Thanks to its unique combination of human and vampire residents, Morganville, Texas, is a small college town with big time problems. When student Claire Danvers gets the chance to experience life on the outside, she takes it. But Morganville isn’t the only town with vampire trouble…
Claire never thought she’d get to leave Morganville, but she can’t pass up the chance to finally attend her dream school, MIT. After all, getting to invent anti-vamp devices with Professor Anderson—a Morganville exile herself—sounds like a dream come true…until Claire realizes that there are sinister forces in play, and she’s not the only one with a vampire-related agenda.
Without her friends Shane, Eve and Michael, surviving a killer schedule may be hard…but with them, it might turn out to be impossible.
Fall of Night was quite interesting. Claire is finally going to MIT. It’s been her dream and now that it’s happening, she isn’t sure how to feel. Morganville has been her home for nearly two years, but she does need space from Shane, and she knows she’ll regret not taking this chance while she can. But once she gets there, things aren’t at all how she expected. Her BFF is a completely different person, something is off about the professor she’s working for, and there are vampires. You can take the girl out of Morganville, but you can’t take Morganville out of the girl.
I definitely liked Fall of Night better than the previous book, as it finally starts moving things forward again. Claire got her wish to escape Morganville and the vampires who rule there, but she’s certainly not safe. There are strange men searching her room, official types lingering in the lab, and her roommate has a stalker. Not to mention that someone isn’t really who they say they are and just want to use Claire for her genius. A lot is happening even though Claire is suppose to be away from all of the vampire drama. It’s like she’s a magnet for trouble.
The one thing that I didn’t really like about Fall of Night was Shane. He follows Claire to Cambridge. I don’t really get why. Yes, he misses her, but still. It was weird. Especially since he agreed to give her space, and yet he’s practically stalking her at her new home. I was hoping that the alternating POV would keep us up to date on what’s happening in Morganville, but that wasn’t the case at all.
Fall of Night was a good sequel, and it had me pumped up for the finale. Claire got a taste of freedom, but it wasn’t what it was cracked up to be. So it’s time to head home, and hopefully find freedom and safety there.
