*This title will be released on October 26, 2010*
Author: Rachel Caine
Series: Morganville Vampires #9
Cover Art: N/A
Genre: Paranormal YA
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: NAL
Date Published: October 26, 2010
ISBN-10: 0451231619
ISBN-13: 978-0451231611
Review Copy Source: Publisher
Reviewed by: Abigail
Book Description
Get ready for "non-stop vampire action" (Darque Reviews) in the latest Morganville Vampire novel from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine.
While developing a new system to maintain Morganville's defenses, student Claire Danvers discovers a way to amplify vampire mental powers. Through this, she's able to re-establish the field around this vampire-infested Texas college town that protects it from outsiders.
But the new upgrades have an unexpected consequence: people inside the town begin to slowly forget who they are-even the vampires. Soon, the town's little memory problem has turned into a full-on epidemic. Now Claire needs to figure out a way to pull the plug on her experiment- before she forgets how to save Morganville...
Review
Every time I think Rachel Caine has written herself into a corner and can’t possibly think of new ways to torture Claire and her friends, she proves me wrong. GHOST TOWN doesn’t try to top the previous books by bringing in bigger and badder outside threats (really, what could be worse than Bishop?), instead she does something much scarier: she makes Claire watch helplessly as humans and vampires alike forget…everything.
At this point in the series I have certain expectations from a Morganville book: smart and snarky dialogue, sweet romance, and helpless fury over the unjust treatment of humans. GHOST TOWN delivers all that and more. In a way, it’s like a tabula rasa, a blank slate. We get to see Myrnin at the height of his insanity, Amelie as the formidable Founder she once was, and best/worst of all we see Shane forget and fall for Claire all over again.
Most series fizzle out long before reaching nine books. And fewer still reach that number with any kind of momentum. The Morganville Vampire series has twelve books planned so far and shows no sign of slowing down. I’ll go so far as to say this series gets better with every book. KISS OF DEATH and GHOST TOWN being the best yet. I really hope that everything works out for the TV adaptation. The Morganville Vampire series already reads like it was made for television. Until then, I’ll have to bear the wait like everyone else for the next book, BITE CLUB, due out in April 2011.
Sexual Content: Kissing. References to sex.
My Rating:
4/5
Excellent - Loved it! Buy it now & pre-order the sequel.
Click HERE to read an excerpt from GHOST TOWN
Previous books in the series:
- Glass Houses
- Dead Girls Dance
- Midnight Alley
- Feast of Fools
- Lord of Misrule
- Carpe Corpus
- Fade Out
- Kiss of Death
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Ghost Town Book Tour
Want to meet the real founder of Morganville? RACHEL CAINE will be on tour for GHOST TOWN starting October 26th – November 20th. Chances are she’ll be at a book store near you…
October 26th: Murder By the Book at 6:30 PM
2342 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
October 27th: Mystery Bookstore at 7:30 PM
1036-C Broxton Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90024
October 28th: Books, Inc. at 7:00 PM
Not Your Mother's Book Club
Town & Country Village
855 El Camino Real #74
Palo Alto, CA 94301
October 29th: Powell's (Cedar Hills Crossing) at 7:00 PM
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005
October 30th: Third Place Books at 6:30 PM
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
October 31st: Uncle Hugo’s at 4:00 PM
2864 Chicago Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
November 1st: Anderson’s Book Shop at 7:00 PM
5112 Main Street
Downer’ s Grove, IL 60515-4601
November 2nd: Borders at 6:00 PM
Exton Square Mall
298 Exton Square
Exton, PA 19341
November 4th: Barnes & Noble at 6:00 PM
* With Heather Brewer, author of the Vladimir Tod series!
1442 Turner-McCall Blvd
Rome, GA 30161
November 6th: Barnes & Noble at 2:00 PM
1430 Plaza Place
Southlake, TX 76092
November 20th: Borders at 2:00 PM
2190 N. Rainbow Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89108
Oooooh I can't wait! I have the kindle version on pre order so it should download automatically on the day. I'm so excited already.
ReplyDeleteThe slowest Bookworm - That's convenient. I'm a new Kindle owner and haven't tried that yet. I'm sure you'll love GHOST TOWN!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait!! What a new path for the series to go. I have to catch up with the Glass House peeps and quickly. This is on the pre-order list.
ReplyDeleteVickie - I read the last 5 just this week so I'm anticipating a serious Morganville withdraw next week :)
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the few best YA vampire series I've read. I'm so excited for Ghost Town, and I agree, each book gets better and better! :)
ReplyDeleteShannon - I agree, although I have to say the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead is my current favorite.
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