Bishop may have control of Morganville, but his days are numbered in Carpe Corpus, the sixth installment in Rachel Caine’s The Morganville Vampires series. All seems lost at the beginning of the novel, as Claire and Michael are under Bishop’s control, Shane and his father are in jail, Myrnin has buddied up to the dark side, and Amelie is nowhere to be found.
However, not everything is as it seems in Morganville these days, especially when it comes to loyalty. As turns out, Myrnin and Michael are merely talented actors secretly working for Amelie in an effort to overthrow Bishop. Unfortunately, Bishop’s temper tends to flare when he suspects betrayal, leaving Claire, Shane, Michael, and Eve to rely on each other in order to fight, win, and survive.
The most significant aspect of this novel, I think, is the monumental change in Claire. Since the first novel, Claire has gradually developed a thicker skin, but in Carpe Corpus, she is downright tough and fearless when it comes to protecting her family and friends. She is no longer the scared runt of a girl that showed up at the Glass house covered in blood and bruises, having morphed into a brave young woman willing to stake a vampire or two in order to save the people she loves. …» more
In Rachel Caine’s Lord of Misrule, the fifth installment in the Morganville Vampires series, war has erupted between followers of Amelie and her more sadistic father, Bishop. It is up to the humans decide which side of the battle they wish to be on, and Claire, Shane, and Eve find themselves as human pawns in Amelie’s fight to take back Morganville. But unfortunately, Amelie sees fit to separate them all, sending Claire, Eve, Michael, and Shane each on separate missions.
Though Claire would have thought it impossible, life takes a turn for the worst in Morganville with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, Amelie’s power-hungry father, in Rachel Caine’s Feast of Fools. In this fourth installment in the Morganville Vampires series, Claire, along with Shane, Eve, and Michael, find themselves in the middle of a brutal power struggle and must choose between two vampires–Bishop or Amelie.
The plot thickens in Morganville in Midnight Alley, by Rachel Caine, as Claire is forced to choose between keeping her friends safe or running away. So she chooses to accept full protection from Amelie, head vampire and founder of Morganville, which basically means that Claire is her slave. And this time, Amelie’s ulterior motives could get Claire killed.
The Dead Girls’ Dance, the second installment in Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampires series, is packed with even more action that the first, Glass Houses. In the second novel in this highly-addictive series, Claire discovers that her troubles in Morganville are only beginning.
First of all, I must say that I am angry. Today, I visited my friendly Books-A-Million in the hopes of purchasing Carpe Corpus, the sixth book in the Morganville Vampires series. But alas, it was not to be. In fact, none of the bookstores in my area carried it. So I came home from my long, pointless search with a heavy heart and ordered it online, now having to suffer through the three to seven business days until I have it in my greedy little hands. So in the meantime, I will simply review the rest of these awesome books in one of my favorite series.
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