Goodreads Mobile | see what your friends are reading

Oct 18, 2010

Tatiana rated it:

OK, I tried reading it, I just can't buy into the premise

Claire Danvers is a prodigy student. At 16, she is a university freshman and having awful dorm problems. In fact, in the first chapter, she is beaten by a group of mean girls, thrown down the stairs, and warned that she would be killed next time she is seen around the campus. She is unconscious for a while, and when she is found by another student, nobody calls the police. Even the campus doctor who checks Claire's many bruises More...

6 comments like (52 people liked it)

Mar 19, 2009

Jim rated it:

Some might really like the story, but there were too many times the plot read as if it was tossed together like a bad salad & cheap tricks were used to get our heroine in & out of trouble. Worse, new issues & fixes magically appear/disappear, while parents conveniently do the same. Worst of all, the end is a super cliff hanger, the kind that screams "Read my next book or you're doomed to never know how it turns out."

It's a shame. The book had some redeeming features & More...

8 comments like (14 people liked it)

Feb 01, 2012

Melissa rated it:

I am absolutely in love with this series!!! Why did i not find it sooner!
There is loads that i could say about this first book in the series, and believe me i would if i could, but i would probably never stop talking. Be one long book review.
First of all the story kicked off to a really good start. It was a thrilling and exciting first chapter. When i opened the book i saw that the chapters were like 20-30 pages long, which in books i really hate, i don't know why i just do. But w More...

2 comments like (4 people liked it)

Oct 13, 2008

Ashley rated it:

For anyone looking for good, brainless, PG-13 rated vampire fun, this is probably the book for you. The author has a straightforward writing style and tells a straightforward story about an unpopular girl who gets the short end of the stick in a town ruled by vampires, until she makes some oh my god like totally cool and hottt friends. (Yes, "hot" needs three t's--one for each friend.)

The book has a slightly juvenile tone, which is ironic since the main character--a brainia More...

1 comment like (10 people liked it)

Feb 03, 2012

Kelly rated it:

Okay. Imma give you a breakdown on how I figured out my rating for this book.

I started off with two stars, and then took into consideration all this shit too. So.

Claire: -1 star. BLARGH, YOU SUCK. You got better towards the last few chapters, but until then, I imagained many wonderful and bloody ends for you, my dear. This is Claire's daily schedule for you.

9:00am: Realise I've over-slept and rush around to get ready.
9:15am: Receive warning from *insert More...

8 comments like (5 people liked it)

Aug 05, 2011

Emily rated it:

pg 15:

"What normal girl loved physics? Abnormal ones. Ones who were not ever going to be hot. And face it, being hot? That was what life was all about."

Yeah, well, no thanks. Abandoned.

18 comments like (15 people liked it)

Jan 29, 2011

Kwesi 章英狮 rated it:

After reading Twilight, I can't forgive myself of buying the expensive hardback set and for the punishment I won't read any paranormal books or vampire related books. But after I met this girl in Goodreads she recommended a lot of young adult paranormal books and I was like Huh?, no idea of the books she mentioned.

I met her last December, face-to-face, and I'm glad she include one of her vampire books. No doubt I grab it and hide it, I know nobody is interested in reading the book ex More...

80 comments like (10 people liked it)

May 18, 2011

Amber rated it:

Wow! I really, really liked this book! I don't know why it took me so long to start reading them, but I can tell you that once you start....you don't want to stop!

If you want an action packed vampire/ghost read with a couple of HOT roommates(Shane and Michael) than this book is it. I also need to mention the other roommate, Eve, who likes the whole Goth thing.

Claire Danvers is enrolled in college rearly due to her academic achievements. She's 16, nearly 17 which she like More...

4 comments like (8 people liked it)

Mar 24, 2008

Seth rated it:

This is the start of a fun fantasy/horror series from the author of the Weather Warden books. In fact, I'm enjoying these even more.

Our protag, 16-year-old early-graduate Claire, moves to Morganville, Tx for college at a small liberal arts school because her parents want her closer to home. She clashes with the entitlement-and-snobbery of the local in crowd led by the mayor's daughter. When things escalate to physical attacks she looks for off-campus housing.

So she moves More...

0 comments like (6 people liked it)

Oct 14, 2008

Heather G rated it:

I found this one quite entertaining and engaging. More so than I expected to. I thought the story was an interesting concept and I love that the ending left me wanting to delve right into the next one-- literally ending in the middle of an action scene.

I really like Claire, Eve, Shane and Michael as characters and I'm eager to see what happens to them next! I wish Claire wasn't quite so young-- I think that would be a little easier to swallow although nothing unsavory happened. More...

