Glass Houses by Rachel Caine

5 out of 5 Stars

Bite me, chilli boy. 

For someone who used to live off of vampire books I was shocked to realise that it has been ages since I have read one. I have been meaning to get to this series for ages now but was waiting until I got near the end of Pretty Little Liars before starting another long ass series. This book was fantastic and I really enjoyed it, sure I wanted to slap some sense into Claire every now and then but besides that it was really, really good. The other 3 main characters were very interesting and they had me from the start. The world that Rachel Caine has created is so bizarre and wonderful. There wasn't really anything that I didn't like about this book. The characters were great, the writing was great, the action was amazing and that ending, my goodness I am so glad I don't have to wait around for the next book.

Claire is going to college in Morganville, Texas and needless to say things aren't going too well for her. She has so far had all her clothes stolen from the washing machine and thrown into a rubbish chute, got into a slapping match which ended with her getting punched and pushed down the stairs plus all the usual teasing and shoves. It is when she gets threatened by mean girl Monica, source of all of Claire's misery when Claire really starts to feel scared for the first time. Monica means her serious harm and considering she pushed her down the stairs and didn't stop to check if she was alive, Claire isn't sure just how far Monica will go. Scared and all alone Claire decides to look for off campus housing. She thinks she has found the perfect place called Glass House, which has only 3 other occupants Michael, Shane and Eve but that idea is soon squashed by the owner Michael. Michael gives in though and says that Claire can stay their temporarily, a few days only and then she must leave he doesn't have underage girls in his house.

The temporary stay becomes more of a permanent stay and Claire is learning heaps about Morganville. Morganville is a strange place indeed filled with vampires, ghosts, power and a whole lot of creepiness. Against the advice of her new housemates Claire is still going to college and is still having to keep an eye on Monica and her underlings. Claire then makes another enemy, a vampire named Brandon and to make matters worst Monica and her family are under Brandon's protection and work very well together. Now that Claire has two enemies she needs a bodyguard and that lucky fella is Shane. Things keep going wrong though and to save Claire from further harassment and death attempts Shane puts himself on the line which then changes things for everyone.

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