I started reading this series while on a Christmas holiday in Texas, purposely read this book because of the location setting in this story set in Texas, though Morganville wasn’t real, in one of the books, they went away to Dallas.
The Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine consists of 15 main books which are Glass Houses, The Dead Girls’ Dance, Midnight Alley, Feast of Fools, Lord of Misrule, Carpe Corpus, Fade Out, Kiss of Death, Ghost Town, Bite Club, Last Breath, Black Dawn, Bitter Blood, Fall of Night and Daylighters.
There’s also another book call Midnight Bites which has a compilation of 22 short stories. The short stories that can be read in this book are Nothing Like an Angel, Myrnin’s Tale, New Blood, The First Day of the Rest of Your Life, Amelia’s Story, Grudge, Dead Man Stalking, Murdered Out, All Hallows, Worth Living For, Sam’s Story, Drama Queen’s Last Dance, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Vexed, Anger Management, Automatic, Signs and Miracles, Dark Rides, Lunch Date, A Whisper in the Dark, Pitch-Black Blues, and also And One for the Devil.
Another two more short stories can also be read from Rachel Caine’s Wattpad are Eve’s Diary and Your Mileage May Vary.
Series Title: The Morganville Vampires
Author: Rachel Caine
Genres: Fantasy > Paranormal > Vampires
Read Format: Kindle Edition + Ebooks + Wattpad
Total Pages: 5,111
Reading Date: 14th December 2018 ~ 08th March 2019
Main Book Series In Order
- 1 Glass Houses
- 2 The Dead Girls’ Dance
- 3 Midnight Alley
- 4 Feast of Fools
- 5 Lord of Misrule
- 6 Carpe Corpus
- 7 Fade Out
- 8 Kiss of Death
- 9 Ghost Town
- 10 Bite Club
- 11 Last Breath
- 12 Black Dawn
- 13 Bitter Blood
- 14 Fall of Night
- 15 Daylighters
Glass Houses
Seventeen years old smart student, Claire got herself into trouble when she pissed off the wrong person – Monica. To stay alive, Claire ran away from her dorm, rent a room at the Glass House, and befriended with Eve, Shane and Michael. But trouble seemed to be following her around, and she’s lucky to have caring and loyal roommates.
Claire, even though only started living in the Glass House for a short period, she had already discovered Michael’s secret and was also so lucky to obtain the book, that the others have been searching for so long.
In the end, everything was resolved easily, but I was still curious on Michael’s case. I hope he could live or maybe get turned into a proper Vamp with superpower and fight against the bad ones!
The Dead Girls’ Dance
Imagine living in a town where there’re vampires roaming around, and you live in a protected house but pretty much in danger when stepping outside the house (especially at night). I can’t think of why human being still living in that place. I’ll run away the moment I had a chance!
Claire, Shane, Eve and Michael have been trying their best to stay alive, but trouble always seemed to be following them. Just when they finally granted with protection from the oldest Vampire, Amelia, Shane’s father showed up and brought nothing helpful but truth and troubles.
When Shane being accused of murder, Eve and Claire risked their lives and look for help from the creature they despised, Vampires. Meanwhile, Michael felt useless for not being able to get out of the house to save his friend. Desperate and since he didn’t have any other choices, he asked Amelia to change him.
I can’t wait to see what’s Claire decision would be. But judging by her character, she would definitely accept Amelia’s offer in order to protect her friends. However, there’s always something before it finally happened right?
Midnight Alley
I thought Claire’s friends will find out about her intention of signing the contract, and therefore preventing her from doing it. But that was meant to happen, and her friends only found out later on.
Once she signed the contract to be Amelia’s slave for the rest of her life, she became an instant celebrity; even Monica trying her best to befriend her.
But when she realised the real purpose of Amelia signing her, she didn’t really mind saving the vamps ass because she cared for Michael, Sam, Amelia and pitied Myrnin.
Claire loves a challenge and with the mission Amelia trusting her with, she was happy and since then had tried her best to fulfil it, but time was running out, and Claire might need an extra hand & certain drug for help to push her project forward.
