Book #67: Last Breath

Title: Last Breath (Book #11 of The Morganville Vampires series)

Author: Rachel Caine

Date started reading: May 5, 2012
Date finished reading: May 7, 2012

Publish date: November 2011
ISBN: 978-0451234872
Number of pages: 352

Official summary: "With her boss preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when she learns that three vampires have vanished without a trace. She soon discovers that the last person seen with one of the missing vampires is someone new to town -- a mysterious individual named Magnus. After an uneasy encounter with Morganville's latest resident, Claire is certain Magnus isn't merely human. But is he a vampire or something else entirely?" (http://www.morganvilletexas.com)

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How I obtained the book: Checked out of the library

Memorable quotes:

• "Vampires. A total pain in the neck -- literally." ~ Claire
• "Look, vampires and humans together have never been a good idea. It's like cats and mice hooking up. Always end up badly for the mouse." ~ Shane
• "Lesson number one in Morganville. Keep walking. Just keep walking." ~ Eve
• "Marriage is a big word for all guys. You know that. It's kind of an allergy. We get itchy and sweaty just trying to spell it, much less do it." ~ Shane
• "Every story's tragic somewhere along the way. You just have to know where to stop telling the story to make it a happy ending." ~ Eve
•  "I'm not the vampire welcome wagon!" ~ Claire
• "Not that the guy's stable any time, but today he's extra-crispy crazy." ~ Shane about Myrnin
• "When the two of us agree, something is definitely wrong." ~ Shane about him and Eve
• "I had heard many insane things during my lifetime, and more than half of them had come from Myrnin." ~ Amelie
• "In my position, mercy is the last option considered, not the first." ~ Amelie
• "You're the book whisperer." ~ Shane to Claire
• "Civil war among the vampires: not pretty."
• "Oh, try not to sound so much like Mom -- you don't have the ovaries." ~ Monica to Richard
• "Nice to know some things never change. Plagues, deaths, taxes, Monica." ~ Shane
• "Sorry, lady, but nobody's staking anybody at this party! I hung a disco ball for this!" ~ Shane
• "Pain was life, and life could be beautiful, with all its scars and flaws." ~ Claire

My commentary:

• I so very much love the nicknames Shane comes up with for Myrnin: Crazy McTeeth, Nutty McFang, Count Crackula.
• This series just keeps getting better and better. It's such a nail-biting series. I can't get enough of it.

Buy on Amazon.com: Last Breath: The Morganville Vampires