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Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, #1)

Rachel Caine

Start date: January 1, 2018

Finish date: January 31, 2018

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Dec 26, 2010 Marla rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, young-adult, back-to-back, zz-2012, with-reservations, vampires, series, ghosts, romance, challenged

3.75 stars. It's just a quick, fun read, but I enjoyed it. Claire Danvers is cute and brainy and in over her head. To escape Monica's wrath, she moves in with 3 older teens who take her in and try to keep her safe.

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Listening to this series after Book #4. It was just more of the same. The characters were a bit 2-dimensional. Claire's naiveté and impulsiveness got old. She is a dumb, smart girl. She is also young and in way over her head. Also the sexual tension between Claire and Shane just ...more

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Oct 07, 2008 Jessica B rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, vampires, own, rachel-caine, 2011, re-reads

This book was way better than I was expecting. I had a hard time sitting it down and doing normal things like cleaning and dishes without going back to it and trying to put in a few more pages. A great read!

** Re-read October 2011 **

I decided to re-read this book before I went on to the rest of the series. I have to say I really enjoyed it, again!

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Mar 18, 2008 Terri rated it really liked it

This is the first in a series set in a town ruled by some very evil vampires. Has interesting young protag and characters (including a fascinating ghost). Look forward to more in the series

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Dec 12, 2008 Cathy rated it liked it

Shelves: romance, urban, fantasy, vampire, paranormal, young-adult

Cute. Short. Very YA. Teens with first loves, first dangers, and adults who can't be trusted and/or won't understand. Enjoyable enough for what it is. ...more

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