Review: Last Breath by Rachel Caine

Title: Last Breath: The Morganville Vampires
Author: Rachel Caine
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: NAL Hardcover; (November 1, 2011)

My First Impressions: This won’t be a super long review because this is the 11th book in this series. Yes, the 1tth! If you haven’t read the previous 10 books, I highly recommend doing that before picking this new book up or you will be completely lost. I love the Morganville Vampire series. I started to read them a few years ago and have been hooked ever since. After this book, there are only 4 more, and I cannot wait to see where and how the series will end.

Book Synopsis: Claire Danvers is an extra-ordinary girl living in the extra-ordinary town of Morganville, Texas. What makes Claire so special? She's super-smart, having started college early, and, among other things, works after school in a lab with Myrnin, who's a little crazy...and a vampire. In Morganville though, that's no so unusual - there are lots of vampires in Morganville.

While there is usually an uneasy truce between the humans and the vampires, things are currently a little strained. Someone's planning a wedding, and as the countdown ticks down, it's plain that the wedding is one thing that everyone in town seems to agree on: no one thinks it should happen; not the vamps, and definitely not the humans.

But while the town is focused on the approaching nuptials, Claire and the gang learn that vampires are going missing. Just a few at first, but as the days go by and there's no sign of the missing vampires, things start to get weirder than usual. Claire sees something she shouldn't but can't remember what it was, Amelie gets a cryptic message that leads her to the decision to close down Morganville, and Myrnin has a decision to make. Will Claire and her friends solve the mystery and save Morganville? Do they even want to save Morganville? Or is this their chance to be free of the vampires forever?

About the Author: Rachel Caine is the #1 internationally bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including the bestselling Morganville Vampires series, the Weather Warden series, the Outcast Season series, and the new upcoming Revivalist series. She was born at White Sands Missile Range, which people who know her say explains a lot. She has been an accountant, a professional musician, and an insurance investigator, and until very recently continued to carry on a secret identity in the corporate world. She and her husband, fantasy artist R. Cat Conrad, live in Texas.

My Review: One of the things I love the most about this series is that in every book there is a ton of action and suspense. New problems are always arising and things never seem to calm down in Morganville. In this book, vampires are missing and rebels are actually not being blamed.

There were some new POV’s included in this book, which I really enjoyed! Usually we experience things from only one character, but this book we get a direct look into Claire, Shane, Amelie, Eve and Michael’s heads. I hope that this trend continues into the next book because it was nice to see each character’s inner struggles and it helped me to connect with each of the characters.

Like always, Rachel’s world-building is fantastic and I think this series just keeps getting better and better. There was a huge surprise thrown in this book that I didn’t see coming at all! One of the best things about this series is, is that it is completely unpredictable. Rachel puts a ton of emotion into each of her characters and all of the hard work she puts in really shines in each book. Not only that, but I love the themes that ran through this book. It has a little something for everyone: love, fear, betrayal, and loss. But above all of that, there is hope. Always and forever hope in each of these books, which is why I keep coming back for more.

Brilliantly done, if you are a fan of this series, this is another must-read! If you haven’t read the first 10 books yet, what are you waiting for? You will not be disappointed!

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