Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

Bitter Blood (Morganville Vampires, #13)

by Rachel Caine

For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been defeated, the human residents are learning that the gravest danger they face is the enemy within.


Thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints. With the vampires indulging their every whim, the town's human population is determined to hold on to their lives by taking up arms. But college student Claire Danvers isn't about to take sides, considering she has ties to both the humans and the vampires.

Reviewed by Angie on

2 of 5 stars

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Bitter Blood is definitely my least favorite of the series. I was excited to see how the vampires of Morganville go about having their only enemy wiped out, and how the humans react. But sadly, this installment is mostly boring and kind of silly. Ghosthunters from a TV show appear in town, which is obviously bad. Then Claire decides that Monica should run for mayor, because of reasons. What?!

I just never got into Bitter Blood. The ghosthunter angle could have been interesting if they had played a larger role in the story. As it is, they just show up and annoy people. I think they were just there to give Miranda something to do. As for Monica running for mayor? I honestly don't even understand Claire's reasoning behind that. No one is going to vote for a 19 year old psycho, and there's no way the vampires would let it happen anyway. I suppose it could have been funny if it weren't so out of left field.

However, my biggest issue with Bitter Blood was that no one even considers the obvious. There have been some rule changes in Morganville, and they don't really fit with Amelie's vision. In fact, a few vampires aren't acting like themselves, and we're told why near the beginning. Maybe that contributed to my frustration, because I just wanted Claire to figure it out already. But seriously no one even thinks about the fact that vampires have special abilities, including compulsion, and that probably someone is using compulsion which is why everyone is acting strange.

Bitter Blood just wasn't a favorite at all. It didn't even feel like filler. To me the story didn't even fit into what's happening. And once Claire finally does realize what's going on, it's fixed in just a few pages. That's not very exciting.

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