Lunch Date

The Morganville Vampires #13.5

by Rachel Caine

Lunch was always an iffy proposition at the Glass House. Some days all of Claire’s house mates were all in, most days nobody was; some days there was food in the fridge. Most days, not. Claire had made a fine art out of scrounging up crackers and cans of soup. Her favorite was cream of tomato. Yum.

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I rarely wrote stories from Claire’s point of view, mainly because she’s the main character in the books, so it seemed redundant to have her take the lead in the shorts, too. But I did enjoy it from time to time, like in this short story (free on the website) that just gives us a taste of the romance building between Claire and Shane. This is set in that late-romance period somewhere around Feast of Fools when things are hot … but not yet reaching the boil that they would in Carpe Corpus.
One of Shane’s many terrible jobs is featured, which is always fun for me. Poor Shane. Poor bosses.

Genres: Vampires, Short Stories, Paranormal, Young Adult, Fantasy, Ebooks, Paranormal Romance

20 pages, ebook

First published December 18, 2010

About the author

Rachel Caine was a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad.

She has also published as:
Roxanne Longstreet
Roxanne Conrad
Julie Fortune
Ian Hammell

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Reviews

[Jassicca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story was written in Claire's point of view. One day while she was having lunch at home, she heard noises coming from Shane's room. She went to investigate, but there' nothing significant in this short story. Just about Shane's latest job, and then they have lunch together at home. By the way, this book should have been numbered between book 4-6. While in its current sequence, it didn't sound right because at the end book 13, there's a problem in Shane and Claire's relationship.

[Siobhan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Can I get a hooray for finally having the story behind Shane working at the city dump?

Not that it is much of a story. It is nothing more than Claire finding him getting changed when he was supposed to be at work. I’m simply glad we have something other than the constant references.

[Corn Hall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Atleast filling in my questions from the books like Shane's jobs

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lunch Date is a short story in The Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine. This story is super short; about Claire and Shane. Claire home alone for lunch and hears a thump from upstairs. With her bat, she throws open Shane's bedroom door to find him in his underwear, changing clothes. Turns out, he has a job at the town dump and his clothes reek of garbage. There's some kissing, teasing, and chasing around the house. Just a sweet moment between Claire and Shane.

[Lindsey Greer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Shane and Claire...

[Tina Allen Mitchem · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Love Shane and Claire. He is such a smartass. LOL

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little short story about Claire & Shane. Can't get enough of those two!

[Annika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Too short for my liking but still really good.

[Monique · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny

[Sonia Hardy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a simple little short story about Shane and Claire's budding romance.

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read for free here - http://morganvilletexas.com/index/lun...

This was a waste of time, and Claire, How the heck do you know what old diapers taste like? yuck!

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

As usual I love all Morganville books.

This one didn't make too much sense - as in it didn't go anywhere as such but I still loved it!

[Louisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was another great short story, and I had a great time with these guys having a lunch date!

[Bailey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yeah…nothing special.

[Lucy Caruana · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars 🌟

[Hurricane_ReD · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh, it's not a short story. It's a scene.

[Xyra · Rating 3 out of 5]

So much potential...then so much let down. LOL
This is a snippet. It did get my heart beating a few times, so my emotional response to this snippet was strong. In that way I really liked it. However, it stopped so abruptly that I had to take a star away.
Not much here but a glimpse at Glass House life. Well, and a glimpse at a possible romantic interlude.

[Yolanda Sfetsos · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a quick and cute story about Claire and Shane. Claire comes home from lunch and never knows what to expect in the Glass house. When she hears a noise upstairs she fears the worst, but instead finds a stinky situation.

I liked this! Short, precise, and another cool interaction between this cute couple.

[Resident Optimist · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite a short read compared to the other segments of the story available on Rachel Caine's website but I think this is among one of the better ones. It's not drawn out and it's not TOO short, it's almost like having a random flashback of a moment that you'd forgotten. Can't fault the writing :)

[Kai · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very short story about lunch with Claire and Shane. Though it is not much of a story. It is really just Claire finding him getting changed when he was supposed to be at work. I think the story needed something more, it could havebeenlonger and had more to the story.

[Lujain · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a fast read, but nothing that I haven't read or discovered in the books. It was a nice reminder of how things were easier in the past (I'm reaching the end of the series, so I'm turning gloomy, mind you). Sigh. I'm going to miss this so much.

[Myndi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute novella for what it was, but it was way too short for me and not really much drama. It was cute if you're a fan of Shane and Claire though, and any new little bit to read about Morganville is ok in my book!

[Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute moment between Shane and Claire.

[Nancy The book junkie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little short about Claire & Shane. Too short for my taste but for me when it's them it's always too short!

[Joanne]

Actually read in 2012, but don't want it to count towards my Goodreads Reading Challenge.

[♡Julalicious Book Paradise♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love love Shane and Claire. This was cute, but it could have been longer. :D Need to continue to read the series... like now.

[Kelsie Linehan]

this is soo amazing

[Taภya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Love Shane and Claire.Story was really short,
But it was a great read..

[Anzû · Rating 3 out of 5]

I still hate him though...

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lunch Date is a very skippable short. There is nothing about it that enhances the plot or reveals secrets. It is a brief scene between Shane and Clair.