But for some reason, this one just felt like it was missing something. Theres a new extreme sport getting picked up on the Internet: bareknuckle fights pitting captured vampires against each otheror humans. Definitely not words I normally use to describe the Rachel Caine reading experience. If you have not read these books then i recommend that you read these books. Her new roommates dont show many signs of life. these series are very good. It has been announced on the author's website that the rights to a Morganville Vampire film/TV series and any other multimedia production have been sold to the people behind the popular series Red Dwarf and Paramount Pictures. Her new life at MIT is scary and exciting, but Morganville is never really far from Claires mind. The Morganville Vampires Series is a series of young adult novels written by Rachel Caine. The books center around Claire Danvers, a sixteen year-old genius who graduated from high school early and started school at a small town college to satisfy her overprotective parents. . If your bored and you don't have anything better to read then pick up this book but if you have something better around you then don't. How can that be? Bishop is fairly polite and well spoken but that simply hides an utter monster whose perfectly fine killing even his own daughter and. Using the city's . Atypical novels in that the vamps are the bad guys 90% of the time. Like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. , ISBN-10 Soon after the fire, Shane and his parents leave Morganville so that they don't have to be reminded of Alyssa's death. I don't usually feel too old for YA books but their was a lot of teenage angst in all of these books. Were not giving up, she told Eve. Reads. After being pushed down the stairs in the dorms, Claire decides to seek alternative housing, leading her to the ad searching for a fourth roommate at the Glass House. What does that mean? . HELL?! What the hell are you doing, Hannah? she demanded, and rattled the mesh, hard. She sat back as the ambulance doors slammed shut and one after the other the big vehicles pulled away onto the two-lane blacktop heading toward downtown Morganvilleif Morganville had anything that could be described as a downtown. But she did recognize the pin he wore on the collar of his uniforma rising sun, in gold. Its worked for a couple of centuries under the iron-in-velvet touch of the Founder, Amelie . Better to stay strong. Please try again. I loved the change in this book, it was so different to the others, with different characters and a whole new place. Regardless, hof his time protecting Claire, Michael and Eve. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, ***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof. To be fair, I'm probably too old for these books and I didn't have particularly high expectations for them but I thought I would give it a go. When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to, Mia has been invited to speak at a gala for Domina Rei, an elite society of powerful businesswomen. Every 2 weeks we send out an e-mail with 12 Book Recommendations by genre. In the school town of Morganville, vampires of the underworld and also the humans exist together in fairly blood-less tranquility. Unlike the new Revivalist series, which seems a little stilted and awkward, these just flow. How does it feel to stab your friends in the back? I really like to see Shane in this one but seeing him sad is not fun. TPU, as it is known by the students, isn't a very good school as a whole, with most students dropping out after their first year, second year max. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. In 2011 September, 3 more books were contracted for the sequence delivering the total to 15 books. What he desires from the towns living and it is lifeless is unthinkably scary. empty. I finished the first half today(since this book has the first two books combined). Claire and Eve soon realize that this film project, whose subjectis the vampires themselves, is a wholelot biggerandway more dangerousthan anyone suspected. It couldnt be true. 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After some controversy concerning her age and the dangers she could face in Morganville, Claire is allowed to stay by Michael, the 18 year old owner of the house and his two roommates, Shane and Eve. In Feast of Fools, Myrnin dresses her as Harlequin of Commedia dell'arte. Next to him, Dr. Anderson slumped against the window as though she didnt care whose prisoner she was anymore. The story takes place in a Texas small town Morganville, unbeknownst to outsiders, the town was secretly ran by vampires and humans were treated as second class citizens and bloodbank on two legs. It was BORING! The first half was quite slow seeing the crew was scattered but the second half kind of made up for the part. Claire and Shane's relationship is growing, and they both want to take things to the next level. Parts. The books center around Claire Danvers, a sixteen year-old genius who graduated from high school early and started school at a small town college to satisfy her overprotective parents. To what end, Claire will find out. That sounded stupid? Using the city's water system ), the volumes of morganville vampires 1-8 was very good. Morganville? Please try your request again later. The Morganville Vampires is a young adult urban fantasy series of novels authored by Rachel Caine. Morganville Vampires Omg.I am in total freak-out mode. Houses referred to in the novels include the Glass house, the Day house, and Claire's parents house. . TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For anyone doubting Claire and Shane being together for so long, and at such a young age - I think Caine puts a lot of those worries to bed in this book. With the aid of her new buddies Michael, Shane and Eve, she probably have a fighting prospects for enduring the most difficult small town in Texas and as well as her colossal classes. I love this series because of the characters and probably could read chapters of them just hanging out and playing video games. The Morganville Vampire series are great reads. I liked her from the beginning because she was innocent , extremely intelligent and stubborn. Most of the town's residents have evacuated, but Claire, Shane, Eve and Michael have chosen to stay and fight. The cops hadnt had an easy time getting Shane into the other cruiser; theyd ended up handcuffing him and threatening a Tasering. I am SO GLAD that I did! