Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires, Book I

Rachel Caine

Oct 2006 · The Morganville Vampires Book 1 · Sold by Penguin

About this eBook

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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Ratings and reviews

Not one of the best vamp books I've read. It's gotten so much hype I was excited but it was really kinda horrible. Would not read another in the series.

Decent story line, really loved the characters. The author definitely had me attached to all the characters by the end of the book. Can't wait to read the next one : )

So far I have only read the first 4 books (this book being #1 in the series) and I love them all! I can't wait to add more to my home library, as well as my online one. I highly recommend this entire series, though I haven’t read them all I did enjoy the ones I did read. By the way, these are series books. You have to start with book 1 or you will lost in the story line. This is what I do with series books, I buy the entire published books and then I read them. This way I don't have to wait for the next book to come out. Hopefully by the time I get to the last one I have, there are new releases just waiting for me. BUT, I have just can not do that with this series and another series called " Thirst" by Christopher Pike (there are now 3 books out and they are 2-in1 books by that author!) Back to topic, I have 4 of the above Morganville Vamps books, but I have only two books because I have two of the 2-in-1 books. Clear as mud?

About the author

Rachel Caine is the author of more than twenty novels, including the "Weather Warden" series. She was born at White Sands Missile Range, which people who know her say explains a lot. She has been an accountant, a professional musician, and an insurance investigator, and still carries on a secret identity in the corporate world. She and her husband, fantasy artist R. Cat Conrad, live in Texas with their iguanas, Popeye and Darwin; a mali uromastyx named (appropriately) O’Malley; and a leopard tortoise named Shelley (for the poet, of course).