Besides rushing for her project and keeping it as a secret, other issue happened in her life such as Eve’s brother, Jason threatened her, Sam almost died, Shane being stabbed, and last but not least her parents showed up, brought a shocking news as well as the interesting guests who showed up at their doorstep.
Feast of Fools
The main story in this book was about Bishop and his entourage. They came to Morganville with an agenda, but Claire, Shane and Eve didn’t have any clue until Miranda, who’s a seer showed up in their house and told them (Michael probably know a little about it). However, they couldn’t do anything about it because it wasn’t detailed enough.
On the other hand, Claire’s project had a little help from doctor Mills, and with modern technology the new version of medicine lasted much longer, enough for Myrnin to executed his plan on getting confirmation of the real cure.
Other things that happened was that Eve’s dad passed away, Michael started playing music again, and Claire’s parents moved into Morganville, and finally realised what this little town has in store for them.
When I read that Ysandre got chased away from the house with Claire’s command and that even Michael admitted he couldn’t do it, I felt so happy. Claire has become more matured and badass in this book. There’s probably some mystery to that?
Lord of Misrule
Morganville on fire! Amelia’s father, Bishop tried to take over Morganville, a place where Amelia rules. He also came with a purpose, to take the mysterious book from her daughter.
Three groups were formed: Bishop, Amelia and Revolting Human. Amelia had separated Claire, Shane, Eve and Michael, gave each of them tasks to protect the town. Hannah was a new character added in this book, who had helped to protect Claire, but towards the end of the book, she wasn’t there to help anymore. I hope I get to read about her again, she was a badass!
This book was chaotic and packed with action, and the ending was a complete surprise. I can’t believe Myrnin did that, but I don’t believe he’s evil. After all, he’s a ‘man’ with full of tricks on his sleeve. I won’t be surprised if he’s actually playing a role.
Carpe Corpus
When Bishop took over the town, Claire became Bishop’s errand girl, she was spelt and couldn’t disobey his command, and that made Eve hating her. Claire’s boyfriend, Shane in prison while Michael and Myrnin have to pretend to be submitted to Bishop to gain his trust. But Claire didn’t know about it until her 17th birthday when Myrnin took her to see Shane in prison, and Amelia showed up after missing in action for sometimes.
I’m happy that the Badass from the last book, Hannah made an appearance in this book. She worked as a police officer, and still siding with Amelia, while Richard became a Mayor. I’m utterly speechless about Ada, a computer vampire? Seriously that was weird.
Anyway, the mystery on the killer of the innocent human finally revealed in this book, and with Bishop defeated, Amelia retook control of the town and changed some rules in Morganville. It looks like a pretty good ending for me, but of course, there’s more to tell with the human rebel and the loyalty of Oliver and Frank Collins.
Fade Out
Finally the resident of Morganville at peace, but of course Claire and the gang weren’t fortunate to get the privilege. The new character from the previous book, Ada the computer vampire more determined to kill Claire.
Meanwhile, Claire’s friendship with Eve facing some test when Morganville welcomed back the legendary Kim. Eve worshipped her and unintentionally hurt Claire’s feeling. But Kim didn’t come back to make friends; she has her agenda, one that would jeopardise the vampires in Morganville.
There’s a new vampire gang in town led by Morley; his group made up by vampires who were not siding with either Amelia, Oliver or Bishop. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, Claire made a deal with them, and if she failed to convince Amelia to let the vampire group leave Morganville, Eve and Shane’s life would be on the line.
In this book, Amelia already told Claire her answer; I wonder if her decision would change in the next book. Amelia also declared that the three of them as neutrals, that no Vampires can hurt them, but what’re the services that Amelia required from them in exchange for the protection?
I can’t wait to read the next book and find out more. By the way, one thing that baffled me was about Oliver kidnapping Claire. How could they forget the issue and treat it like it were not a big deal when they met each other the following day? It’s ridiculous.
Kiss of Death
Finally, a story that’s not centred in Morganville. Getting out from Morganville wasn’t easy, one must have the approval from the founder of the town, and when Michael received an invitation from a recording company based in Dallas, Amelia permitted him to go away with his friends.
