancient mythos of Darkness and Light being represented by telepathic bulls is introduced.

* AllGhoulsSchool: The House Of Night teaches its "vampyres" how to behave in society.

** Erik from is pretty much the perfect boyfriend to Zoey for the first three books. Then he suddenly turns out to be a possessive jerk in later books, thus justifying Zoey's displays of interest in other boys. Though considering that Zoey wasn't exactly a faithful girlfriend to him, his new attitude toward her might be somewhat justified. In addition, he exhibited a surprisingly cold, condescending, and sometimes insulting behavior towards his ex-girlfriend Aphrodite, which everyone overlooked, because they saw her as a borderline DirtyCoward AlphaBitch with SkewedPriorities (instead of TheWoobie ManipulativeBastard BrokenBird being a practitioner of BrutalHonesty).

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The series is a pretty big offender. While there are pretty big jumps in time between the books, the novels themselves take place over four or five days each, roughly.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All twelve books of the series are past tense verbs, and the titles of the third and third-last books don't end in "-ed":
* ''Marked''
* ''Betrayed''
* ''Chosen''
* ''Untamed''
* ''Hunted''
* ''Tempted''
* ''Burned''
* ''Awakened''
* ''Destined''
* ''Hidden''
* ''Revealed''
* ''Redeemed''

* PresentDayPast: An example that applies to what's supposed to be contemporary fiction, likely caused by the fact the books were written and published between 2007 and 2014 but the writer and/or editor forgot the books themselves take place over the course of only about a year: Zoey is 16 in book 1 (''Marked'') and turns 17 in book 3 (''Chosen''); the first spin-off book, (''Loved'') is set a year after redeemed and features Zoey's 18th birthday (which falls on December 24th). ''Marked'' is presumably set in 2007, the year of publication, which would mean most of the books take place in 2007 or 2008, while ''Loved'' takes place around 2009 (the use of flip-phones and so on in early books make the time period obvious). Yet the later books feature things like [=iPads=] (first one was launched in 2010) and references to ''Series/GameOfThrones''' (first aired in 2011), as if it's the 2010s rather than the late 2000s.

* {{Polyamory}}: Many (sometimes with more than three people) involving Zoey, usually some sort of combination out of Zoey/Erik/Heath/Stark (and sometimes Loren). Zoey/Heath/Stark was a thing for a while.