Glass houses focuses on Claire attending her first few days at college and being bullied by the queen bee Monica, the bulling almost kills Claire and she is forced to escape her student accommodation and find somewhere else to live, which leads her to the house of Glass. The house is owned by Michael Glass, a strange boy that seems to never to be around in the day and doesn't leave the house. Claire is brought to the house by a girl called Eve, a goth chick that works in coffee house in town and another boy lives there called Shane.
It seemed that everyone in the house had a secret which comes out by the end of the novel, each of the characters have an interesting background that make for an interesting set of people in the House of Glass. Even though Claire has been threatened to not go back to school, she sneaks in with the help of her new friends even though she believes Monica will kill her. What Claire doesn't know, is that the town is run by Vampires. In the first book however, you only really meet a handful of vampires which is a refreshing change from the main focus of characters to be a vampire character. Not only this but instead of vampires been idolized, the vampires are rejected from the principle cast.
Romance plays a very small part in this novel unlike most teenage fiction where the romance dominates the plot. Here we can see a budding romance between a few of the characters thats only acted on as part of a side plot rather then a major part.
In all I can say that this is one of the books that I can honestly say I will reread several times which is very rare for me! It's a refreshing change from other vampire fiction on the market at the moment!
I currently have all of these books so I will be reviewing them periodically! Thanks for Reading! Comment below with your views on this book.
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