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Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Rachel Caine
Publisher: NAL Jam
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 1739
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0451219945
EAN: 9780451219947
ASIN: 0451219945
Publication Date: October 3, 2006
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Product Description
From the author of the popular Weather Warden series. Welcome to Morganville, Texas.
Just don't stay out after dark.
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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 eh... October 6, 2008
While I tried to keep in mind the fact that this book is indeed intended for a YA audience, I was still dismayed by several factors:
1) Young Claire is, indeed, very young, and pretty much so annoying in her bull-headed quest to foolishly die that I, like another reviewer, finally began to wish she just would kick the bucket already. The phrase TSTL (too stupid to live) kept ringing in my head with each dumb decision this character made;
2)Too much expository writing, which did not keep the book as fast-paced as both I was hoping and as seemed prudent for such exciting subject matter. Dialogue can be a wonderful tool;
3)The two main male characters, Michael and Shane, came off as very flat and interchangeable, and I failed to see what was attractive about either aside from simply being *told* they were hot;
4)The vampires were indeed also very flat, and made sweeping statements such as "I am the baddest of the bad in the entire world," which always tends to annoy me, although that's a personal quirk. (I mean, come one. The baddest of the bad lives in Morganville, Texas?)
5) How young is this YA audience supposed to be? The writing seemed a little too dumbed-down. Remember, a YA audience usually means middle-schoolers, but kids these days are savvy.
I will not be buying the continuing Morganville books, although I may still pursue the Weather Warden series. It seems as if everyone lately is jumping onto the highly lucrative YA bandwagon (everyone hoping to be the next JK Rowling or Stephenie Meyer, perhaps), but it really does not need to be so. I appreciate writers who find their niche(s) and then stay in it. Diversifying tends to water down the quality, which is unfortunate.
Glass Houses: an addicted beginning. September 16, 2008
Claire Danvers is perhaps the smartest and most picked on university student in Morganville. Terrorized by the popular girl and her entourage, Claire seeks housing and safety off campus. Moving in with Michael, Shane and Eve seemed like a good idea, but now she's not so sure. Because Morganville's undead population seems to have it out for the four of them and Claire isn't sure how long they can protect themselves.
This is the first novel by Rachel Caine that I have read, and I have to say it was quite addictive. The first book in the Morganville Vampires Series, Caine does an excellent job of introducing us to the main characters, while at the same time giving then enough mystery to keep you reading. While at first Claire, the heroine, comes off as being a bit annoying and somewhat of a cry baby, as the book goes on you get to see some of her inner strength.
The plot moves along at a fast pace and my only complaint was that there was conflict after conflict without a lot of down time in between. I am hoping that this does not continue throughout the series and was only used to hook young readers who may not have the desire for deep character development.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and I know that I will continue reading the rest of the series.
 I really liked it. August 23, 2008
I don't know what everone's complaining about! I really liked this book! But just to let you know, it really is a young adults book. I, like all the other Twilight fans, was depressed that the series was over, but now I think I've found something else to get into (a.k.a this book). I really recomend this book.
Better than TWILIGHT IMO.... July 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a better YA vampire novel than Twilight in my opinion. The characters I actually came to really care about. There is Claire, the sixteen year old genius, in college too early and getting bullied every step of the way. Unfortunately these bullies intend to see Claire dead. This forces Claire out of the dorms and into a shared rental house. The Glass house is owned by Michael Glass a 19 year old with some crazy secrets of his own. The other roommates are Eve, a Gothic girl with a heart and Shane, a young man who is grieving for his sister and mother. With them, Claire finds safety but she also becomes more aware that the entire college town of Morganville is home for vampires. Anyone without the Vampire's trademark "Protection" is fair 'prey'. Claire's already managed to tick off the vampire community multiple times. Logical Claire is now faced with unlogical things and people all around her. Her choices can lead herself and friends to safety or have dire consequences. The action is packed, and the characters are great. I'm a 30-something and I have to say that I didn't have the problems other reviewers had with not really feeling the target age for readers of this series. I had no problem feeling these characters just the way I can feel the Harry Potter character's and as I already said I much preferred this group to Meyer's Twilight characters. My four star review is a actually more like 4 1/2 (Yes, I did enjoy the book THAT much) and I have to take 1/2 star off solely because this ended on a seriously disappointing cliffhanger. I've said in other reviews that I enjoy and anticipate stories that have dangling threads that make me eager for the next volume of the series but ending in the middle of action just isn't cool.
 Good story July 23, 2008
Set for a younger audience (about college age kids) though some adults seem to enjoy it too.
Follows a young college girl, who is being bullied in her dorm, as she sets out to find a new place to call home, while uncovering what's really going on in town, and who or what is behind the curtain (vampires).
I thought it was a great read..kept my attention..
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