Midnight Alley

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.

Despite the warnings from new vampire Michael,  best friend Eve, and boyfriend Shane, Claire literally signs her life over to Amelie and winds up working in a lab with the strange and ill Myrnin, who could snap at any given moment and drain Claire of her life. But she is willing to take the risk to help find a cure that could save all the vampires from this Alzheimer’s-like disease–especially now that freedom fighter Captain Obvious is set to stake Michael and Eve’s brother, Jason, is on the loose.

In true Morganville fashion, Claire winds up in a twisted plot that leads her to save Monica, her arch-nemisis, find a cure for the vamps, and uncover the hidden identity of Captain Obvious.

Again, Caine has captivated her audience with excellent dialogue, compelling story arcs, and non-stop action and conflict.  While Midnight Alley is not my ultimate favorite in the Morganville Vampires series, it still makes for a fun, fast read you’ll enjoy so much, you’ll be disappointed that it’s over when you get to the end. I highly recommend Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine, along with the other books in the Morganville Vampires series, which include: Glass Houses, The Dead Girls’ Dance, Feast of Fools, Lord of Misrule, and Carpe Corpus.