Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Paperback, 256 Pages
2006, NAL Jam
ISBN: 0451219945
Series: Book 1 of Morganville Vampires
Synopsis
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.
Review
I'm a bit cynical when it comes to anything having to do with teens and vampires. It's done all too often and almost always with the same basic romance and plot twists. That said, Glass Houses was a delightful surprise. It was different, a bit edgy and wasn't afraid of making the vampires the bad guys they're really supposed to be.
Claire is an interesting protagonist in that she's a college student, but very young. She's got genius level intelligence but goes to a party school since her parents don't think she's old enough to go all the way to MIT or some equivalent. She gets picked on my the mean/popular girls to the point of physical violence, but refuses to run back home to mommy. She's not the girl on the cover of the book and she's not a vampire.
None of the main characters were vampires, which surprised me. The series title, The Morganville Vampires, caused me to envision something completely different than what I got and it was excellent. There are some surprise supernatural goings-on, but the vamps are the enemy in Glass Houses. They run the town and if you don't have their protection, you're just dinner to them. It's like the mob with pointy teeth.
There's some sweet romance budding in Glass Houses, but for the most part, the focus of the book is about Claire, her new roommates, her troubles with the mean girls and the vampires. Some highly surprising twists come about in the book and I can't wait to see how they play out within the series.
Glass Houses is a very exciting series starter. It's a short, easy read that sucks you in almost immediately and entertains throughout. I could easily get addicted to The Morganville Vampires series.
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