Review of Feast of Fools (Morganville Vampires) (Morganville Vampires)

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Raise your hand if you're sick of cliffhanger endings?! Is there a reason these stories couldn't have been made into two or three longer novels, rather than spreading them out like this? Grr!

Moving on... What I do love is the fact that the "good guys" and "bad guys" can be interchangeable in this series. It's not completely cut and dry, with those thinking we're meant to utterly hate, occasionally surprising us. Claire seems to be able to find allies in the oddest of places.

This story gives us a glimpse into the traditions and ceremonies for Morganville vampires. That's often one of the more interesting part of vampire novels, if only because it's like glimpsing into a different nationality, or the customs of a country we've not heard much about. It tends to add some depth and makes the whole universe more convincing.

As an adult reader, I am also liking the tension between Shane and Claire; though I believe it's overly erring on the side of caution. Maybe because of experience and the fact that I am far more liberal, or maybe because I feel as if it's not at all representative of the times we're in, but it just seems to me that it's all so... "virginal." I get that the message is a good one for young girls, but it just doesn't stick with me. That's not to say I'd like Caine to get all explicit on us, but rather allow the characters romantically experience a little more, or at least talk to each other.

All in all, decent, and it definitely shadows some intense action and maybe al all-out war for the next novel.

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Added by Voxy 3 months ago on 19 June 2008 06:10