Michael, Eve, Shane and Claire was so happy when they heard the news, but when they realised Oliver became their escort, their mood went downhill. During their trip, Oliver had his agenda and asked them to stop at a little town, and that’s when the bad luck followed.
They pissed off the drunk local, got caught by the policeman, Eve’s car destroyed by the drunk local, kidnapped by Morley’s vampire group and also facing vampires that much more animalistic than their kidnapper.
The first 10% of the book was about Eve being insecure about her boyfriend and throwing a tantrum. It’s a bit boring, but since Morganville seemed to stabilise now, it’s time to insert some drama on their romance. I knew Eve’s a goth chic, but I still couldn’t accept her choice of car, a Hearse, really! That’s creepy.
I was also happy with how this book ended, looked like Morley got what he wanted, and therefore saving Shane and Eve’s head from the platter, and Michael recording’s a success. However, they couldn’t run away from Morganville forever and still need to go back to Morganville.
Ghost Town
When the computer vampire, Ada died in book 7, residents of Morganville including the Vampires could easily slip out of the town, and it has been a serious issue since then. Claire and Myrnin have been working on a new system because Claire opposed to the idea of placing a brain on the computer.
During a Rave concert which Eve attended to, a fight broke down between the students and the Vampires, and Claire accidentally killed a Vampire. Amelia took the chance to punished Claire by sentencing her to fix the machine without rest and outside contact.
Claire managed to finish the project, and the machine works. But then something strange has been happening since then, the residents and Vampires experiencing memories lost. She told Myrnin about it, but Myrnin didn’t take any serious action, Claire needed to find the error before the same thing happened to her.
I enjoyed reading this book more than the previous books, and the last 30% of the book was intense and chaotic that I couldn’t stop reading it. I was also happy with what Shane’s dad had become, it was a great solution to the brain problem, and I disagreed with them keeping the secret from Shane. He deserved to know the truth, and I believe Shane would be happy for the chance to talk to his dad again.
Bite Club
The opening of a new gym in town by a vampire had become the talk among the members of the Glass House. Michael, Eve and Claire were quite sceptical about it, but Shane couldn’t contain his excitement and immediately enrolled.
Shane has always despised the vampires, and when given a chance to kick some vampire ass in the fight club, Shane didn’t hesitate to join, because that’s how he found his release. But what he didn’t know was that there’s a hidden agenda behind the fight, and with his mind being glamour by the beautiful vampire, Gloriana he didn’t care about his friends and even breaking up with his girlfriend.
Bite Club was the first book that has an alternating POV between Claire and Shane. It was great to know what’s inside Shane’s mind while we dove into the book, it helped in understanding or even predicting what would happen next. But frankly speaking, I’ve always disliked Shane in a relationship with Claire, I wished Claire’s with Myrnin, they’re both smart and Myrnin care about Claire in his own crazy way.
The return of their old foes was a nice touch in this book, but I have a few complaints about the story though. Firstly, when I read the short story – Drama Queen’s Last Dance before this book, I have no idea who’s Gloriana. I wonder why the librarian placed it as book #9.5, they should have put it after this book because by the time Eve blurted out she’s getting married to Michael, it’s no longer a surprise for me.
Secondly, I don’t see what’s Miranda’s role in this book at all, all her premonition didn’t get acknowledgement by the Glass gang, it’s just a waste of time, and I was disappointed because she was super cool with her power! I hope they will listen to her and act accordingly in future.
Lastly, it was about Kim, the last thing I read about her in book 7, she had lost her mind, it doesn’t make sense to recover that fast and immediately start being cocky again. Anyway, I’m deeply concern about Michael and Eve relationship especially after Amelia heard about they getting married.
Last Breath
Not everyone in Morganville was happy with Michael and Eve’s relationship. Eve was frowned upon and labelled as a traitor by the humans, while other Vampires were looking down on Michael.
When Michael and Eve decided to throw the engagement party, Eve asked for Claire and Shane’s help to extend their invitation to the human community. While Eve, Shane and Claire busy preparing for the party, Michael seemed to be worrying about something, and when Naomi, a vampire girl showed up at the Glass House requesting to meet up with Michael, it almost caused a big misunderstanding.
