Amelie's father, Bishop, arrived in Feast of Fools (book 4). Since then, both "teams" have been preparing for a showdown. Finally, it happens in Carpe Corpus. With all that buildup, I guess I expected more. The stage was set, Bishop began his creepy spectacle, and then it ended rather quickly. Don't be too distraught, because although things end happily (well, as happily ever after as one can get in Morganville)there are still some loose ends. I suspect we haven't seen the last of Bishop. 
 As with the other books in the series, Rachel Caine masterfully creates an action-packed plot, describes an eerie paranormal setting, and crafts multi-dimensional characters you actually care about. Midnight Alley (book 3) introduced the character Myrnin. In my review for that book, I mentioned he's my favorite character. The same holds true in Carpe Corpus. Just when you think you have Myrnin figured out, he does something unexpected. Thankfully, he is cured in Carpe Corpus, so hopefully he'll continue to be featured in the rest of the series. Rachel Caine introduces another interesting character as well, Ada. Ada is hard to explain...neither human nor vampire, but she is extremely important to the future of Morganville. She's very mysterious and creepy, so I hope we'll uncover more of her in future installments. Shane and Claire, Michael and Eve are all still together. Shane and Claire continue to move closer to one another.