Title: Midnight
Alley
Series: Morganville
Vampires, #3
Author: Rachel
Caine
Publisher: Signet
Publication Date: October
2, 2007
Genre: Young
Adult
Reviewed by: Angie
Edwards
My rating: 2/5
SUMMARY
Claire Danvers's college town may be run by
vampires but a truce between the living and the dead made things relatively
safe. For a while. Now people are turning up dead, a psycho is stalking her,
and an ancient bloodsucker has proposed private mentoring. To what end, Claire
will find out. And it's giving night school a whole new meaning.
REVIEW
After
finishing Midnight Alley, it’s hard
to imagine that I loved the first book in the Morganville Vampires series with
my entire being. As someone who no longer read books featuring vampires,
werewolves, and such, I was actually surprised that I enjoyed the first novel
in this series so much. I was positive at the time that this was one series I
was going to finish in no time. Alas, the second book was disappointing, but
the third book turned out to be a complete fail.
The two
things that made me despise Midnight
Alley so much are: Shane, Claire’s love-interest, and the narrator of this
audiobook. Shane annoyed me in the first book, even more so in the second, and
was simply infuriating in this one. I honestly don’t know what Claire sees in
him other than him apparently being “hot”. From my point of view I don’t care
how “hot” a guy is. If he’s moody, aggressive, insulting, egotistic, judgmental,
and short-tempered, his “hotness” isn’t going to matter anything to me. I can’t
stand men who have all those traits. Shane is all that, and it grated on my
nerves. To top it off, I then have to sit through pages of Claire lusting after
this loser.
The
audiobook narrator (Cynthia Holloway) was just as annoying. She made Shane
sound even more irritating than he already is. Michael is one of my favorite
characters in this series, but the narrator made him sound…dense. She really
isn’t good with different voices and intonations.
The
plot itself had a few new elements, and I specifically enjoyed the Merlin
addition, but overall it didn’t differ much from the previous book. It
definitely didn’t have the suspense, the sinister feel, the mystery, or the
excitement which made me fall head over heels in love with the first book.
Everything felt watered down. You’d think Claire would have more of a backbone
by now, but she’s hasn’t matured as a character in any way. I’m sorry to say,
but Morganville and I are parting ways. If there exists a possibility that
Shane will be leaving the series in the next book, I might consider continuing
this series. Heck, I even like cruel Monica more than I like him. Yes, I’ll be
reading Rachel Caine’s other books, but for me it’s adios to Morganville. Good
riddance and good luck.
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ABOUT the AUTHOR
Rachel Caine is the #1 internationally
bestselling author of 15 novels in the young adult
Morganville Vampires series. The first
novel, Glass Houses, was named
to the prestigious Texas Library Association’s Tayshas Reading List. She also
wrote the powerhouse urban fantasy Weather Warden series, as well as the
Outcast Season series, set in the universe of the Weather Warden novels.
Her novels have been published in more
than 20 languages around the world. She has been awarded both a Career
Achievement Award and a Pioneer Award in Urban Fantasy from Romantic Times. A former professional
musician, graphic artist, web designer, and corporate communications executive,
Rachel finally left the business world in 2009 to devote her time completely to
writing. She and her husband, award-winning fantasy artist R. Cat Conrad, live
in Fort Worth, Texas.
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