However, nothing else matters when the biggest and oldest enemies to the Vampires showed up in town. Even the badass vampires such as Oliver succumbed to the fate, while Amelia the founder of Morganville decided to leave everything behind and run away with her ‘peoples’. And as usual, it’s up to Eve, Claire and Shane to save the city, again!
Last Breath was the second book where not only we get to read from Claire’s POV but also other characters such as Shane, Eve, Michael and even Amelia. My first impression when I read the title was pure excitement!
I thought that since Michael and Eve were planning to get married, Eve has to be turned into a vampire so that she could be with Michael, and therefore it would be her last breath! But I was so wrong and surprised when I read whose last breath it was, and as the story progressed, I was also disappointed with Claire, I wished she chose the other path!
Black Dawn
In the aftermath of the fight between the Draug AKA Siren with the Morganville Vampires together with their allies, GHG – Glass House Gangs, the founder of Morganville was bitten by the master Draug, Magnus. Since then, it was chaos in Morganville.
The Draug took over half of the town, forcing most of the residents and Vampires to fleed the city. However, the GHG remain there side by side with the remaining Vamps trying to find a way to defeat the Draug, and also the possible cure for Amelia.
While Oliver busy tending to Amelia, keeping her sane, Myrnin launched his mission – shutting down the water treatment plant to cut off the movement of the enemy. However, during the mission, Shane was caught by the Draug, and since then, he had been living in a fantasy world, not realising that he’s coming closer to his end.
This book loaded with relationship issues, sort of kamikaze mission, death and also betrayal. I felt sad for Richard and Miranda, it wasn’t fair at all, and I wished the ending was different. But I’m sure the author has a reasonable excuse for that action?
Bitter Blood
In the previous book, the Vampires managed to kill the enemy that they’ve been running away ever since they walked the earth. It was the only reason why Amelia, the town founder chosen Morganville – due to the lack of rain. Now that they have nothing to be worried about, they were free to do whatever they wanted. It didn’t take Oliver long before he sunk his claws to Amelia, but there’s a reason behind it.
There’re so many things going on in this book, for instance, the newlyweds couple planned to move out from the house to get more privacy (due to the increase of resident in the house), however, they also need to think of their safety as they’ve been treated poorly by each side, Vampires and Humans.
Meanwhile, in the politic side, the mayor’s seat open for election, and there’s new captain oblivious competing with Monica to get the job – It was Claire’s idea to get Monica on the position.
However, that’s not all, there’s also a Ghosthunter team roaming around Morganville looking for a story, but with the new rule for the vampires which enable them to hunt their victim once a year freely, will they be safe?
Reading this book, I had the same anxious feeling as when I read the story about Bishop and Draug took over the town. It gave me the impression that all hope was lost. However, I thought that the conclusion was quite simple – Naomi needs to sink her fangs on the humans/vampires to gain control, but Amelia solely need to command them, and their consciences were back?
If she’s that powerful, she shouldn’t be deluded easily by Oliver. Anyway, what really touched me in this book was Claire’s growing concern on Myrnin sudden disappearance, and the desperation from Myrnin calling out Claire for help.
I can’t wait to see what happen next, will Claire leave Morganville for MIT, and if she would reconcile with Shane. I also wonder what crisis will befall Morganville next since everything looks in order now.
Fall of Night
Studying at MIT has always been an ultimate dream for Claire, but when the moment came, she actually felt sad leaving Morganville. Away from her friends especially her boyfriend Shane actually made her sad, but because of her relationship issue with him, she didn’t ask Shane to go with her.
In the new place, she kept on reminding herself to stay strong, and to enjoy her own space away from Vampires business.
Claire rented a house with her old friend from school, Elizabeth @ Liz, however, Liz didn’t act like what she used to be, and the changes annoyed Claire. But there’s a reason behind it. Besides Liz, Claire also got to know some other new friends from school and also Jesse @ Lady Grey who has a secret.
