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!!!!!!!!!!!