The extremely strong and powerful vampire Mr Bishop has taken complete control of Morganville. Claire is forced to do his bidding because of a magical tattoo he has put on her, Michael has been bitten by him and is now under his control, Shane is locked up in prison with his Dad, and Eve wants nothing to do with Claire. Amelie has gone into hiding, and Myrnin has sided with Bishop. Things are pretty much screwed for Claire.

That is until she finds out that Amelie is gathering those who are still loyal to her underground, and that Myrnin and Michael are playing spies. With a plan in the works, moves are made – but on both sides. Bishop is not going to hand over control of Morganville without a fight, and plans to destroy all those who are against him, human and vamp alike. There’s a race against the clock with predicting and outmanoeuvring the opponent to be getting on with, and Claire’s ready to get her hands dirty.

I love Rachel Caine, and I love this series. And you know what? I LOVE Carpe Corpus!

Compared to the other novels in the series, there is a lot more build up to the action and fighting at the beginning of the book, but that doesn’t make this book any less amazing. It’s like a game of chess, but with a whole lot of thinking and planning before acting done, and it’s just awesome seeing all the characters we come to love (and hate, in Oliver’s case) trying o work together to come up with a way to defeat what seems the undefeatable, when there is very little power left in their hands.

When the action does kick in, though, it’s a classic Morganville adrenalin fest! I won’t spoil it for you, but plans can always go haywire, and when it comes to having no time to think but just act, anything can go wrong. You’ll seriously be reading with bated breath trying to work out what the outcome will be! It’s as exciting as ever!

Our favourite characters are back! Michael, Shane, Claire and Eve are downtrodden, but their personalities still shine through; Michael is still charming, Shane is still acts before he thinks, Claire is still practical, and Eve is still sarcastic. They’re all just a little desperate too. And there is a development with some of these characters. I won’t spoil it, but will say, Rachel; good job!

The one issue I have with this book is that a certain plot line was resolved at the very end of the book, almost like an afterthought. I’m probably wrong, but it just read like it was added in during revisions; a bit of drama at the end added to make it personal to Claire, and a scene inserted further on in the book, so Claire we knew certain characters. It wasn’t necessarily badly written, it’s just seemed a little odd to read when the main story of the book came to its end, and then there was this extra bit at the end of the book. It’s probably the link to the next book in the series, just not as cliff-hanger-y. It was just a little weird. I still loved the book though!

As a bonus, UK readers get an short story in their copy of the book from Shane’s point of view, about him buying a car. Pretty nifty! ( )

Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com

Claire and her friends are divided over the recent events in Morganville. Shane's locked up with his father. Michael's working for the evil Bishop along with Claire - while Eve is furious with both of them.

Claire needs to believe the Myrnin has a plan, but she's not sure she can actually trust him.

Bishop is running the town and pushing it close to ruin. He doesn't care about any of the citizens. Claire realizes that Amelie hasn't gone into the shadows and disappeared. Instead, she's been working to move the townspeople out of danger and away from Morganville.

With the whole town gearing up for a fight, who will be left standing and what alliances will be broken/formed?

THE MORGANVILLE VAMPIRES series is a fast-paced, addicting read that draws readers in and never lets them go, and CARPE CORPUS is a great addition to the line. ( )

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! ( )

Reviewed on it's release date:Book 6 is where the cliff hanger from Lord of Misrule ends. At first you'll get the feeling that our beloved Claire is seriously in a very pitiful, helpless situation. Our beloved Shane is in captivity / hostage and Mr. Bishop is just being Mr. Bishop and the usual gang of the Glass House are obviously on their own. But not for long, be patient. Shane was set free but with a heartbreaking consequence, One of the good vampires die and I found myself being extremely sad about that. It has new characters, new weirdness, Monica Morell back to her usual bitchy bully predatory self and WTF moments that at some point I thought wouldn't quite fit with the whole plot but worked. Yes im talking about the introduction of Ada... So who's really killing the girls in town? Nope it wouldn't be the one that you would most likely suspect. This is my favorite book in the series, The characters are fully developed and it marks the change of everything. And did Shane and Claire finally do it? Nope not going to give out any clues, read and find out. Are the vampires noe really cured? Is this new equalized status of vamps and human going to work out for the best? Who's the next bad guy?... And now I'm back to waiting... ( )

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