3 comments like (9 people liked it)

Sep 30, 2011

Sam rated it:

Here is the synopsis I read which first got me interested in this book:

'This is the first book in the Morganville Vampires series. Morganville is a small college town filled with quirky characters. But when the sun goes down, the bad comes out. Because in Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows, one that will spill out into the bright light of day. Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. The popular girls never let her forget just where More...

0 comments like (2 people liked it)

Feb 24, 2011

Bobs (Reader Unbound) rated it:

Well Glass Houses is a nice, quite easy read. The characters a likeable though Claire was a big piss off. The book had its LOL moments but still it was not a thing that grabbed my attention for long.
Actually now that I am looking back I realize that Glass Houses is a bit of a disappointment. Not because I had a really high expectations, but because everyone keep saying that it is so amazing. Well it is not ... Nothing new under the sun with this one. Moving forward.
Truth to be told More...

2 comments like (3 people liked it)

Feb 25, 2010

Sheree rated it:

This was a really quick, fun read and whilst it may not have technically ticked all the boxes I enjoyed it immensely. It's engaging, dark and tense, kind of 'Mean Girls' meets supernatural world.

Claire is a 16 year old brainiac attending college in Morganville Texas, a small town where vampires rule the roost, and there's nothing 'nice' about these vamps. When Claire gets on the wrong side of Monica, queen ~~bitch~~ bee of college, and her life is threatened she desperately seeks off-ca More...

0 comments like (8 people liked it)

Nov 29, 2011

Petra rated it:

Na knihu jsem se těšila už od chvíle, kdy někdo přišel s tím, že se chystá české vydání. Série je totiž ve světě dosti oblíbená a jelikož mám mnohem radši upíry než třeba vlkodlaky, anděly a další podobnou havěť.

Calire je šestnáctiletá holka, která se díky své chytrosti dostala na vysokou školu o dva roky dřív, než bývá zvykem. Jenže rodiče jí dovolí jet jen na nedalekou vysokou v městě Morganville, chtějí Claire mít na očích - přece jenom ještě není dospělá. Jenže Claire se na území More...

6 comments like (1 person liked it)

Dec 19, 2010

Purplycookie rated it:

College should be an exciting time, but for brainy 16-year-old Claire Danvers that's too mild a word. Due to advanced placement, Claire can start college early, but her parents refuse to allow her to go to the distant Ivy League school of her dreams. She goes to Texas Prairie University where she is tormented by the popular girls—but that's the least of her worries.

After innocently making a bad impression with the reigning Queen Bee of Cruel, overnight Claire turned from simply unpo More...

1 comment like (2 people liked it)

Apr 19, 2011

SATIN SUE rated it:

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here

3 comments like (1 person liked it)

Feb 13, 2011

Joyzi rated it:

If you like a vampire book that pretty much stick to the old rules of vampire folklore you'll like this one. In this book vampires rule the town called Morganville and they're the villains of the story. Vampires can't go out at day, they're vulnerable against crosses, holy water, garlic etc.

You can also relate to the story because the setting was like in a dorm house called the Glass House (Claire, Eve, Shane and Michael live together) and I really like the characters too:

More...

0 comments like (1 person liked it)

Jul 20, 2010

Natasja rated it:

Claire Danvers is a sixteen year old teen and a freshman at college. Although she’s very young her parents decided to send her to school in Morganville, where she is living on campus. Popular Monica and her followers have the picks on Claire to the point that bullying Claire almost kills her. So Claire is determined to find an off campus apartment and she believes to have found the right place in Morganville. The three roommates reluctantly accept Claire even though she is underage. But when the More...

0 comments like (1 person liked it)

Jan 27, 2010

Victoria rated it:

Wow, what a beginning. This story, these characters; they've totally hooked me.

It is another vampire story, but it doesn't seem rehashed to me at all. Maybe it was the characters, the creepy twists, or just the fantastic narrative voice.

Claire Danvers is having a heck of a time at her crummy dorm. A smart, ordinary girl trying to rough it at her Texas college away from home, she is constantly harassed, sometimes to the point of serious injury, by the vicious clique More...

3 comments like (8 people liked it)

Oct 04, 2010

Mariel rated it:

I'm probably going to give up reading this series. Every issue ends on an irritating cliffhanger, and it still doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Like Caine's Weather Warden series (of which I've again stalled after three or four installments), the world building is fresh in an over polluted supernatural market (not that I'm complaining a bit. Keep it coming). Alrighty, the schoolish collegiate vibe is hardly fresh in ya fiction. Actually, a town set up to lead their citizens like lambs to the s More...