In MIT, Claire was asked by Myrnin to be Dr Anderson’s lab assistant who was once Myrnin’s assistant too. Claire brought her own special project – VLAD from Morganville and showed it to her new ‘boss’ to get an idea on improving it. But what she didn’t know was that it was what bring chaos in her new life.
Shane always said that Claire’s a trouble magnet, and he realised that he couldn’t leave Claire be on her own in the new place. But he also respected Claire’s decision and planned to just keep an eye from far, not telling her his intention. He left Morganville shortly after that but not before getting bitten from a new creature in Morganville, a ‘Dog Vampire’, probably.
When I first read Nothing Like an Angel, the short story, I actually liked Lady Grey to be with Myrnin and kept on waiting for her to show up, but she didn’t, not until in this book anyway. And over the time while reading the main story and getting to know about Claire, I’ve changed of heart and rooted Claire to be with Myrnin even though that she clearly head over heels with Shane.
With the series coming to an end, only one book left, I finally let go of that dream and just hope for Myrnin’s happy ending, as well as the other Vampires in town.
Daylighters
After defeating the Daylighters back in Boston, Claire and the gang headed back to Morganville, but only to find out that the town wasn’t the same as before. While they were gone, the enemy had gained control over Morganville and captured all the Vampires, and some of the town folks seemed to welcome the changes happily.
All the Vampires including Michael was housed in an abandoned mall, and that’s left Claire, Eve and Shane to find a way to save the Vampires. However, with Micheal’s absent, Eve was so upset that she followed her heart’s decision blindly.
Shane in the other hand was turning to some sort of hellhounds when commanded by the Daylighters leader, he couldn’t control his self but to despise Vampire and set to kill them. That left Claire to find a way to save the day, again for one last time.
Vampires have always been my favourite choice of books. However, after reading this book, it didn’t leave me wanting to read more. But please don’t get me wrong, this book, as well as the previous one, has a great storyline. It’s just that the ending was perfect, and I don’t need another drama again as I’ve had enough mental suffering reading through what the GHG had experience, it’s time to let them have a rest.
However, I have a question though, how did Bob the spider got back to the lab? I remembered Claire took it back to the Glass House when Mynin went missing. Maybe I overlooked, do let me know, please.
MIdnight Bites – Compilation of most of the short story
Short Story In Order
- 0.02 Nothing Like an Angel
- 0.1 Myrnin’s Tale
- 0.3 New Blood
- 0.5 The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
- 1.5 Amelia’s Story
- 2.5 Grudge
- 4.5 Dead Man Stalking
- 6.5 Murdered Out
- 6.6 All Hallows
- 7.5 Worth Living For
- 9.1 Sam’s Story
- 9.5 Drama Queen’s Last Dance
- 10.1 Wrong Place, Wrong Time
- 10.2 Vexed
- 10.5 Anger Management
- 10.6 Automatic
- 12.3 Signs and Miracles
- 12.5 Dark Rides
- 13.5 Lunch Date
- 15.5 A Whisper in the Dark
- 15.6 Pitch-Black Blues
- 15.7 And One for the Devil
#0.02 Nothing Like an Angel
Imprisoned, tortured and betrayed by his friend, Poor Myrnin was rescued twice by his ‘angel’ – Lady Grey. This was the first book I read from the series, so I didn’t know much about the storyline yet, and why he was so important.
#0.1 Myrnin’s Tale
Poor Myrnin, his mum scared of him turning to be a madman like his dad, and she gladly sent him away to be an Apprentice to a Vampire at the age of 5 or 6.
#0.3 New Blood
Short story on the trio Eve, Shane and Michael. How they pissed off Monica and the consequences as well as learning on Eve’s crush…❤❤
#0.5 The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Story about Eve’s 18th birthday. A day when she lost her friends, disowned by her parents and also a new beginning for her.
#1.5 Amelia’s Story
Amelia’s short story – too short to be considered as a story. Barely any info, just showing a soft side of her protecting Michael, Shane, Eve and Claire. Also, there’s something special about Shane’s lineage.
