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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November 15th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
I love This book so much Icouldn´t think of anything else I totally forgat the real world is the best book I´ve read I can´t wait to read the next:)
December 3rd, 2007 at 11:49 am
I’m only on pg 12 and I’m already hooked, I can’t stop reading it!!! thank you so much!!!
Hayli
January 14th, 2008 at 2:14 am
I’m on the last chapter of the first book…. and i found that once i was reading it, i couldn’t stop. Yes it is a bit of a dragging book… but for some strange exciting reason… you just cant help but think, ‘I wonder what’s about to happen?’
I really enjoyed the first book… cant wait to read the next. It sounds a whole lot better than the first.
February 6th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
i read the sample chapter online and on the same day i bought the book. . . . . . . it is GREAT so far andi dont want it to end! ! ! cant wait to get the next book. . . . . .
April 18th, 2008 at 11:56 am
OMG!!!!! I have read the first three books…and im going insane waiting for the fourth one to come out!!!!!!!! This series has to be on my top ten favorite series list(probable on the top 5)!!!! CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEST ONES TO COME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!
May 29th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
The Morganville Vampire Series books are my favorite books ever!!
Rachel Caine is a great writer, can’t wait till the fifth book comes out, I loved the first four!!
June 8th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Hey I loved that bokk!!!! I’m on Dead Girls’ Dance and it’s really good… I cried though it was so sad… and by the way the tormenters (monika and the monickanettes- Gina and Jennifer) aren’t vampires, thy’re just connected. Monika’s dad is the mayor of the town. If you haven’t already you must read this book!!!!!!
October 10th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
The morganville Vampire series is so good.
i loved every thing in them.
i was so happy to find Shane and Clarie were going out.
I loved the series so much i read it twice.
but they are my friends book she let me borrow them and now i want to buy them.
also it made me laugh so hard in the books when they kept saying bite me and how girls should not say suck me because its a boy thing
October 13th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I love these books
there awesome and i hope i read more
they’re one of the only types of books i read apart from the twilight series
=D
October 13th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
it is one of the best books/series i have ever read
i love reading them there so much fun to read and i look forward to reading them(very rare).
i think they’re awesome and that they’re some of the funnest books i’ve ever read
I LOVE MORGANVILLE
AND THE VAMPIRES
I LOVE SHANE COLLINS TOO
=D =D =D
chey is awesome
October 27th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
really gud!!!!
October 27th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
shane is sooooo cute
December 27th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
i love these books. i hope there is a movie. can’t wait until the next books come out.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I love this book so far!! I’m going to the library tomorrow to get the rest of the series. Four more days until the fifth book comes out!!!!!
January 4th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
My friend, sister, and mom got me totally hooked on these books……….we all agree there way better then the twighlight series
January 9th, 2009 at 6:31 am
i love this book it was the best book i’ve read and i already read it two times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 11th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Well, the girls who tourment her r not vamps. they’re just FRIENDs of the vamps. Monica morrell is not a vampire.
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:08 pm
i think this book is AWESOME!!!!! It’s like twilight but with a more interesting twist. but then again stephenie meyer was reading it while writing the twilight series. Like i just started and i’m still nonstop!! couple of chapters left!!!! But i’ve been reading 6 hours straight!!! it’s awesome!!!!
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:10 pm
and it would also be awesome if they made it into a movie!!!! i can almost imagine it being the greatest!
January 28th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
These are my fav books
The best ive ever read!!!!!! Im dying to read the 6th!!
Cant wait!!
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I’ve read the first book and I really want to read the rest. Is there anywhere I can read this book online?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Okay I Finished Reading This Book In Two Days,I Absolutly Loved It I Was So Hooked I Cound’nt Stop Reading.I Feel In Love With Shane And He Isn’t Even Real
March 9th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
this is the most awesomest series EVER! :D! i like them better than twilight, vampire diaries, vampire kisses, bluebloods, cronicals of vladimare tod, the dark world series and most of the other series. (yes, i read all these series in a month. hard to beleive, well it is true. i am a fast reader)
:D 
:D :O! hehe.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:45 am
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!
these books are the best… i couldn’t stop reading them…iread them all in three days and i’m a really slow reader so that means something… i am totally in love with shane but i am not sure which wins, sane or edward (from twilight)… i can’t wait for the sixth one to come out i have already read the samples on rachel caine’s website, three more months…
I am soooooo hooked.
