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The Morganville Vampires #1-11
The Morganville Vampires, #1-11
The Morganville Vampires Collection Rachel Caine 12 Books Set (Last Breath, Bite Club, Ghost Town, Glass Houses, The Dead Girls Dance, Midnight Alley, Feast of Fools, Lord of Misrule, Carpe Corpus, Fade Out, Kiss of Death, Black Dawn)
2954 pages, Unknown Binding
First published November 6, 2011
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August 1, 2012
DISCLAIMER: I'm taking the lazy route, rather than reviewing each book individually.
Oh, Morganville, I shouldn't love you like I do.
Here's the thing, The Morganville Vampires series aren't particularly good books. I can think of at least one major continuity problem. Apparently getting shot in Morganville translates to a stab wound? Pretty major screw up. They're rollarcoasty and often end with a cliffhanger and in books 10 & 11, we get treated to alternating POV's, often a shift from third person limited to first person then back to third. Claire Danvers is a strong character, with no real physical attributes given to her. In 11 books, all I can tell you about Claire is that she's on the small side and has short hair, which is probably brown but also maybe red. Basically, she could be anybody anywhere, and maybe it's so we can slip her on like a pair of jeans. I don't know. Aside from Monica and her pack dogs, everyone mostly loves her unless it's crucial to the plot that they don't. She's insanely smart, pretty talented, and despite going on and on about how she's the biggest geek ever, she ends up with one of the hottest boys in town who is insanely in love with her. She's a little Mary Sue, is what I'm saying here. Not the Maryest Sue that ever did Sue, she's no Bella Swan, but she is on the scale. And maybe a 5.
But, God, all that said, I could not stop reading. It's like the best crackfic ever. Things are always happening in Morganville and Claire and the Glass House gang are always smack dab in the middle, getting the hell beat out of them. This we can get to Caine hands down. She has no qualms about putting her characters through the ringer. Even if their wounds change over the course of the books.
There was something refreshing about Morganville's vampires, something that we're just not seeing too much of in YA paranormal books these days. They're not romanticised, not completely. They're neither wholly good nor wholly bad. They don't run around sucking the blood out of neighborhood farm animals, but they're not running around hunting humans either. They're pretty much what you would expect for somewhat domesticated 100+ year old demon creatures of the night. Self-serving first, somewhat civilized second. Bad characters have redeeming qualities, good characters have bad ones, and there's a whole lot of gray and not much black and white. The whole idea of the town being founded by them, as a sort of experiment to see if they could co-exist with humans and cease running and hiding was intriguing. The way they kept their existence secret from the students who came to the town to go to college and the careful balance between the two species. It's a fun concept and damn it all, you come to grudging love the founder Amelie as the books progress.
OKAY. Can we talk about Myrnin now? Because I'm totally only writing this review to talk about Myrnin.
MYRNIN, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
Seriously. This vamp is everything, everything, fabulous is made of. He's the shit. He's crazy as shit. He's bipolar and a mad scientist with a fondness for steampunk inventions and you never know what he's up to and he's easily the best thing in the whole series. No really. Team Myrnin. Let's make t-shirts. Myrnin for president. OF LIFE. He's what kept me reading at times, when I rolled my eyes and thought, "Oh sweet Jesus, DOES ANYTHING NOT HAPPEN IN THIS TOWN?" My next thought would always be, "What's Myrnin going to do next? That crazy old coot!" He keeps brains in jars and hooks them up to computers. He has a pet spider! He wears fanged bunny slippers and Hawaiian shirts and old Victorian jackets. Everything awesome in life, that's Myrnin. Did I mention that he's crazy? Because he is. He's so crazy. Every book, at one point or another, I said out loud, "Oh, Myrnin, you so craaaaazy!" Running around in his Victorian clothes and flip-flops. Coming up with insane inventions that sometimes works but also sometimes wipes the memories of everyone in the town, including his own. Love that fanged man. I would have his crazy, fanged babies.
Oh. And there's lot of other people too and they do things but mostly they're just fillers until we get back to Myrnin.
TEAM MYRNIN.
Oh, Morganville, I shouldn't love you like I do.
Here's the thing, The Morganville Vampires series aren't particularly good books. I can think of at least one major continuity problem. Apparently getting shot in Morganville translates to a stab wound? Pretty major screw up. They're rollarcoasty and often end with a cliffhanger and in books 10 & 11, we get treated to alternating POV's, often a shift from third person limited to first person then back to third. Claire Danvers is a strong character, with no real physical attributes given to her. In 11 books, all I can tell you about Claire is that she's on the small side and has short hair, which is probably brown but also maybe red. Basically, she could be anybody anywhere, and maybe it's so we can slip her on like a pair of jeans. I don't know. Aside from Monica and her pack dogs, everyone mostly loves her unless it's crucial to the plot that they don't. She's insanely smart, pretty talented, and despite going on and on about how she's the biggest geek ever, she ends up with one of the hottest boys in town who is insanely in love with her. She's a little Mary Sue, is what I'm saying here. Not the Maryest Sue that ever did Sue, she's no Bella Swan, but she is on the scale. And maybe a 5.
