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| Morganville Vampires #14 |
Pages: 350
Rating: 4/5
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 leave Morganville, but when she gets accepted into the graduate program at MIT, she can’t pass up the opportunity. Saying good-bye to her friends is bittersweet, especially since things are still raw and unsettled between Claire and her boyfriend, Shane.
Her new life at MIT is scary and exciting, but Morganville is never really far from Claire’s mind. Enrolled in a special advanced study program with Professor Irene Anderson, a former Morganville native, Claire is able to work on her machine, which is designed to cancel the mental abilities of vampires.
But when she begins testing her machine on live subjects, things quickly spiral out of control, and Claire starts to wonder whether leaving Morganville was the last mistake she’ll ever make...
*ARC provided by Penguin Australia via NetGalley
I must say I have the greatest respect for Caine, for her to be writing the amount of books a year she has been doing recently while still maintaining the quality of writing that she has is inspiring. Not only that but here we are at book 14 of this series and she is still able to surprise me.
This book pretty much takes place entirely outside of Morganville without most of the usual cast of characters fans of this series have grown to love. I admit I was a bit dubious about this, after all the characters are such a large part in what makes this series a great read. But I am glad to say that it didn't suffer for it. Yes, Liz was really annoying and stupid but Jesse and Pete were awesome additions to the cast. I did miss Eve, Michael and Myrnin for a bit but I devoured the book so quickly that before I knew it they were back in the story with a newly exiled Oliver.
If you thought it all went to hell in Black Dawn then prepare for it to get worse. Once more it appears Caine has written herself into a corner because I can't see a way that the story will end well in Daylighters after the events of this book. That being said, I'm not worried. Caine has never let me down and always seems to surprise me. And boy, did that happen in this book. I was so unprepared for that ending and Claire's choices totally put me off balance. There is very little in this book that is predictable.
Fall of Night is a fun ride and one I recommend to read. While I will be disappointed to come to the end of the last book I cannot wait to get my hands on Daylighters towards the end of the year!
