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Feast of Fools (The Morganville Vampires, Book 4) | 
 enlarge | Author: Rachel Caine
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 3954
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0451224639
EAN: 9780451224637
ASIN: 0451224639
Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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The wait is over. dig into the feast...
In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Student Claire Danvers has never been convinced, thoughespecially with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, an ancient, old-school vampire who cares nothing about harmony. What he wants from the towns living and its dead is unthinkably sinister. Its only at a formal ball, attended by vampires and their human dates, that Claire realizes the elaborately evil trap hes set for Morganville.
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 Feast on Fright! November 13, 2008
This series is a feast. It is an absolute delight to devour each book in the Moganville Saga. If you haven't started at the beginning, waste no time in doing so. The title is "Glass Houses" and each volume gets progressively more intense and more frightening.
In "Feast of Fools", the fourth installment, Claire is terrified to see that her parents have moved to her college town at the same time the World's head honcho vampire has returned there. Claire has pledged her loyalty to Amelie, the head vampire in the town. This ensures herself, and her friends protection to some extent. But even Amalie is frightened of this vampire...he is her father. Suddenly enemies are putting their differences aside, danger is around every corner. Sometimes its hard to tell who to trust.
Adding to the drama, Claire's roomate Michael is struggling to come to terms with his own new vampirism. Eve's brother, a maybe murderer, is coming around way too often. And Claire is spending a lot of time with an unbalanced vampire, while trying to solve the mystery of the disease that is shortening the vamp's lifespans and robbing them of their ability to make other vampires. Life is never dull in Morganville.
The absolute only reason for a four star rating is the cliffhangers that close out each volume.
This series seriously outfangs that 'other' YA vampire series you may have heard about.
 Fun Vampire Read September 22, 2008
After finishing the Twilight Saga, I needed something quick and easy to read. I picked up the first one to try and really enjoyed it. If you have read the other three in the series, then this is a must. Fun to read, not too deep for young adults, and interesting enough to get you hooked. I am looking forward to the 5th one coming out the end of the year.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too August 18, 2008
It would seem that Claire Danvers's life couldn't get any worse, what with living in a college town that is also inhabited by vampires who wouldn't think twice about killing her, and having her parents pressuring her to move back in with them when she already lives with her three best friends.
But when Mr. Bishop arrives, things turn positively deadly.
No one's really sure what Mr. Bishop wants -- all they know is that he's more powerful than anyone, possibly even Amelie, and he lacks any good intentions. Everyone is on their guard.
Soon, everyone is buzzing about the upcoming formal ball, and all the humans are clamoring for invites, even Claire and Eve. But this is one party that the breathing might want to pass up.
FEAST OF FOOLS is an exciting, fast-paced, and chilling thriller. Ms. Caine has a real knack for combining a headstrong heroine, nicely creepy happenings, and a dash of romance and intrigue to bring about a knockout novel that'll stun, spellbind, and utterly captivate readers. There's a twist around every corner, and a cliffhanger that will leave readers
desperate for more in this wonderful series that's reminiscent of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
A word of caution: Once you start into THE MORGANVILLE VAMPIRES series, it's impossible to let go.
Reviewed by: The Compulsive Reader
cliff hanger extraordinaire July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Claire, as usual, is dealing with a multitude of problems--her parents have decided to move to Morganville, Monica is attempting to sabotage her college, she has to find the cure to save all the sick vampires, oh...and Amalie's father (the biggest, scariest vampire of all) has come to visit and take over the town. All in a normal day for a 16 (a few weeks to 17) year old genius. This book doesn't devil further in the psyche of the bad guys and friends like previous books. But, hey, get real, the books ARE ONLY about 250 pages long. This one does dig a little into roomie Eve's childhood, and Shane seems to be maturing a great deal (Finally!)
Honestly, I easily finished the book in one afternoon and evening--with a few disruptions. I absolutely adore this series by Rachel Caine, even more than her weather warden series. What truly gets my attention about her writing style is that she so easily picks up the mentality of a 16 year old. Granted, I've more than double that age, but reading this book brings me back to my own teen years. That awkward stage where you say the wrong things simply because he don't have the experience to know better. The times where you don't say anything at all and hope to fade into the woodwork because you feel your out of your element. Caine brings that through with her character of Claire without being obvious about it and without coming right out and saying it. A fabulous writing job with her characterization.
Now for the bad part---those horrible cliffhangers! Come-on! I'm dying here! he, he. Yea, yea, she's got to have us salivating for the next one, and it certainly working on me!
Awesome Awesome Awesome!!! July 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this series. When I got ahold of the author i told her i loved her like stephenie meyer. thats how good this series is
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