Fade Out by Rachel Caine

"Without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again... - Almost.

Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the local theatre company. But when one of Eve's castmates goes missing after starting work on a short documentary, Eve suspects the worst. Claire and Eve soon realize that this film project, whose subject is the vampires themselves, is a whole lot bigger-and way more dangerous-than anyone suspected. " -Book Cover

Fade Out is the 7th round in the Morganville Vampires series and it never cease to amaze. I'll be honest with you, I was kind of scared the story would get old with Bishop gone and most enemies under control but I was wrong! Caine surprised us with a brand new twist in the Morganville saga, and I never saw it coming. I find myself craving for the next book, impatient to know what Caine's got up her sleeve.

I find it hard to resume the plot of that book without giving spoilers so I will refrain from doing it, but you have to know there is one new character introduced in the series. Kim, another goth girl in town, plays in the city's last production with Eve, and she's hiding more then anyone suspects.
Kim is very popular, loved by everyone but Claire can't stand the sight (or thought) of her. Does it have to do with the fact that she dated Shane in the past?

Our favorite vampires are indeed at the rendez-vous with more suspense and originality, and Mirnin really stole my heart in that instalment. I love his craziness, corkiness and uniqueness. The guy wears 17th century clothing with fanged-bunny slippers. Do I need to say more?
Ada will also play a bigger part this time, for better or for worst!
If you haven't picked that series yet, it is a great vampire series that detach from the vampire romance stream. Vampires aren't "vegetarian", nice or sexy (ok Michael is...), they are dangerous, vicious and can't be trusted. They will scare you, imprison you and tax you (in blood indeed).
Welcome to Morganville!

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The Morganville Vampires:

Glass house
Dead girls Dance
Midnight Alley
Feast of Fools
Lord of Misrule
Carpe Corpus
Fade Out
Kiss of Death (early 2010)
 
 
Book Stats:
Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Signet (MM) (Nov 3 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451228669
ISBN-13: 978-0451228666

** This book was provided by Penguin Canada for review purpose.

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by Tynga at Tuesday, December 01, 2009

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Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine

" In the small college town of Morganville, vampires and humans lived in (relative) peace-until all the rules got rewritten when the evil vampire Bishop arrived, looking for the lost book of vampire secrets. He's kept a death grip on the town ever since. Now an underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants-the living and the undead. Claire Danvers and her friends are the only ones who stand in his way. But even if they defeat Bishop, will the vampires ever be content to go back to the old rules, after having such a taste of power? " - Book Cover

Carpe Corpus is the sixth round in the Morganville Vampires series, and battles will come to an end.
In this instalment, Claire grows in more then one way and her relationship with Shane reaches a new level.
I really enjoyed watching characters change, and Amelie finally came out of her shell, not for long, but still lol.
We'll also get to meet Michael's parents!

Bishop might be owning town, or so he thinks, but the opposition is building strong in both human and vampires community, conspiracy at it's best is waiting for you!

I loved to finally discover how the Morganville network works, I have to admit it is pretty original =P
A bunch of mysteries that have been hunting us from the past books were also resolved in Carpe Corpus, which is great!

Pretty much, A lot of great stuff in that book.
If you liked the previous books, you'll love this one. If you haven't started the series yet, what are you waiting for? *winks*

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The Morganville Vampires:
Glass house
Dead girls Dance
Midnight Alley
Feast of Fools
Lord of Misrule
Carpe Corpus
Fade Out (nov 2009)

Book Stats:
Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Signet (MM) (Jun 2 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451227190
ISBN-13: 978-0451227195

Book Source: I bought it.

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by Tynga at Thursday, November 12, 2009

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The Dead Girls Dance by Rachel Caine

" Claire Denvers has her share of challenges - like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains, dealing with the homicidal girls in her dorm, and above all, finding out that her college town is overrun with vampires. On the up side, she has a great roommate (who tends to disappear rat sunup) and a new boyfriend named Shane... whose vampire-hunting dad has called in back-up: cycle punks who like the idea of killing just about anything." -Book Cover

Glass house, Morganville Vampires book 1, ended up on 1 major cliff-hanger with the death of Micheal, Claire's roommate. So I'll make a tease of myself and I will not talk about him in my reviews to not spoil the surprise =P

Claire, Eve and Shane are in deep trouble with Shane's dad being in town. The man plain crazy and he is on a mission - kill every single vampire in the town. Easy enough right?

The vampires knows what the guy is up to and they are determined to not let it happen and what vampire wants, vampire gets.The story takes one major turn when Brandon, one of the worst ass-hole in the vamp community, gets killed and Shane is accused of murder.

It was a great read, I liked it even more then the first book in the series. I really like the characters, and they all have their own issues to cope with. Claire being a 16 years old in a grown-up world with grown-up problems, Eve with her murderer brother being out of jail and Shane with his shady past and his insane father.

The plot followed some very interesting turns and twist I didn't expect, and Sam - a not so bad vampire- was a great addition to party! I'm really dying to give you updates on Michael but I won' t lol

If you haven't started this series yet, you really have to. It is a very refreshing series in which vampires aren't handsome guys to please your fantasies - They are the bad guy, just like it used to be!

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Morganville Vampires series:

Glass House

Dead girls Dance

Midnight alley

Feast of Fools

Lord of Misrule

Carpe Corpus

Fade Out (Nov. 2009)

Book stats:

Reading level: Young Adult
Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: NAL Jam; 1st Printing edition (April 3, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451220897
ISBN-13: 978-0451220899

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by Tynga at Sunday, October 04, 2009

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