A review by blove0312
Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The war is lost, Amelie is gone and Bishop is in charge. Shane is caged with his dad. Everyone hates Claire because she’s Bishop’s pet. Myrnin has sided with Bishop. Michael is tethered to him via vamp on vamp biting violence. 

Heartbreaking and terrifying. 

Claire feels hopeless and her first priority to somehow save Shane’s life <i>(teenage girl priorities 🙄)</i>. But Bishop is a total dick, and he knows that’s what she wants, so of course he dangles it in front of her while having her deliver various death warrants to people who were formerly Amelie’s. 

But wait, is there a secret resistance? Are some people only pretending to do Bishop’s bidding? 

Battle number whatever at this point is building. Two bus loads of people likely to end up killed are snuck out. The work for the cure is being done in secret. Shit is about to go down. Again. 

Oh and Claire is still an impulsive danger seeking idiot; she would’ve had Covid by the end of week 1 of the pandemic because she can’t even keep her ass in a damn house 😂

This book is fast paced, head spinning, and unputdownable. Any earlier reservations or doubts I had about this series or even any of the characters has completely dissipated. There are very few clean cut villains; even Oliver is starting to grow on me.