LOL :] :]
Luv Sammy
March 11th, 2009 at 9:05 am
OMG I LOVE THESE BOOKS !!!!!
I cannae wait till the sixth and seventh books come out!!
Love
MEEEEE!!
xxxx
March 18th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
OMG these books are one of the best books right beside the twilight series.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:17 am
i read the book in less than five hours. I’m hooked! I can’t wait for the 5th book of the series…..
April 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
OMYG!! This series has to be the best in the world! I am in love with it, i’ve probably read it 50 times.
April 9th, 2009 at 5:00 am
i love these bokks sooo much. i rarely read and my bf got me to cant wait to get the 3rd, 4th, and 5th books. im so excited for them ive read the first and second likt three times each. i want these series to be made into movies. omg that would be awesome
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:32 pm
AMAZING!! I am going to cry when i have to wait to get the next one.
These books are better then twilight, and I LOVED Twilight.
I like Shane better then Edward too.
Can’t wait to get the next one.
May 11th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
OMGG!![GOD THE FIRST BOOK IS TOTALLY AWESOME,CANT WAIT FOR THE SECOND ONE]IM NOT MUCH OF A READER BUT DA BOOK IS F-U-C-K AMAZING[IF U DONT THINK SO THEN SOMETHIN WRONG WIT U SERIOUSLY,AND ITS ALSO BETTA DEN THE TWILIGHT BOOK IF U ASK ME! I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE PART WHEN CLAIRE CALLS SHANE A DICK AND HE TRIES 2 THROW THE FREAKIN PILLOW AT HER![U HAVE GOTS 2 READ IT 2 BELIEVE IT][:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
YEA SHANE IS FUCKIN HOT DUDE! IM TOTALLY JEALOUZ OF CLAIRE 4REALS!
May 15th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I love it more then Twilight. Shane sounds so so hot…. they need to make a movie!!!!!!!!! i need to get the 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 cant what until they come out i got a friend hoke on them she keeps steeling them gtg in school
May 18th, 2009 at 9:45 am
i love all these books! im only on the third one and i can relate to claire so much(except advanced placment) i just start reading and i cannot stop! i just read it like im Claire. and wow shane is so FREAKING GEORGOUS! this on my vamp scale from one to ten. a three freakin hundred! they are a lot better than Twilight! LOVE THEM!
May 18th, 2009 at 9:51 am
omg i cried alot in the second book and third!!!!!!!!! and i laugh so much in them my cuz always asks whats so funny and i hit her.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:23 am
OMG i love these series, i must have read them loads of times, i love the story line with micheal and all the friends get toghether as couples, i got little upset when shane got stabbed in the third book.
May 31st, 2009 at 10:22 am
can’t wait for Lord of Misrule to come out… read all four out at the moment, really compelling reads. I like twilight, but the Morganville series kick their butts
June 5th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
i love this book and i love shane
June 9th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I LOVE TWILIGHT but i think im sartin 2 like this better….
July 21st, 2009 at 3:57 pm
the book was one of the best books in my life no joke
August 5th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Glass Houses is an awesome book. It puts a new twist on vamps but it’s a good twist. I literally could not put this book down until it was finish. I even read while I ate dinner too. I think i fell in love with Shane. I want a Shane and I am so looking forward to read the next books in the series. If you decide not to pick this book up it is definately your loss.
September 10th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
OMG!!! I’ve read the 1st 2nd and starting the third book its only been a week my god this is the greatest Vampire Series i’ve ever read THANK YOU RACHEL CAINE!!!!!!!!!! your so amazing i would so love to meet her in person imagine that !!!!!!
October 25th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I am absolutely in love with Morganville!!!In my opinion,Morganville is better than Twilight by a long shot.Thank you Rachel Caine for writing this series.I’m so hooked!!!
October 25th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
best book eva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i loved it
November 5th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Don’t see the point of everyone bringing up Twilight, they are really not alike in any way. I loved Twilight and my friend told me to read this when i wanted more Vamp/romance reads. I’ve only read the first book..and it was ok (i love Shane and Claire!) I have to be honest and say it didn’t grab my attention like Twilight did, i was hoping it would but it didn’t
Maybe the 2nd book will? *crosses fingers*
November 12th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Hi everyone!!! I got to say I am a huge fan of Twilight series… and nothing will be as good as Edward and Bella´story… but I´ve read the 1st book of Morganville Vampires… and it´s so adictive…
I am from spain…. and I bought the 1st and 2nd book in english… even when I don´t understand all the words I can´t stop reading… My favourite moment is the day is when I go to bed and read.