#2.5 Grudge
A short story about Shane and his sister – Alyssa, Monica’s pathetic moved on Shane, and also the fire scene. If I didn’t read this, I wouldn’t know that Monica actually interested/ ever made a move on Shane.
#4.5 Dead Man Stalking
A short story about Shane and his dad, Frank who has found a way to resurrect a dead person.
Frank asked Shane to join him in his quest of killing the Vamps with help from zombies, but Shane refused his offer and even helped Michael to escape from his dad.
#6.5 Murdered Out
A short story of Shane. If it wasn’t because of Claire sprained her ankle, and they couldn’t reach Eve for help, Shane wouldn’t be thinking of getting a car urgently. However, I couldn’t remember the scene where Shane drove this car in book 1 to 6; it’s probably just an unrelated/additional story to the main books. But it’s still sweet though ❤
#6.6 All Hallows
Eve, Shane and Claire went for a Halloween party and was planning on meeting Michael there, but when he didn’t show up, Eve got worried. She called him but didn’t get any answer, later on, she got info saying that Michael was being held up by a group of students and the three of them set off for the rescue mission.
It was a surprise when I learnt about Miranda wanted to become a Vampire, and I thought she was content with her power being a seer. But frankly speaking, we don’t know her that much because Miranda seldom made an appearance in the main books. Hopefully when the story progress (book 7 – 15), we’ll learn more about her, and I like her to be in team Glasshouse because she would be powerful allies!
#7.5 Worth Living For
A short story from Shane’s POV. He was spying on Michael and ended up working together to defeat their nemesis, Bishop. Sweet Michael was protecting Shane by telling Amelia that he’s the one who staked Bishop, but clearly, Amelia knew the truth too!❤
#9.1 Sam’s Story
This short story provided us with some information on Michael’s grandfather, Sam in his human life and how or why he was turned to be a vampire. If it weren’t because of this book, I wouldn’t know about Michael’s grandma died giving birth to his dad, and how Sam and Amelia first met.
#9.5 Drama Queen’s Last Dance
This book was a short story about the new alluring female vampire in town. Gloriana with its glamour had made Michael powerless to resist her, and Eve tried her best to control her jealousy and win back Michael. I read this series according to the book order in here, and this book labelled as 9.5, and so far I’ve read book 1-9, but I couldn’t remember seeing Gloriana. Maybe I’ll learn about her somewhere in book 10-15 🤔.
#10.1 Wrong Place, Wrong Time
A short story about the Morganville’s town mayor, Richard Morrell handling a robbery case involving his sister, Monica. It’s not often we read about him anymore in the main book after book 7. In this short story, he’s showing his protectiveness over his sister. But we already knew that he loved her even though she’s always giving him a headache.
Here’s a recap from book 5 ‘Lord of Misrule.’
“Richard nodded. “Already done,” he said. “My mom and dad are at City Hall. Monica’s headed there, too.” He paused, thinking about it. “You’re right. I should make sure she gets there all right before she becomes another statistic.” His face had tightened, and there was a look in his eyes that didn’t match the way he said it. He was worried.”
#10.2 Vexed
A short story written in Myrnin’s POV. He’s in a mission with Oliver to hunt down a loose vampire. In the abandoned house, when they finally captured the Vampire, Oliver stepped out from the house, but Myrnin couldn’t leave the house — trapped inside the house by a ghost.
It’s not often we see these two workings together, and even Mynin was surprised to see Oliver still waiting for him outside when he finally released from the house. I always loved reading Myrnin’s story. He’s crazy but also funny, and I especially like his remark on his bunny slippers and about the snake.
Here’s some recap:
“The riding boots he wore weren’t good for running, but he was somewhat grateful that he hadn’t chosen the bunny slippers tonight. They were certainly not made for harsh terrain, and the area in which they’d gone was littered with rusted metal scrap, discarded lumber, and snakes too slow to slip out of the way, but still fast enough to strike at him in the darkness. Dangerous footing, even for a vampire.
He managed to pull next to the still-running Oliver and said, “There are snakes, you know.”