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2018. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. I dont trust you. This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers. Then Myrnin, Claires bipolar vampire boss and friend, his dark hair an untamed mess around his still, white face. Then again, does it really matter in a series all about plot and has no substance? . But what, Ellies thrilled to meet Will, the star football, Princesses just want to have fun. Story not that good, believable or written particularly well but the series seems to have "sucked" me in and everytime I finish one I have to onto the next (it looks like there are up to 15 of them! Claire played that out in her head and nearly laughed. And if she did that, she would collapse, like Eve was doing. This book was like riding a roller-coaster. Sit quietly, he said. These books are really funny and smart, they have romance AND action both (LOTS of both!) Shanes coming with us at least. Then, without any warning, theyd taken down their vampire friends, who had just been wheeled into the ambulances and driven off to fates unknown. Claires given permission to leave Morganville and is off to MIT. Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the localtheatrecompany. When she reached into the crappy, beat-up washing machine, she found nothing but the wet slick sides of the drum, andlike a bad jokethe worst pair of underwear she owned, plus one sock. In the small college town of Morganville, vampires and humans lived in (relative) peace-until all the rules got rewritten when the evil vampire Bishop arrived, looking for the lost book of vampire secrets. When Claire Danvers found that her university town was operated by the vampires, she did exactly what any intelligent , smart, self-defending freshman would certainly do: She sent applications for a transfer and stacked up on garlic. You can't ignore the connection. So, I was totally srprised by how much I LOVED these books! He was turned into a vampire when he was 60, and hence looks his age before his siring. Morganville Vampires is a brand new digital series adapted through the best-selling novels by New York Times and the USA Today best-selling author, Rachel Caine. Totally awesome. Enrolled in a special advanced study program with Professor Irene Anderson, a former Morganville native, Claire is able to work on her machine, which is designed to cancel the mental abilities of vampires. Be quiet and wait., Easy for you to say, Eve hissed. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2010. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Claire identified. But Morganville still has a few secrets left to tell. I enjoyed this second book The Dead Girl's Dance. . He comes back to Morganville with his father to find out ways to kill the vampires. But even if you can take the girl out of Morganville, you cant take Morganville out of the girland she ran headlong into a menacing new enemy who knew way too much about vampires. And thus is everyone in the town. Do you think theyre taking them to the hospital? :). Works at a BBQ restaurant, chopping meat. Morganville is a small college town in the heart of Texas that has its share of quirky characters - and some evil ones too. In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2019. He despises Monica Morrell because she is portrayed to have killed his sister Alyssa in a house fire. . He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants-the living and the undead. I've never reviewed a book on goodreads before, but I just finished this book, and feel I have to vent. I will most DEFINITELY be buying my own copies of these books and will re-read them many times! As good as the Weather Warden series. A well done vampire series. Okay, I am justshocked and disappointed. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Get help and learn more about the design. Complete fluff, but when you need a series that keeps you entertained and lets you escape reality, these are great. Yet to catch up on book.. 13? Shane means God is Gracious in Irish & Old English. I absolutely love this book and series! I thought the 1st one was Ok but not that special but then I realised I wanted to know what had happened with the characters and had to get the 2nd one. The first novel was adapted into a web series in 2014 and published on YouTube by Geek & Sundry. Also my other reason was Myrnin, and it doesn't seem to be in this one either! Most of the town's residents have evacuated, but Claire, Shane, Eve and Michael have chosen to stay and fight. With its eclectic mix of vampire and human citizens, Morganville, Texas, has always been a risky place to call home. That cliffhanger though. that pretty much sums it up. but the past few years have been turmoil, trouble, and rebellion. Now Claire's returning home with her housemates (Eve, Michael, and Shane) and her allies (her bipolar mad scientist boss, Myrnin; Amelie's ex-second-in-command, Oliver; Claire's new vampire friend, Jesse) and Dr. Anderson, a captive scientist who was once a Morganville native, now turned traitor. [1] While the mayor of Morganville is human, the population the town is actually run in cooperation with a group of vampires. Somehow, I feel connected to the protagonist, Claire Danvers because of her geeky (and a little bit nerdy) style. the slack faces as they were rolled by: Oliver, once town Founder Amelies second-in-command, now disgraced and in exile. It was a warning, a flat and naked one, and it was reinforced by the deputywhose breath, in all fairness, did kind of reektaking out a Taser. And while it sounds like salvationeven for the vampires themselvesthe truth is far more sinister and deadly. Although Claire is a new type of protagonist, a bookish sixteen-year-old genius