Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires (Morganville Vampires, #1)

by Rachel Caine

College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero.

When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

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• ISBN10: 1417798416
• ISBN13: 9781417798414
• Publish Date: 1 October 2006
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 7 April 2021
• Imprint: Turtleback Books
• Edition: Turtleback School & Library ed.
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Pages: 247
• Language: English

Reviews

[Amanda]

Actual rating: 3.5

[inlibrisveritas]

As with most young adult vampire fiction I had my doubts about how this was going to stand up to the hype surrounding it. Surprisingly this is one of the few that do live up to it. It's nice change of pace to the "vampires are hot! turn me" crap that is all over the place, don't get me wrong I adore the creatures and have since I was little but it gets old when they are always tortured souls looking for the perfect match in some whiny human girl. The main character is likeable as are Eve, Shane, and Micheal. It's also nice that they main character isn't in high school so the maturity level is up a bit, and there is a whole lot less teen drama. I love the concept of the town of Morganville, the college, and their system that they have going on. The plot promises a lot and I really hate the fact that it left off on such an epic cliffhanger, I'll definitely try to find the second one because I simply MUST know what happens.

[elysium]

3.5 stars

I have to say that I was positively surprised about this book and very much enjoyed this. I’m not usually huge fan og these kinds of books because it’s just too YA for me. At least there was no sparkly vampires or going out in the sun.

I liked Claire but I wished at times that she would have more spirit but I guess time for that comes later on... There was few “omg, he’s so hott” scenes that could have been left out but thankfully there wasn’t many of them. What I didn’t gt why was it such a big deal that Claire was nearly 17 and the boy’s were nearly 19? Not sure if Michael was actually 19 but anyway... I mean it’s still only 2 years. I mean that’s kinda normal and not in “Eww, that’s gross! category.

And I cant believe that the book ended on such an evil cliffhanger! That’s just...wrong! Now I have to read the next book.

[Linda]

very different vampire book - well written, very exciting, and I finished it wanting MORE

[ibeforem]

I found this to be a pleasant surprise. It’s young adult, so it’s not super gory or super scary, but the girl-on-girl violence is super cruel and unfortunately, probably not much of an exaggeration. And the romances are sweet. I liked meeting Claire and her new roommates. Caine also makes Morganville a particularly creepy place to live. The feeling it invoked in me was like one of those dreams where you’re being chased and can’t find a way to escape. My one complaint about the book is that I didn’t like the last chapter with its manufactured cliff-hanger. I would have rather had that event open the next book – it didn’t really fit – but it wasn’t enough to discourage me from continuing with this series.