Bite Club is the 10th Book is the Morganville Vampires Series. The Morganville Vampire series follows Claire a 16 year old prodigy who attends Texas Prairie University because her parents aren't ready for her to go off to MIT. After an altercation Claire moves off campus into The Glass House with three other young people. Michael a rocker with a secret, Shane a cute boy with a troubled past and goth girl Eve. Morganville isn't your ordinary town. It's controlled by vampires. These aren't nice vampires, these vampires control what the human citizens do through force and give protection with regular blood donations. It's an excellent paranormal romance series that teens and adults enjoy.
In Bite Club a new gym has opened up in town and is being run by a sketchy young vampire who has special powers. Shane quickly becomes interested in the gym and starts sparing with vampires. He seems more and more distant and Claire soon learns that vampire/human fights are being broadcast on the internet.
While I loved all of the other books in the series I was disappointed in this installment. The characters and the mythology all seemed a little off like it was taken over by a ghostwriter who wasn't quite familiar with the intricacies of the town or it's inhabitants. When Claire was so upset about Shane (who was being physically and emotionally abusive to her) being gone so much that she cried at his wrinkled bedsheets I rolled my eyes in frustration at Claire's total change of character. Additionally the author added some narration by Shane that really took away from the storytelling. They were unneeded and took away from the flow of the story and I skimmed or skipped them after I got half way through the book. The story did have it's moments and it hasn't quite jumped the shark (as often happens when a series gets this many books) I'm hoping the next book goes back to the Morganville that I've come to love.
Appropriateness: This series has a little adult content but not much and it's handled well. There is some sex between the main characters in the series but it is not frequent or descriptive and it takes several books before it happens and the young couples display a strong sense of commitment and an understanding that they need to not rush into things. There is a little alcohol use in college party settings but it does not happen in every book. There is quite a bit of violence. I would recommend this series to teens 13 and up and the adult crossover audience.
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