On the Back of the Book
Claire Danvers has a few things on her mind. First of all there
is the laundry, which is now an unfortunate shade of pink. Then there is her
boyfriend, Shane, who is never too far from her thoughts. Finally there is her
best friend Eve’s relationship problems. As if life as a student wasn’t
complicated enough, Claire just happens to be studying in Morganville. A town
run by vampires. Trouble seems to follow Claire and her friends like a shadow
and tonight is no exception to the rule. They must find the most difficult
documents for a vampire to acquire; people passes that will allow ‘bad ass’
Morley and his friends to leave Morganville. But it’s proving incredibly
difficult, and with the odds seemingly stacked against them, the biggest
question of all is…Will they
survive?
Pre Read Thoughts
I’m
choosing this because:
‘Fade Out’ was
incredible, I won’t deny it but now the time has come for me to move on to the
next book. I’m a mixture of excited and nervous: excited because this series is
so good and I’m enjoying it more than I imagined I would. Nervous because a
part of me is worried that ‘Kiss of Death’
won’t live up to previous books, it’d hurt to get so far into a series for
it to suddenly not be as good. I know it sounds silly but let’s be honest, it’s
happened to us all.
Judging a
book by its cover:
The cover feels dark and dangerous, all that black and red
and the intenseness of the girl’s eyes. The shiny accent of this book is a rather
lovely shade of blue and really stands out in the prettiest of ways. They draw
you to the book and make you want to pick it up and take it home with you, well
that’s what happened to me but I’m a sucker for shiny things.
Pricing the
(possible) awesomeness:
3
for £5 at The Works!! Just saying that I’m a bargain hunter. Or cheap skate.
Whichever way you want to look at it. It’s also available on Amazon £4.54 for
the paperback, £4.31 on Kindle. There’s no reason for you not to save your
pennies and buy it!
Post Read Thoughts
So, the ending is dark. The climax of the action lets you
know that this is definitely a series that you’d be better off reading close
together. These are good things. They keep you interested. However I bring bad
news, fellow Myrnin fans: he’s not in this one much. *grabs tissue and sobs
into it*I’m now in withdrawal!! Anyway, back to the book, overall I still liked
it. A lot. It has some dark elements, a
stack of adventure, a dash of romance and ROAD TRIP!!! *packs bags* (What?! I’m
only small, they won’t know I’m there!)
So the characters. I love good characters with depth and
Morganville has them with spades. However with the action being away from town
I’m having a hard time coming up with relevant people/vamps.
Oliver – Vampire 2nd in
command, half good, half evil with just a dash of hippie about him. He’s got so
many layers to him that we’re now eight books in and I still don’t know where I
stand with him. He’s a puzzle but that’s definitely one of the things I like
about him. Possibly the only thing actually. I hate being to guess the motives
of a character but there’s no chance of that with Oliver.
Morley – Morley’s been doing a bit
of creepy, evil loitering with intent for a while now but this is his climax, I
think, it felt like it to me anyway. He’s not a likeable character but I
understand his frustrations and that makes him slightly less of an idiot, but
only slightly. His actions have consequences and I’m not sure that he realises
that. (I wanted to call him something stronger than an idiot but all the words
I could think of were rude.)
Claire, Shane, Eve & Michael – Our
heroes and heroines have such banter and the chemistry between them all makes
reading this such a pleasure. With some books I’ve read books with characters
sniping at each other and those were the MC only cares about their eternal love
leaving the rest of the world out in the cold which really does grate on me.
This bunch feel real and that’s part of what keeps me coming back for more.
This is another great book in this series. Not as good as ‘Fade Out’ but I’m missing my favourite
character so I was always going to say that. Rachel Caine has weaved another
exceptional tale and proved that you can take the guys and gals out of
Morganville but even in the real world there’s danger. I think that in some
sense this story is kind of pulling you in ready for the big guns. It feels
filler-ish but good filler... like chicken mayo. I love chicken mayo... okay
getting distracted again.
My Rating
4 stars – Another solid, action
packed book that leaves me wanting more. My only complaint I’ve made numerous
times already *makes I need Myrnin protest banner*. I’m still happy to tell you
to read this series. I recommend it whole heartedly. I mean it. It’s wonderful.
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