Claire has decided to continue her education at MIT. Leaving
all of her friends is hard enough, but having to leave Shane behind is even
harder than she thought. Claire needs the separation in order to find her own
way outside of Morganville for a while.
Moving into an apartment with an old friend from high school
and getting into the atmosphere of MIT helps Claire to start to fit in. Having
brought her new invention that alters vampire’s behavior Claire and her new
professor begin tearing it apart and cataloging all of the components.
Of course not all is well at MIT. Morganville has a way of
keeping tabs on their people. It isn’t long before all heck breaks out
Morganville style! Claire and her friends once again are battling for their
lives, but this time they aren’t fighting against the vampires, but fighting
for them.
Betrayal and heartache all gearing up for the final battle
between humans and vampires with Claire and friends caught in the middle.
As always a Morganville Vampire book that keeps the reader
on the edge of their seat. I enjoyed the fact that it was set outside of
Morganville and that Claire was able to stretch her wings just a little. But I
wasn’t as naive as Claire in that I realized that Morganville would follow her!
I am happy to say that Shane and Claire are still together. They have a rocky
relationship going because of Shane’s behavior in the last book, but thankfully
the author hasn’t chosen to break them up permanently. I’m looking forward to
the last book in the series The Daylighters. They were introduced in this book,
and I am afraid they are going to wreak havoc before the final pages are
turned.
WARNING: minimal strong language and a sex scene were
present in this installment.
Finally! The last book of the Morganville Vampires! While
each book tended to get better and better I am a fan of a series having an
ending. After 16 books it was definitely time for us to leave Morganville. And
in true Morganville style the last book was filled with plenty of excitement
and danger before ultimately finishing with what I will call a satisfying
ending.
THINGS I LIKED (warning: may have some spoilers):
Claire and Shane are still together. Eve and Michael are
still together. Seriously I think I would have thrown the book away if either
of those couples broke up! While the excitement kept me on the edge of my seat
it is another thing that kept me interested in the Morganville books. Rachel
Caine knows how to keep the reader turning the pages. Best of all the author
returned to her original way of writing the stories by not deviating to
different characters POV. I loved that! This last book reminded me of what made
me love the series in the first place.
THINGS I DISLIKED:
Seriously I was not happy with the whole Shane and others
turning into human/hellhound evil creatures. They reminded me of a cross
between a genetically created wolf in Marissa Meyer’s book Scarlet and The Incredible Hulk. While I realize that vampires are
not real the whole hellhound thing kind of was over the top. While I found the
ending satisfying I also found that it was once again left open for another
book. Rachel Caine does tell us to use our own imagination for the future of
our favorite characters, but yeah, just a bit open for me.
So good-bye to Morganville! Thanks for all of the emotional
roller coasters you put me through and thank-you for some of my most favorite
characters: Claire, Shane, Eve, Michael, Amelie, Oliver, and my most favorite
Myrnin. You all will be missed!
My rating for both books:
Check out my reviews of the Morganville books:
While I have read ALL of the books in the series I started reading them before I kept a blog. So not all of them were reviewed by me. I can tell you though that I gave most of them 5 hearts!
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