Review by Vicky London

Rachel Caine, best known for her weather warden series, begins a new young adult vampire series with Glass Houses. The series takes place in the small college town of Morganville, Texas. Claire finished high school early and is attending Texas Prairie University (aka TPEwww) at the tender age of 16. Her parents wanted to keep her close to home rather than shipping their young genius off to MIT or Yale. Claire is having trouble adjusting to college life, because of a gang of girls that keep tormenting her. One day it goes too far and Claire is pushed down the stairs and badly injured. She has to find someplace else to live other than the dorm or her life could be at risk.

Claire’s chance to get out arrives in the form of an ad looking for a fourth roommate in an off campus house. Claire arrives at the house bruised, bloodied and in tears. Eve, one of the roommates takes pity on Claire and invites her in. The other roommate Shane seems to like her as well but they have to get final approval from Michael, the owner of Glass House. He reluctantly allows Claire to stay even though she is underage. They know it’s not safe out there for Claire and she finds out why when Eve explains that Morganville is run by vampires and that the gang of girls tormenting her are vampires as well. The only protection they have is to stay inside the Glass House which has some secrets of its own.

Claire is determined not to quit school and run away, but the only way she can stay is if she can find protection from the vampires. If Claire can find the one thing they want most, she can ensure her safety and that of her new friends. Deciding who to trust in the deadly game of vampire politics will be her biggest challenge.

Glass Houses is a nice change of pace from the typical vampire novel. These vampires are evil and the humans who live in the town are just cattle who live at their mercy. A nice counterpoint to the dark, dreary setting is the budding romance between Claire and Shane. At sweet sixteen, Claire has never been kissed and she has a hard time resisting Shane and his gallant attempts to protect her. The book ends on a major cliffhanger that will be resolved in the next Morganville Vampires book, Dead Girl’s Dance. The release date for Glass Houses in both the US and UK is October 3, 2006. You can order the book by clicking on the Amazon link above.

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