And we need a movie of Morganville Vampires….
November 29th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I read this entire book in one day. I just sat down on the couch, saw it in front of me, grabbed it, and I was off. A few hours later, I was finished.
NOw I just cannot wait to get the next one! We live in Montana and about 60 miles from any book store so keep trying to get in to town and get it! Im so exited!
I agree with Vanessa on the fact that Twilight and these are nothing alike! For one, I think these books are good.
For the love of books
November 29th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
i thought this book was pretty good. But i also didnt think it was anything like twilight, in this book the vampires are bad. in twilight the main vamps. are good guys! and that makes all the difference!!!
December 12th, 2009 at 11:45 am
i had to read this book for an english report and i felt like was in the book it was exciting and thrilling, not knowing what would happen next=)
December 30th, 2009 at 2:36 am
WOW! Reading all of these comments makes me want to get the books desperately! I love reading and have read the first chapter of the first book online and immediately wanted more! I’m praying that the local bookstore has them in stock… Because I really need some new reading material and this series sounds perfect (:
January 7th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
i luved the series. i wonder if theres gonna b any other books? i hope so ………………………
January 16th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
how was twilight noticed and not this? These books OWN twilight tbh, but if they did make movies I know it would ruin it. It’s the little things in these books that make the difference:D
This series should never end, it can possibly go on forever
^_^
- Curtis
February 20th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
ooooommmgggg i looovveeddddd the morganville vampires series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can’t wait until the next ones!!! there should be a movie made from it. its so awesome and i looooveee micheal!! and im sooo much like eve
March 1st, 2010 at 2:20 pm
WOOO! I LOVE THE SERIES! I cannot wait for KISS OF DEATH this April
Immma sooooo excited! ^_^ I love Shane!!! Actually all of them. >:D
April 9th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
This book is the AWSOMEST in the whole entire UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!! =D
April 19th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
i totally loved this series cant wait for kiss of death and ghost town love love shane and claire hope noting bad happens to their love GREAT JOB RACHEL
April 19th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
yeah its noting like twilight and its all the small details in their dialogue that makes it a great read. please more shane (who i totally adore) and claire i am excited to see their love
May 9th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
LOVED THE BOOKS TOOK ME 7 DAYS TO READ ALL 7 AND WANT A 8TH BOOK TO COME OUT
May 9th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
read the book love love love it cant wait to read the next one
May 31st, 2010 at 9:04 am
is it abad when u dream about shane and claire???
June 19th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
OMFG! these books are the bomb!
i cant wait for all the others to come out! Shane is the best! Claire is lucky and Eve is the best Gothe ever. CANT WAIT!!!!
June 23rd, 2010 at 7:29 pm
i love this book soooooooooooo much how amzing is it
June 28th, 2010 at 11:35 am
well i really like them, its totally not what i expected when i started reading them, i love the characters especially claire.
But to be honest i still think tht twilight is the best book in the world ( well my fav book) but tht dosent mean tht the morganville series isnt good too. i love them both but just twilight better. XD
June 30th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
I read it so long ago, and i read all the books that are out after, trying to get my hands on Fade out, its the only one i dont own!! Love, love love them! i actually thought Claire’s name was pronounced, like Clair-e, like you actually said the e… I think i like the name that way… anyway, i love the book!!! *squeal*
July 7th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
i only read the last book but it was amazing…………i really want to read books 1-7……..i love this series
July 29th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
I t0ttaly love this! Wayyyyyy better than Twilight! (:
August 19th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
omg!!!!!!! i love this book i love this book more than i like twilight.
August 23rd, 2010 at 1:40 am
This book is amazing
can’t wait to read the others!!
August 29th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
I have not read the first 2 books, “Glass House”, and “Dead Girls Dance”, but I have read the rest of them, from “Midnight Alley” to “Fade Out”! I love the series, I wish I would have started with “Glass House”, but its all good because I have the first 2 books on hold. Claire and Shane are my favorite characters, but without Eve and Michael, I dont think the series would be that good. Also I like Mylin (srry if I spelled it wrong) Rachel Caine is a great writer, I hope this can become a TV series or movie!!!
September 1st, 2010 at 4:37 pm
OMG
so hooked on this book I dumped all my allowance for it and
im going to cry Michael dies after all that waiting on the 2 ,3 and 4th book plzz dont give it away