Fade Out (The Morganville Vampires, Book 7) by Rachel Caine
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Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 348
Summary: Without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again…
Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the local theatre company. But when one of Eve’s castmates goes missing after starting work on a short documentary, Eve suspects the worst. Claire and Eve soon realize that this film project, whose subject is the vampires themselves, is a whole lot bigger—and way more dangerous—than anyone suspected.
Thoughts: I had been saving Fade Out because it was my last MV book until Kiss of Death comes out – I finally cracked and read it in a single go! Best 4 hours I’ve had in quite a while!
The book picks up a few months after the chaos of Carpe Corpus – and Morganville is living in relative peace. In fact, this book has less action than is typical for a Morganville book – which is still an awful lot! Caine’s books always pack a punch, and Fade Out is no exception.
A new girl throws all the group dynamics off balance, and it was great to watch how the characters dealt with a less violent disruption to their status quo. Especially Shane and Claire (bless them – I love these two) who are both desperately trying to be grown ups for each other – and not always succeeding. We also got some amazing insight into Myrinn, his relationship with Ada, and the mostly!platonic love between him and Claire. The Myrinn/Claire dynamic is probably my favourite in the series, and Caine really pushes it to its limits. We get a much clearer picture about how Myrinn feels about Claire – and up to what point Claire will have his back. I’ll stop there, because I don’t want to give anything away. Let’s just say that I love their interaction, and there is plenty of it in Fade Out!
Bottom line? Yet another amazing installation in the Morganville Series. A definite must!
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