who's already a freshman in college, she definitely has pluck and a protective loyalty towards her friends and family. It just wasn't the same being so far out of Morganville. For Claire Danvers, high school was hell, but college may be murder. In Feast of Fools, Myrnin dresses her as Harlequin of Commedia dell'arte. All you hear is about how smart she is blah blah blah. Rachel Caine has additionally come on board as author producer and writer. Eve: Well punch him in the face and then run like hell. Yo, Hannah! . Midnight Alley, Feast of Fools, Lord of Misrule, However, in The Dead Girl's Dance Michael, in order to help Shane, who is sentenced to death and to be able to get out of the house, asks Amelie to turn him into a vampire. By night, the vampires emerge and take control. Now an underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. GLASS HOUSES. i still read them. The plots were actually pretty interesting, I found myself caught up in the story, but I just couldn't get into the characters. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Claire Danvers, who is college Fresher has had an adequate amount of her nightmarish dormitory scenario. In Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows - one that will spill out into the bright light of day. The Morganville Vampires (15 book series) Kindle Edition by Rachel Caine (Author) Kindle Hardcover Paperback Mass Market Paperback College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero. Most of the students there are apparently unaware of the strange things that happen in Morganville. She felt cold and helpless and vulnerable, and she didnt know how any of this could really be okay . Namely, to jail. He despises Monica Morrell because she is portrayed to have killed his sister Alyssa in a house fire. Her popular book series include the young adult Morganville Vampires novels, the Great Library series, and the #1 bestselling Stillhouse Lake novels in adult thrillers. Even a Vampire or stalker couldn't make this book less boring. The drivers-side door opened, and Hannah Moses got behind the wheel of the police car. The introduction on the Daylighters and the changing town. The Morganville Vampires Vol. Now, Claire and her friends have to figure out how to keep the peace without ending up on the nightly newsor worse. The Morganville Vampires is a series of young adult urban fantasy/vampire novels written by Rachel Caine. Something went wrong. but for now, in the moments between opportunities, all she could do was pretend. The series feature Claire Danvers who is a student at Texas Prairie University and her house-mates in the vampire controlled city at Morganville in Texas. The book started out following just Claire, ad eventually the rest of the original characters came in, including some new ones. Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire and her friends were away. He looked deadest of them all. I don't really have any issues with her actions or anything, she was just really dull, as was her love interest Shane. I have volume 2 on my shelf so I'll keep going if for no other reason than to see what happens to Shane and Claire. Morganville Vampires Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. There was a problem loading your book clubs. 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I like the plot, the fact that the vampires are the bad ones, and that the pack of human main characters that we're following are quite resourseful. Morganville: The Series: With Amber Benson, Ben Easter, Jordan Farris, Lindsay Seidel. They are connected to each other through Ada, Myrnin's invention that keeps up memory barriers in town (later replaced by Frank Collins, Shane's father). Okay, okay, I realize I give a lot of the books I read five stars, but what can I say, I love every one of them. Great fun with the Morganville gang when they Claire leaves home and heads for Boston. Tracking the remote signal leads Claireaccompanied by her friends and frenemiesto discover that what started as an online brawl will soon threaten everyone in Morganville. In fact I hope they kill Eve, Claire, and Shane off. [ ] "s ; ss". Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. The glitter of her ruby wedding ring caught the light, and for a moment Claires wall of numbness shuddered and threatened to collapse to reveal the pain and fear shed hidden behind it. Claire really hated to admit it, but there was absolutely nothing they could accomplish locked in a police cruiser. This book series is the best book series that i have read and i can not wait till the next books come out in the uk. Now Claires returning home with her housemates (Eve, Michael, and Shane) and her allies (her bipolar mad scientist boss, Myrnin; Amelies ex-second-in-command, Oliver; Claires new vampire friend, Jesse) and Dr. Anderson, a captive scientist who was once a Morganville native, now turned traitor. Bite me. I thought in a panic. Honestly, Claire for such a supposedly smart character how are you blind to his behaviour? And its giving night school a whole new meaning. Did he look okay?. Nevertheless I loved everything about the book. Oliver is a 400-year-old vampire who has long gray hair and looks middle-aged. MAY FREAKIN 7th? But although she said all the right things, she felt . No Morganville? It was pretty and a little mysterious and dark and I knew it obviously had something to do with vampires. And the whole jailbait love story. It is located next to the Day house, secretly hidden from everyone but those Amelie wishes to share this information with. biding our time., And what do you think theyre going to do to him while were biding, exactly? Eve asked, yanking at the mesh again. Action slowly builds but takes place. Morganville as much as she doesn't want to accept it - is her home. >:(, I realize this series has a cult like following. It is also a safe haven for those in need. 1 hours, 22 . Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2022. Votes. Too far. I had read a story about the Morganville Vampire but not any full books until I found this at the library. Wow. 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