4 comments like (5 people liked it)

Mar 30, 2009

Anita rated it:

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here

0 comments like (6 people liked it)

Apr 04, 2009

Shannon rated it:

Claire Danvers is something of a child genius. At just sixteen, she's moved a short distance from her parents' home to attend Texas Prairie University, and she knew she'd have a bit of a rough time of it. But the nastiness and violence of the girls, led by the popular, bitchy Monica, whom she shares a dorm with surpasses her expectations, and it's not long before her life is actually in danger.

Moving out of the dorm and into a sharehouse called the Glass House, Claire discovers that More...

0 comments like (2 people liked it)

Aug 03, 2011

Brittany rated it:

I’m re-reading this series in preperation for my meeting with Rachel Caine this week (tomorrow – eek!) and I couldn’t be more happier to dive back into the world of Morganville. Seriously, this series is painstakingly good. If, like me, you’re sick of vampires, be sure to check this one out before you give up on the genre all together. You won’t be disappointed!

I first read Glass Houses back in 2007 and was immediately hooked with both the story and Rachel Caine’s work in general. It More...

1 comment like (3 people liked it)

Sep 19, 2011

Michelle rated it:

CANDY. A friend of mine has been bugging me to read this series forever, and for some reason I resisted. I should have known better, she never steers me wrong. The heroine is just sweet and goofy and reminds me of my best friend's daughter. And the world building/setup for the supernatural elements of the story is creative.

I'll admit, it's fluff--but it was creative fluff, and it was what I expected going in, and it was exactly what I wanted it to be. Fun, fun fun. And I'll be readi More...

0 comments like (1 person liked it)

Jun 26, 2010

Pat rated it:

For me, the world created by each author is one of the most important aspects of a book. Patrica Briggs has created an amazing world making me believe it is possible to have werewolves. Laurell Hamilton's world that Anita Blake lives in is equally exciting for me. With this book, i didn't like the world Rachel Caine created at all. I just didn't get it...the town is run by vampires, everyone is afraid and could leave if they wanted, but few ever do. I didn't get it, i didn't like it.
More...

0 comments like (1 person liked it)

Jan 18, 2010

Savita rated it:

I just started this series, they're really good, but not for younger readers.

5 comments like (6 people liked it)

Nov 16, 2011

Mary_stephens rated it:

It’s a small college town filled with quirky characters. But wehn the sun goes down, the bad comes out. Because in Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows-one that will spill out into the bright light of day.
Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. The popular girls never let her gorget just where she ranks on the school’s social scene: somewhere less than zero. And Claire really doesn’t have the right connections-to the undead who run the to More...

0 comments like

Oct 25, 2011

El Templo de las Mil Puertas added it

"Claire Danvers siempre ha soñado con estudiar en la universidad de Yale, Catech o MIT, y nivel no le falta. Sin embargo, su edad, dieciséis años (casi diecisiete), resulta ser un obstáculo en lo que respecta a sus padres, que la ven demasiado joven para marcharse tan lejos. Por ese motivo, ésta joven superdotada termina matriculándose en la TPU, en Morganville… sin imaginar lo que el destino le depara. Tras pasar su primer día en la residencia de estudiantes y darse de bruces contra las More...

0 comments like

May 08, 2011

Debora rated it:

L'idea di leggere un romanzo che trattasse di vampiri, per una volta, non propriamente adolescenti mi intrigava per metà del tempo, mentre per l'altra metà mi spaventava. Dopo Marked di P.C. Cast & Kristen, superato da Richelle Mead con la sua serie "L'accademia dei Vampiri", un altra serie ambientata in una qualsivoglia scuola di vampiri rischiava di essere quanto di più scontato potesse essere stato scritto fino a quel momento. Invece, Rachel Caine, con i suoi vampiri universitari, è More...

0 comments like

Mar 13, 2011

♥gια∂α♥ rated it:

Strano. Ecco la prima cosa che mi viene in mente pensando a questo libro, proprio strano. Sarà colpa dei personaggi piuttosto stupidi, della situazione totalmente assurda o dal fatto che tutta la storia non regge... non so, però non so come altro definirlo se non "strano".

Partiamo dai personaggi.
Nonostante il titolo sia "Il diario di Eve Rosser", la protagonista è Claire (quindi potevano benissimo lasciare il titolo originale, ma forse così incuriosisce di più, ricorda tan More...

0 comments like

reviews