#10.5 Anger Management
Shane oh Shane, I didn’t even have to read on the book’s synopsis to know that this one was for you. Shane has always had an issue with his inner demon, and this short story was about him having his first therapy session with Doctor Theo and the challenge @ homework given by the doctor afterwards. It wasn’t easy for him, but at least he tried, and hopefully, it would stick to him and be a better person for Claire sake.
#10.6 Automatic
Thankfully, this short story has nothing to do with the main book. I don’t want to read anything containing a spoiler about Michael and Eve from the main story; I want it to be surprised! Anyway, this book was about a task given by the town’s founder to Eve and Michael. They were to demonstrate to the older vampires on how to use the blood vending machine. However, when Michael consumed the blood in a can, he had a side effect and almost hurt Eve, almost..but not quite because he could still control himself.
#12.3 Signs and Miracles
Hannah Moses, the chief police of Morganville finally has her own short story. Hannah was first introduced in book 5, and I liked her. She was badass in that book, but since then, it’s not often that we read about her. In this book, she was investigating a crime scene where Monica Morell had helped the unconscious victim to call for help, as we all aware, it’s not often that She’s that caring.
Anyway, this story was more about Hannah and her principle to help the human being, protect them from the vamps even when they committed crimes. She’s brave for defying Oliver’s order, and I admired her for that.
#12.5 Dark Rides
A short story told in Eve’s POV. It’s about the duo / Mr & Mrs Glass who was being sent off for a mission by the town’s founder to rescue a fourteen years old vampire named Jeremy. Captured by humans, Jeremy was locked in a silver cage for a show inside a carnival. He was a bit creepy though, but at this moment I never heard of him being mentioned in the main book yet, I couldn’t comment much about him.
However, he sounded interesting, and I couldn’t wait to find out more about him. However, there’s a thing that I could comment, and it was about Michael. Up until this point, I never knew that Michael has the ‘forget-about-me abilities’, I never heard him practised it or even used it in the main book 1-12.
#13.5 Lunch Date
This story was written in Claire’s point of view. One day while she was having lunch at home, she heard noises coming from Shane’s room. She went to investigate, but there’ nothing significant in this short story. Just about Shane’s latest job, and then they have lunch together at home. By the way, this book should have been numbered between book 4-6. While in its current sequence, it didn’t sound right because at the end book 13, there’s a problem in Shane and Claire’s relationship.
#15.5 A Whisper in the Dark
Michael’s POV – An old vampire visited the Glass House asking for Eve, and it’s not often Vampire’s looking for her, mostly they sought out for Claire. So when one does, it’s not good news. Eve thought she’s doing a correct thing by giving away her blood to prevent the old vampire going mad, but turned out it’s a wrong move. It’s a great short story, and we got to know more about Eve’s lineage as well as seeing the protective side of the GHG – Glass House Gang.
#15.6 Pitch-Black Blues
Shane’s POV – Myrnin hired Shane to dig a grave and retrieve a device that enables him to go back to the past. It’s not often that we see Shane with Myrnin without the urge to ripe the head from one another. This book gave us a short sneak peek to Myrnin’s and Lady Grey’s past, as well as the answer to the question of who took the book in ‘Nothing like an Angel’. It’s a must-read short story!
#15.7 And One for the Devil
Claire’s POV – Myrnin had something in mind when he took Claire to room number 13 in an abandoned hotel. He ended up trapped in the room by some force, and Eve and Claire have to rescue him the next day when the room reappeared again. A creepy short story, and I’m not quite sure why at first Myrnin took Claire to that place, probably as a backup, in case if he’s trapped, Claire will know where to find and rescue him.
Other Short stories and information
#0.2 Viper and the Farmer
This story can be read for free on Rachel Caine’s Wattpad
Myrnin was turned into a Vampire when he was at the age of 25. From what I’ve learned so far, he was a compassionate vampire.
#15.1 Your Mileage May Vary
This story can be read for free on Rachel Caine’s Wattpad
The story was written in Michael’s POV, and it took place after Michael was turned back to human and married to Eve. Michael was struggling to cope, and he felt hopeless that he wanted to die. One faithful event changes everything, and Michael’s problem solved.
