Feast of Fools (The Morganville Vampires, #4) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

May 28, 2010 Chrissie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, urban-fantasy, vampires, books-i-own, books-read-2010

***It is impossible to write this review without giving away some spoilers for events in the previous books in the series. If you have not read the other books please read this review with caution***

This book once again takes off from where the last book in the series left off from. One thing you can definitely say about this series is that you are not gently eased into the action at the beginning – you are pulled into the story right from page one. We briefly meet Bishop, Amelie’s father, at th ***It is impossible to write this review without giving away some spoilers for events in the previous books in the series. If you have not read the other books please read this review with caution***

This book once again takes off from where the last book in the series left off from. One thing you can definitely say about this series is that you are not gently eased into the action at the beginning – you are pulled into the story right from page one. We briefly meet Bishop, Amelie’s father, at the end of Midnight Alley when he arrives at the Glass House with Claire’s parents. He has come to Morganville to find a very powerful book that is in Amelie’s possession and he will do anything to get his hands on it. Bishop manages to create division throughout Morganville and after a feast held in his honour, nothing will ever be the same again in this small town.

In Feast of Fools we are introduced to three new vampire characters – Bishop, Ysandre and Francois. They are definitely not friendly and they take pleasure is using humans in their games and think nothing of killing them or using their powers to force humans to do things against their will. Ysandre, a very sexy female vampire, takes a liking to Shane and this does create some tension between him and Claire. These new vampires are a great addition to the story. They are bad to the bone and, unlike the other vampires in the series who seem to have both a good and a bad side, you just know there will be trouble whenever they are around.

Previous books in the series have been non-stop action from start to finish, however, this one moves at a slightly slower pace. The book begins with some action when Bishop and his two sidekicks arrive at the Glass House, but then the story slows down in the lead up to the welcome feast. Although, what this story lacks in action it certainly makes up for it with suspense. The feelings of tension and fear leading up to the feast just jump off the page at you as you’re reading. I do have to say though that I found it slightly unbelievable that the residents of Morganville can be so aware of what is going on around them with regards to what the vampires are getting up to, whilst non-residents (e.g. students at the University) seem to be so oblivious to these events. I just don’t see how such a divide can exist between the humans in Morganville.

Once again everybody is so beautifully characterised that by now I feel as if I really know Claire, Shane, Eve and Michael. And, whether they are humans or vampires, the characters all have such complex personalities and this is one of my favourite things about this series. I have really enjoyed getting to know each and every person in Morganville (although Myrnin still creeps me out A LOT!).

Although this isn’t my favourite story in the series so far, Feast of Fools is still definitely worth a read and I can’t wait to read Lord of Misrule. I’m very interested in seeing exactly what Bishop has got up his sleeve for the residents of Morganville. ...more

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Oct 15, 2010 CharleeMoo rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, paranormal, vampire, series

There's a new vampire in town, and he's looking for his daughter! No, no it's not Claire, we all know that by now. It's Amelie.
We first met Biship in the wee end pages of the last book in the series, and he came rolling into Glass House following Claires Parents.
I like that you get a little more of Amelie in the one. I don't like that Claire's parent aren't really in the book all that much, but whatever because I like Shane and Claire, and Claire's parents aren't reallllllly into Shane.
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