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In the small college town of Morganville, an underground resistance to evil vampire Bishop is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants—the living and the undead.
R. Kyle @ 11:41 am
“Carpe Corpus” opens on Claire Danvers’s 17th birthday. Her parents give her a necklace and a dress, but all she really wants is to see Shane Collins and she’s willing to risk her life asking Bishop, the ancient vampire who’s captured Morganville, to do so.
The four inhabitants of the Glass House are all scattered. Claire’s living with her parents and serving Bishop against her will. Shane’s caged with his vampire hating father, Frank. Michael looks like he’s in Bishop’s thrall. Eve is the lone inhabitant of the Glass House and she’s trying to keep the place for her four friends.
But Amelie’s, the former vampire ruler of Morganville, is back and things are not quite as they seem. Neither Ancient Myrnin or Michael is in thrall to Bishop after all. It’s up to Claire to help get enough serum to heal the vampires of Morganville of the Alzheimer-like illness that Bishop probably gave them so they can get back their town.
“Carpe Corpus” is a tightly paced story that will keep you glued to the pages. Unfortunately, it ends all too soon like every Caine novel. If you’re a fan of Morganville, you’re going to love this. If you’ve just come to Caine via “Twlight,” the same. You may want to start with Book One–Glass House, but you don’t have to.
Rebecca Kyle, June 2009
Alexandra Cenni @ 12:47 pm
You know that sinking awful feeling you got at the end of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, when it looked like Evil had triumphed and had beat back Good by making Luke go crazy and disappear? That’s how I felt at the end of Lord of Misrule. There just seems to be something inherently WRONG with letting evil win at the end of a story–no matter that there’s more to the series or not.
No surprise to anyone should be that Myrnin remains my favorite character. There’s something deliciously wonderful about his manic moods and eccentricities. He isn’t so very bad, I mean compared to what he could be like. Mr. Bishop however proves to be an even eviler dude then I thought. He’s carelessly cruel most of the time and at worst he’s deliberately malicious, turning everyone’s worst nightmares into reality without even flinching.
Claire’s parents still continue to annoy the living daylights out me. Claire is really becoming a little pistol–desperate, cornered and with her future looking bleaker every breath she takes, she seems to have found her inner B**ch and channeled it. Ysandere gets a good lot of that. Myrnin gets a handful of times. Monica gets it a couple times. Oh Monica. She really is a snake who can keep on living. No one should ever worry about Monica.
I don’t really want to spoil how things finally settle down (book 7, from what I can understand from the synopsis at the end of the book, seems like its starting a new ‘arc’ of sorts.), but I guess if you are a Star Wars fan, or fan of the Great Evil Empires in Fiction, you should be able to guess.
L. Reeves @ 1:35 pm
Carpe Corpus begins soon after Lord of Misrule ends. Claire’s stuck in the middle and forced to work on the wrong side, Bishop’s side. Amelie has vanished, thanks to Myrnin, who just happens to be sitting pretty right next to…. you guessed it, Bishop. Michael was forced to stand at, yep… right again Bishop’s side. Eve’s pretty upset with everyone, including Claire and Shane’s stuck in jail with his dear old dad. Did I paint you a pretty picture yet?
If you thought living in and with a town run by vampires couldn’t get any worse, well you’re wrong there. Things are about to bubble over for everyone. Caine continue to work her magic in this new installment. She’s good at leaving me guessing as to what’s lurking around the next page.
One highlight was the introduction of Ada. At first I thought, oh right, yeah come on already! However, since I really do enjoy this series I kept reading and found that her character was kind of a creepy perfection that fit right in with, well everyone and everything. I mean why not have… wait, I won’t tell you just who or what she is. I don’t want to ruin it for anyone who’s yet to read.
It was nice to see all the characters growing and changing. The new trials Claire and her friends – human and vampire will face. Oh, let’s not forget we get to see the true Myrnin, who gets cured in this book. I’m looking forward to seeing more of him in the future.
The book ends on a happy note. No cliffhangers like in previous books. I for one don’t think things will stay too cheery for to long, I mean we are talking about Morganville.
I have the next book – Fade Out ready to read, and then Kiss of Death on order. If you’re new to this series, be sure to start at the beginning – Glass Houses. Enjoy! (…)
brookereviews @ 4:34 pm
Carpe Corpus begins with all the members of the glass house, Claire, Shane, Michael, and Eve all separated. Claire is living with her parents, and working under the control of Bishop. Shane is currently locked in a vampire prison with his father. Michael is under Bishops control, and Eve is out in Morganville alone. Amelie is back (the song, The Bitch is Back comes to mind), and things aren’t what they seem in Morganville. While Bishop thinks that he has Myrnin and Michael under his thrall, he’s unaware that they are only pretending. Claire is relieved to find out that Amelie has a plan, and that involves finally taking Bishop down and regaining her rightful place as town founder/ruler.
I really love these books. They are so quick and easy to read, but that doesn’t mean they are dumbed down for the reader. Poor Claire is in this never-ending cycle of drama. I don’t care to see the series end, but I fear for her health and life! Like normal 17 year olds, Claire just wants to do normal teenager things and be with her boyfriend Shane on her birthday. That’s impossible with him under lock in key by Bishop, and her running around dropping off death warrants for her new master. Speaking of Bishop, man he is evil! I thought Shane’s father was awful, but Bishop sure gives him a run for his money.
It’s nice to know that in book 7 Amelie will be back in control and working to right what Bishop has done wrong in Morganville. I’m not really liking Claire’s parents living in Morganville, but I understand that it’s necessary to have them present in her life. The thing I love about this series is there are the young adults and then there are adults in the town. They all have their story, and they all play their part. It’s nice to have adult (no matter how evil or crazy) presence in a young adult story.
If you enjoy vampires and young adult this is definitely the series for you. The town of Morganville is so unique, and it’s not just a love story. There’s a lot more action and mystery in these books.
WhyMe? @ 5:43 pm
This book starts off normal enough; at least for Morganville, but then wow by the end of chapter 5 I was thinking this has to be the end – like the author was grasping for shocking plot lines. This book went off the deep end and I thought can this book be redeemed. But true to her form, Rachel Caine pulled off enough other good stuff to offset her moment of crazy. This was the first book in this series to not end with a cliff hanger. I would be worried if there was not already a next book scheduled to be released. This book wraps up every outstanding storyline – I could think of. Luckily, I only have to wait until November 3rd for the next installment, Fade Out (Morganville Vampires, Book 7).