Morganville Vampires

I have been reading the first 11 books of the "Morganville Vampires" by Rachel Caine. And I've gotta say: I love them! It was my friend Josephine, who recommended them, and I have thanked her many times since. Though it is not as good as "the Sookie Stackhouse" series, it is unique and very well written. Great plot and awesome characters. I do praise these books very much.


The books take place in a town in Texas, called Morganville. As you can imagine, this town is not regular. The main character 'Claire' is a teenager, who is very smart, and graduated hight school two years early. Her parents think 16 is too young to go to the MIT, so they send her to a college in Morganville. Here she is met with aggression, and as Monica Morell with her 'back-up dancers' push Claire down a set of stairs, she is too frightened to live on campus anymore. She seeks out a house in town called "The glass house", where they apparently need another roommate. This is where she first off meet Michael Glass, Shane Collins and Eve Rosser, who later become her best friends. She even hooks up with Shane, as Eve does with Michael.
The town is leaded by vampires, mostly by the Founder Amelie, who takes speciel interest in young Claire because of her cleverness. Claire later starts to work for an ancient vampire, called Myrnin. The job is top-secret and takes place in a lab under town, where she has to help her crazy boss protect the town from everything. There are a lot of rules in Morganville, and the punishments are different as well as almost everything else. It is not unnormal to be burned alive if you piss off the vampires.

Every book has its own plot, one even more exciting than the other, and Claire experiences a lot, such as bombs, Evil ancient vampires, crazy vampires and crazy humans who challenge the vampires. I cannot encourage you enough - everybody should read these books.

Every book should be judged on its own, but overall I will give these books 4 out of 5 fangs - though very close to 5/5. :o) Enjoy!