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In the small college town of Morganville, vampires and humans lived in (relative) peace-until all the rules got rewritten when the evil vampire Bishop arrived, looking for the lost book of vampire secrets. He's kept a death grip on the town ever since. Now an underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants-the living and the undead. Claire Danvers and her friends are the only ones who stand in his way. But even if they defeat Bishop, will the vampires ever be content to go back to the old rules, after having such a taste of power?

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #2084 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 256 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780451227195
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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'Dump Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books and replace them with the Morganvilles' SFX Magazine

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Can Claire and her friends save Morganville?
"Carpe Corpus" opens on Claire Danvers's 17th birthday. Her parents give her a necklace and a dress, but all she really wants is to see Shane Collins and she's willing to risk her life asking Bishop, the ancient vampire who's captured Morganville, to do so.

The four inhabitants of the Glass House are all scattered. Claire's living with her parents and serving Bishop against her will. Shane's caged with his vampire hating father, Frank. Michael looks like he's in Bishop's thrall. Eve is the lone inhabitant of the Glass House and she's trying to keep the place for her four friends.

But Amelie's, the former vampire ruler of Morganville, is back and things are not quite as they seem. Neither Ancient Myrnin or Michael is in thrall to Bishop after all. It's up to Claire to help get enough serum to heal the vampires of Morganville of the Alzheimer-like illness that Bishop probably gave them so they can get back their town.

"Carpe Corpus" is a tightly paced story that will keep you glued to the pages. Unfortunately, it ends all too soon like every Caine novel. If you're a fan of Morganville, you're going to love this. If you've just come to Caine via "Twlight," the same. You may want to start with Book One--Glass House, but you don't have to.

Rebecca Kyle, June 2009

Incredible!
Now, I know that this has been said and I feel that I am responsible for the jinx bestowed upon Claire (as I am sure the feeling is mutual w/ others), but if life couldn't get any worse for her, I believe that it just hit rock bottom at the start of Carpe Corpus.
Betrayed by Myrnin, Amelie no where to be seen, and being forced to do Bishop's bidding by way of a spell from that very special book that stirs bloody conflict between vampires for its possession, is now in the hands of the most ruthless and heartless vampire in town.
Claire in utter despair, although her 17th birthday passing (the way she had not planned), nothing seems to matter with Shane in jail along with his vampire loathing father, Eve's abandonment to Claire's forced traitorous actions, and Michael now subservient to Bishop by way of bite. Heartbroken and lonely, she is determined to see Shane and get him out, well aware that the idea is grave.
She finds that in her persistence leads to reasoning in the belief that everything was planned this way by Amelie and her followers; including Myrnin and his actions, who later introduces her to the heart of Morganville, Ada.
Albeit, there are more twists and turns to thicken the plot and sub plots further, I feel that Carpe Corpus was the first book of the series to give a meager amount of closure with Bishop finally put to a stop by matter of severe sacrifice and consequence, discovering who the murderous culprit is to the mortal woman, and the tension to end with Claire and Shane's intimacy (FINALLY!). I extremely enjoyed this whole series and I would recommend it to all ages. I'm eager to read the next book to come out in November of 09, but I am not sure that I can hold out for too much longer!

Could it be "Happily Ever After" for Morganville? With This Town You Never Know. But its pretty darn perfect!
Well when we last left Claire Danvers in Lord of Misrule, the proverbial poop had definitely hit the fan. Bishop (with Myrnin's help) had pulled the coup of coups, Amelie was defeated (well only slightly rumpled), the Morganville rebellion had been quashed and were hurting pretty bad. Shane, his dad, and the beefy motorcycle slayers had been captured or killed, and Michael had been turned to the dark side. (let's now say that in a sinister voice: The Daaaark Side)

And Monica...was Monica. Still alive and just as cranky and mean as ever. `Nuff said.

Basically fans were left on the precipice hanging by their itty-bitty fingernails. An excruciatingly painful state of unknowing existed for all of us until the next Morganville came out. So we have been waiting for Carpe Corpus with bated breath, and Miss Rachel Caine has delivered us! Hallelujah!

Life has become ever more complicated in the town that vampires made. Claire's parents are now trapped in Morganville. Bishop is the vampire dictator to end them all but what is even freakier, is that he's got no interest in ruling-only destroying. It's only a matter of time before the creepy fanged town implodes. But Claire has to prevent it, save Amelie and the others, and it's kinda hard to do that when she's been enslaved by magic from the Founders book.

Caine's series is incredibly engaging and in Carpe Corpus we finally see Claire evolve from her painfully shy and timid persona to a kick butt heroine. There is a "serious girl theme" in the book involving Claire and Shane, the introduction of the rather creepy Victorian Ada and we eventually get to see the "true" Myrnin-a cured Myrnin. And work continues on the vampire serum but not without its costs. Think more edgy, darker and fleshed out than Twilight, more Melissa Marr, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, and Chris Wooding.

So is it "Happily Ever After" with Morganville? Uh uh, I'd hold your breath. With Morganville you never know. Think there is some life in her yet!