Product Description
In this seventh entry in Rachel Caine’s nationally bestselling Morganville Vampires series, a relatively peaceful existence between the humans living in Morganville and the resident vampires is threatened when Claire Danvers and her friends discover that a local film project is a whole lot bigger—and way more dangerous—than anyone suspected.
Kilee's Closet @ 12:27 pm
Rachel Caine has done it once again with the latest installment of her Morganville Vampire Series with Fade Out.
Just when Claire Danvers thought she could finally get a rest after having dealt with Amelie’s father, Bishop, Kim show’s up in her life like a sudden black hole. Eve gets a part in the town play with Kim. Claire feels like Eve is ignoring her to deal with her new friend, almost like she is now the third wheel. To make matters worse, she finds out that Shane used to date Kim for all of two seconds but their more to that story. When Claire finds out what Kim is really doing with all the video cameras that she has, Claire and her friends must find them all and confront Kim before everything is destroyed. But that’s not all, Ada, Myrnins computer, starts to go all haywire more than usual and Claire has to deal with that as well.
What I liked about Fade Out was how Rachel Caine let all four characters explore more emotions than they ever have. With Eve and Michael, there is more emotion with what they are going through through out the book and the same with Claire and Shane. Just like in the previous books, Rachel sticks true to each characters dialogue and uniqueness. A few more characters are introduced in the book along with the original.
Through out the book, you can sort of tell what the next book will be about but not know at the same time. If you enjoyed the previous books in The Morganville Vampire Series, then you are bound to enjoy the newest addition, Fade Out.
The Other Books In The Series:
Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires, Book 1)
The Dead Girls’ Dance (Morganville Vampires, Book 2)
Midnight Alley (Morganville Vampires, Book 3)
Feast of Fools (Morganville Vampires, Book 4)
Lord of Misrule (Morganville Vampires, Book 5)
Carpe Corpus (Morganville Vampires, Book 6)
The next book, Kiss of Death, will be released in late April or early May and book nine is also due out in 2010.
The series will have a total of 12 books total. (Numbers may change)
Sunny @ 3:23 pm
Now “Bishop” is gone and everyone is friends (we will see how long that last).
Any hoo – Eve gets involved with the theatre company in Morganville. Eve makes a new friend but she goes missing. Eve finds out that she was doing a documentary of the town of Morganville. The gang – tries to fix everything before all the vamps “freak out” and start eating everyone again. The biggest surprise is that Claire, Shane, Eve, and Michael find out that they have a staring role in this little documentary that even makes Myrnin blush. Literally, blush!!!!
I loved this book!!!! Rachel Caine is the best author or atleast created the best story!!! There was plenty of romance, jealousy, drama, and danger! It had plenty of Myrnin, which I love. There are so many things I want to say about the book but I don’t want to spoil it for the people that haven’t read it yet.
***Spoiler***
1. The jewelry box that Shane got/showed Claire and told her it was for later (on the last page of the Carpe Corpus) is not even mentioned in this book. Not at all! WTF – Rachel never leaves us hanging that long!
2. I hope in the next book, Shane starts to get a little jealous of Claire, it is his turn. Claire has been the jealous girlfriend twice now. I want Shane to get a little jealous himself. I mean you have good looking Michael saving Claire and holding her hand often and Myrnin (who is described as “very good looking”) but who clearly told Claire he is not attracted to her. Maybe Myrnin will start thinking of her different after he saw the sex tape. I just would like to see Shane squirm a little. I guess that is mean because he is very faithful to Claire and always tells her that he loves her – I would just like him to get a little jealous to keep him appreciating Claire.
Ellz Readz @ 5:44 pm
My thoughts…There is something to be said about an author’s writing when you can jump right into a story without feeling lost. Even though it has been months since I read Carpe Corpus, within about 10-15 pages I was right back into the series. These are easy, fun reads with a unique story line. In this installment, the characters continue to show character growth and development. This story had tons of excitement and several new characters increased the drama, making me feel badly for poor Claire.
Without giving away any spoilers, I can tell you that there are big changes in several characters. They have been influenced by event in previous books. The story wraps up current problem, but leaves several dilemmas to be solved in future Morganville Books. I cannot wait for the Spring 2010 release of Kiss of Death.
Tamela Mccann @ 8:22 pm
How wrong is it that I stretched a 220+ page book out for five days because I didn’t want to see it end? Hopefully not too wrong, because once I was back in Morganville, I didn’t want to leave.
Fade Out is book # 7 in Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampire series, coming after the drama with evil Bishop has ended and things are supposedly “back to normal” (or as normal as it can be when the town is run by vampires). Main character Claire Danvers is back in class at Texas Prairie University, still with boyfriend Shane, and again working with slightly off-center vampire Myrnin. Michael’s adjusting to life as a vampire, and Goth girl Eve has earned a part in the town’s new play. The problem comes when castmate Kim suddenly shows up and inserts herself between not only Claire and Eve, but Claire and Shane. Something’s just not quite right about Kim, but Claire starts to feel as though she’s the only one who sees the problem…until Kim goes missing and her dirty little secret comes to light.
Love, love, love the characters in this tremendous series, and I love that our vampire friends are showing more range in emotion and fallibility. Amelie, the vampire who founded Morganville, is still mourning the loss of lover Sam; Oliver, Eve’s former boss and Amelie’s next in command, is showing signs of irritation over the way things are being run; and Myrnin, dear, odd, funny Myrnin, is in denial about computer Ada’s intentions. Sides are being drawn once again between those vampires in charge and those who have gone rogue, and Claire and her friends are finding themselves caught firmly in the middle.
It’s a testament to Ms. Caine’s imagination that this series is improving instead of becoming stale, and the fact that both brains and loyalties are being tested shows that she’s not willing to settle for the obvious. There is lots of action but also lots of humor in this novel; it’s Myrnin’s antics that made me laugh and long for my own set of vampire bunny slippers. Claire’s dedication to doing what’s right, even when it doesn’t necessarily feel right, moves the book subtly along, and the growing relationship between Shane and Claire also is well done. The book ends on a cliffhanger (sigh), so naturally I’ll be waiting restlessly for the next installment. Here’s hoping it’s a bit longer so I won’t feel the need to ration myself while reading in order to stay in Morganville.
S. McCullough @ 11:09 pm
Getting a new Morganville Vampire installment is like getting your birthday and Christmas presents all at once. Its a treat that doesn’t come along nearly as often as you crave. That said, each book is intense and well written. The books have always been disappointingly short in legnth, but Rachel Caine packs each page. There are no fillers in this series. I really wondered about “Fade Out” because when we last left our Glass House inhabitants, they had just helped boot evil vampire Bishop from his reign of terror over the town. Bishop’s daughter Amalie was restored to power and Claire helped find a cure for the disease plaguing the vamp population. “Carpe Corpus” tied up the previous storylines in a pretty bow. Apparently life in a vampire-run town with limited access to the rest of the world can’t stay calm for long. This story has the four friends trying to figure out who has planted a ton of cameras around town, and in private residences, hoping to unveil the vampire town to the world. Add in some drama between Eve and Michael, and a showdown with Ada, the computer/human hybred, and tons of my favorite Mernin and this was another surefire Morganville tale. If you can’t tell by my lush praise, this is my absolute favorite series right now…adult or YA. Keep them coming Rachel Caine! I will also mention that I do also enjoy Caine’s Weather Warden series…so pick both of them up starting with the first in each series if you haven’t already.