But, God, all that said, I could not stop reading. It's like the best crackfic ever. Things are always happening in Morganville and Claire and the Glass House gang are always smack dab in the middle, getting the hell beat out of them. This we can get to Caine hands down. She has no qualms about putting her characters through the ringer. Even if their wounds change over the course of the books.
There was something refreshing about Morganville's vampires, something that we're just not seeing too much of in YA paranormal books these days. They're not romanticised, not completely. They're neither wholly good nor wholly bad. They don't run around sucking the blood out of neighborhood farm animals, but they're not running around hunting humans either. They're pretty much what you would expect for somewhat domesticated 100+ year old demon creatures of the night. Self-serving first, somewhat civilized second. Bad characters have redeeming qualities, good characters have bad ones, and there's a whole lot of gray and not much black and white. The whole idea of the town being founded by them, as a sort of experiment to see if they could co-exist with humans and cease running and hiding was intriguing. The way they kept their existence secret from the students who came to the town to go to college and the careful balance between the two species. It's a fun concept and damn it all, you come to grudging love the founder Amelie as the books progress.
OKAY. Can we talk about Myrnin now? Because I'm totally only writing this review to talk about Myrnin.
MYRNIN, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
Seriously. This vamp is everything, everything, fabulous is made of. He's the shit. He's crazy as shit. He's bipolar and a mad scientist with a fondness for steampunk inventions and you never know what he's up to and he's easily the best thing in the whole series. No really. Team Myrnin. Let's make t-shirts. Myrnin for president. OF LIFE. He's what kept me reading at times, when I rolled my eyes and thought, "Oh sweet Jesus, DOES ANYTHING NOT HAPPEN IN THIS TOWN?" My next thought would always be, "What's Myrnin going to do next? That crazy old coot!" He keeps brains in jars and hooks them up to computers. He has a pet spider! He wears fanged bunny slippers and Hawaiian shirts and old Victorian jackets. Everything awesome in life, that's Myrnin. Did I mention that he's crazy? Because he is. He's so crazy. Every book, at one point or another, I said out loud, "Oh, Myrnin, you so craaaaazy!" Running around in his Victorian clothes and flip-flops. Coming up with insane inventions that sometimes works but also sometimes wipes the memories of everyone in the town, including his own. Love that fanged man. I would have his crazy, fanged babies.
Oh. And there's lot of other people too and they do things but mostly they're just fillers until we get back to Myrnin.
TEAM MYRNIN.
June 25, 2017
Lizard: 4⋆.
Wombat: 3⋆.
Overall: 3.5⋆.
Wombat: 3⋆.
Overall: 3.5⋆.
May 8, 2025
This is a reread as I accidentally started on book nine as a teen, honestly loved that book, tbh this series is good , lots of politics and power dynamics that shift with each book, honestly wish we'd seen more of nice Oliver.
It's very well written but too much silly teen drama for me and very questionable life choices made by the main FL but then again she was a teen and considering how normal teens react who haven't been abused I would guess it was accurate.
Great book for accuracy but of course there's bits to be discussed. 10/10 suggested to read
But overall the stress of very close to home power plays and politics shift me from 7 beans out of 10 to 9/10 beans
It's very well written but too much silly teen drama for me and very questionable life choices made by the main FL but then again she was a teen and considering how normal teens react who haven't been abused I would guess it was accurate.
Great book for accuracy but of course there's bits to be discussed. 10/10 suggested to read
But overall the stress of very close to home power plays and politics shift me from 7 beans out of 10 to 9/10 beans
October 20, 2015
Ah, Morganville. Probably one of the best young adult vampire series out there.
Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t perfect. There are many things I disliked about this series, yet when I compare it to other books in this category it ranks rather high. Throughout the series, we have a continuous story and individual book stories to keep you engaged, without things growing repetitive.
If you’re into young adult vampire stories then I suggest you give this series a go.
Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t perfect. There are many things I disliked about this series, yet when I compare it to other books in this category it ranks rather high. Throughout the series, we have a continuous story and individual book stories to keep you engaged, without things growing repetitive.
If you’re into young adult vampire stories then I suggest you give this series a go.
January 21, 2021
One of he best vampire series around
May 16, 2013
Excellent story: easy quick reads. And characters you'll love and won't be rolling your eyes at. Even the "evil" ones you find yourself rooting for. Weird but true!
June 17, 2013
Entertaining, fun and easy reading...As I finish each book, I always look forward to having a copy of the next book soon enough. Good job Rachel Caine.
June 22, 2015
This book is amazing, it had me reading from the beginning to the ending.
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