Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, Book 1) by Rachel Caine Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, Book 1)
Book Review: good stuff
Summary: 5 Stars
I thougt it was great. It was obviously meant as a young adult novel, though. The main character is sixteen--a sixteen year old genius in her first year of college. Claire had always got picked on or ignored, but the girls in her dorm have taken it to the extreme, especially when they punched her then threw her down a flight of stairs. She leaves the dorm and picks up the latest want ads to find a new place to stay when she is drawn to a strange house with three equal strange roommates. With them she learns the true nature of the town and just how dangerous her life has become.
I thought it was great. I don't think most of Caine's normal readers will be as satisfied, since this is a bit softer and sweet as far as the romance goes, unless they also happen to read that sort of stuff like I do. The action is also not as extreme, but I think this series has promise and with the cliff-hanger at the end, I think it will deliver a more solid punch in April when the second in the series will come out.
Book Review: Peer Pressure Sucks......So Do Vampires......But This Book Doesn't!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
What a wonderful book! I don't think I've ever anticipated a sequel more than I am anticipating the sequel to Glass Houses, which hits stores April 3rd and is called Dead Girls Dance. Anyway, everyone should give this novel a try. It's definitely not for the 9 to 12 year old range, as Amazon states in their item specifics(it's got dirty language). I don't believe it's just for young adults either, as it is classified. I'm way beyond the young adult stage of my life and found this novel very refreshing, fast paced and extremely easy to read. Probably in the top 10 best novels I've read in the last year. The basic premise of the novel is a very bright 16 year old girl named Claire Danvers has just started her first semester at Texas Prarie University(about 6 wks in and lives in a dorm) and is finding out in a hurry that she isn't fitting in because she's a braniac. To make things worse, she made one of the most popular girls at the university look stupid. After this popular girl and her sidekicks threaten to kill her she decides to quickly look for another place to live(her parents didn't want her going to a school far away so young....hence her being about 2 or 3 hrs away from them). Enter the Glass House. There are 3 people she will share rent with at the Glass House. Shane, Michael and Eve. They are not much older than her. They make a great cast of characters. Michael has a bit of a surprise for everyone. Once she finds out the town is controlled by vampires and has been for a long time, things start to get hectic and take a turn for the worse. Lots of cool stuff happens in the novel, so I don't want to give too much away. Just know that you should order this book now through Amazon. It's not very much and worth every cent. The ending of the book will leave you on a cliffhanger. So be sure you can wait from now until the sequel releases to find out what happens. It's already driving me crazy. Maybe I can find an advanced readers copy of it. It's been a while since I've read a book so refreshing and original. Great vampire stuff, too. I read it in about 6 hrs. Check it out!Book Review: entertaining but juvenile
Summary: 4 Stars
OK, it's my fault for not realizing this was a "young adult" book. I've read many of Rachel Caine's adult books and thoroughly enjoy them. This is not high literature, of course, but it's very entertaining and despite my initial reservations about content, I couldn't stop reading it. I found that the author's attitude was somewhat condescending to her readers, a quality missing from her adult work, and I imagine that even if I were still in my teens I might have been a bit offended. Also, this book contains an unresolved cliffhanger, so be warned. You may be condemning yourself to buying future books in the series.Book Review: OK but meant for a younger audience
Summary: 2 Stars
I loved Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series and so was interested in her take on Vampires. While I am sure it would be a better story for a young adult I had a very hard time relating to the characters. I have read other young adult books and not felt so disconnected from the thoughts and emotions of the characters but for whatever reason I just didn't empathize with them enough. She had some very interesting scenarios and ideas but the book was very short and I think that overall it could have benefited from some serious fleshing out. I doubt I will pick up others in the series but I will continue to buy her adult series.Book Review: Okay...
Summary: 3 Stars
I agree with the other reviews. It was an easy read, but it wasn't what I expected having read the Warden series. It was just okay...