Product Description

The wait is over. dig into the feast...

In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Student Claire Danvers has never been convinced, though—especially with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, an ancient, old-school vampire who cares nothing about harmony. What he wants from the town’s living and its dead is unthinkably sinister. It’s only at a formal ball, attended by vampires and their human dates, that Claire realizes the elaborately evil trap he’s set for Morganville.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3885 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Rachel Caine lives in Fort Worth, TX.

Customer Reviews

Spoiler Free Review
In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Student Claire Danvers has never been convinced, though--especially with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, an ancient, old-school vampire who cares nothing about harmony. What he wants from the town's living and its dead is unthinkably sinister. It's only at a formal ball, attended by vampires and their human dates, that Claire realizes the elaborately evil trap he's set for Morganville.


For any of you who were frustrated or disappointed with Midnight Alley, Book Three, you're in for a treat with Feast of Fools. Feast of Fools takes all that we learned or thought we learned from Midnight Alley and puts it all together in a very entertaining package. I could not put Feast of Fools down, and there aren't a lot of books that I've read lately that I can say that about.

There is a level of tension in the Morganville books that keeps you on the edge of your seat, even in the background scenes you're waiting for the other shoe to drop. And it always does. Rachel Caine abuses her characters like a pro, and she doesn't shirk because these are YA books. Claire and her friends go through hell just trying to survive in Morganville.

Her characters are young, Claire is about to turn seventeen, but she is no Mary Sue. She's smarter than the average bear, but it's not rubbed into the readers face. Claire's roommates make up the rest of the main characters in the series, and they are pretty normal, or as normal as they can be after growing up in a town run by vampires. But above it all, each book stresses how important friendship is to these characters. You know without a doubt that they are willing to die for each other.

My only complaint is the cliffhanger endings in the series. I need to remind myself that Morganville reads like a TV series not like a movie. There really is no self contained storyline in each book, just a long arc that is being told throughout them all. In other words you cannot pick up Feast of Fools without reading the three books that preceded it.

The Compulsive Reader's Reviews
It would seem that Claire Danvers's life couldn't get any worse, what with living in a college town that is also inhabited by vampires who wouldn't think twice about killing her, and having her parents pressuring her to move back in with them when she already lives with her three best friends. But when Mr. Bishop arrives, things turn positively deadly.

No one's really sure what Mr. Bishop wants exactly--all they know is that he's more powerful than anyone--possibly even Amelie, and he lacks any good intentions. Everyone is on their guard. Soon everyone is buzzing about the upcoming formal ball, and all the humans are clamoring for invites, even Claire and Eve. But this is one party that the breathing might want to pass up.

Feast of Fools is an exciting, fast paced and chilling thriller. Caine has a real knack for combining a headstrong heroine, nicely creepy happenings, and a dash of romance and intrigue to bring about a knock out of a novel that'll stun, spellbind, and utterly captivate readers. There's a twist around every corner, and a cliff hanger that will leave readers desperate for more in this wonderful series that's reminiscent of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A word of caution: once you start into the Morganville Vampires series, it's impossible to let go.

Book four of the series that continues to please!
Sixteen-year-old (seventeen in a week, thank you very much) Clair Danvers is an "employee" of Amelie, one of Morganville's Founders. At the moment, Amelie is the head vampire of the town. Clair's parents arrive in town. Unfortunately, they are moving into the area. Of course, this is NOT something good since Morganville, Texas, is run by vampires and people outside of town do not know that vampires even exist. Even worse, her parents are not the only new people in town. Amelie's father, Mr. Bishop, has arrived along with two vampire companions, François (mail) and Ysandre (female). Records show that five hundred years ago Mr. Bishop had been killing off his enemies within the vampire community to make himself ruler of the world. And then something happened, and he dropped out of sight - until now. Amelie and Michael have been meeting about the new vampires, but refuse to inform Clair, Eve, or Shane what is going on. Shane, Claire's boyfriend, expresses his worries that the powerful trio have come for some type of revenge and/or to destroy the town.

Though Shane detests vampires, except Michael, Ysandre sends him a formal invitation to escort her to an upcoming masked ball in honor of Mr. Bishop. And when one receives an invitation, one dares not refuse.

At the same time, Amelie has Claire and a doctor working to increase the effectiveness of some red crystals. If successful, the crystals will help the vampires ward off the effects of a degenerative disease. However, it is beginning to sound as though the vampires will not be the only ones in trouble should they fail.

**** If you have not read the previous titles you may find yourself lost quite often. The author does give a quick "The story so far" just before beginning the story; however, in my opinion it is not detailed enough for new readers to really understand what is going on. Therefore, I recommend that readers seriously consider reading all three previous titles.

This story does not add much in the way of character development for secondary characters or for the characters for the bad boys/girls in the previous tales. However, it does give more depth to the vampire hierarchy, as well as to the differences in the way many of them think about humans and rules. The main focus of prior stories were on Clair, but this time Shane steals most of the spot light. All-in-all, this is terrific for those keeping up with the series and I look forward to the next installment. ****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.