Vampire Books?

[Lauren Holgate]

How do you feel about the vampire genre?

 

Personally, I am not a vampire book kind of girl.

That being said, I did try the Meyer series and will admit I had trouble putting the first novel down once begun.  I took it with me to the beach and read from sun-up till sun-down.  From here on out I will always associate that novel with the most tan I’ve ever been (happiness itself).

I also tried out Robin McKinley’s vampire novel entitled Sunshine.  It is certainly a refreshing take on vampire literature.  Although it has its fair share of sensual moments, the book itself is far from a romance novel.  It feels less like a fairy tale and more like science fiction, focusing primarily on survival rather than a possible love story between human and vampire (in fact, I’m not entirely certain there was one).

Sunshine is set in an alternate universe, a world which is populated not only by humans but also vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, and demons (collectively referred to as the “Others”).   In fact, McKinley spends so much time developing the setting that the plot feels a bit slow.  It’s definitely not a page-turner.  She does, however, manage to create several lovable characters, not to mention the refreshingly humorous and self-deprecating thought-life of the heroine herself, Rae Seddon.

 

- Lauren

 

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[J N Khoury]

Please. No. More. Vamps!!!!!!

 

I read Twilight. I read Sookie Stackhouse.

 

Honestly, even those I feel are but pebbles in the rockslide of kitsch that is vampire books.

[James P Lile]

I agree with Annabel xxxx, the Vampire chronicles set the stage for me, and most of the media (books and movies) that I have read / seen since have been not to say disapointing, but not up to par with what I feel a vamp should be...

[Jodi Webb]

Truthfully, I never read any vampire books until I got The Radleys for a blog tour. It's not "vampire-y" at all. The vampire aspect seems like a minor aspect of the book. I'm giving it away tomorrow on my blog Words by Webb!

[Mandie]

Vampire books are one of my favorite type of books to read. The Meyer series deffinately take a different take or look on the centuries old legend. Each author takes the typical vampire and most of the time forms it to a sort of modern day vampire. Each vampire book is different. Meyer for example makes them sparkle in the sun. many authors like to put there own twist to make theirs stand out from the rest.

Here are some of my favorite books and series about or based on vampires.

*The Vladimir Tod series by Heather Brewer. This is mostly a teen series. The story is about a half vampire, half human teen boy named Vlad. At a young age he lost both of his parents, he grows up feeding on donated blood bags from the hospital. The tale tells of him going through his teen years and the difficulty of being hunted down by every vampire, human, and vampire slayer in the world. That's one against millions. He falls in love twice, and watches people die right in front of his eyes.

*The Night World series by L.J.Smith. each book contains three stories or tales that tell of each characters experience with a different world (so to speak) within the mortal world that contains shape-shifters, vampires, witches, werewolves, and more. And each contains its own story of romance, and love that was never meant to be. And death is all to known.

*The Thirst series by Christopher Pike. It's a series about a five thousand year old vampire girl who has the body and look of a nineteen year old. In the books are romance, blood, gore, passion, and dramatic twists. She goes by many names, has many lovers, traveled the world, gave birth twice, was both human and vampire, and killed many. This book is by far the most thrilling and i highly recommend it.

 

If you have any recomendations or questions on books contact me at yourinnerteen.blogspot.com or innermeaningfulthoughts.blogspot.com

[LA Banks]

Try the 12 book Vampire Huntress Legends series if you want an edgy, hip hop, urban gritty, sexy tale that is multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and includes multiple religions... vampires there are dark, sexy, and dangerous, and cannot come out by day :)  Check it out at www.vampirehuntress.com

[Joseph Arellano]

Here's a review of a vampire book that's a bit different, The Radleys by Matt Haig, about non-practicing vampires in suburbia!

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/who-are-you/

[Stephen Lawrence Brayton]

I've read several vampire series, including Lumley and Harrison and the Valentine series. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I'm picky about them. Couldn't care less about Twilight and stumbled onto a vampire erotica series which I read the first one and stopped. I think it comes down to (as are most genres) individual tastes.

[Emily Hiesl]

Whew just discovered this thread now.  I'll read vampire fiction by the millions - provided that each book involves something interesting enough to make you forget that you're reading 'just another vampire book'.  So far I haven't found too many books that venture outside of the fanged-hottie box, so I've been disappointed, but I'll still try out a vampire book every now and then.  I could never read another Twilight series, however much I enjoyed it back then.  I think it would just make me wanna barf...

[Pete Karnas]

I wrote about my bafflement with the whole vampire genre here.  That being said, in the past year, I've read a few books from this genre and I've generally enjoyed them.  Justin Cronin's The Passage (review here) was particularly good, although it did have it's faults.  

Pete

What You Read

[Marian Perera]

Interesting post - I feel the same way about a lot of vampire fiction, though I liked Necroscope and Salem's Lot. My ideal vampires are powerful, more or less amoral and not particularly interested in befriending humans, especially the feisty girls who come their way. :)

[Tami Jackson]

I just want to respond to comments made that suggest vampire books are "ALL THE SAME." (They certainly are NOT.) Check out my book blog: http://VampireReview.blogspot.com and if you follow I will RTF!

 

Vampires come in all different shades of darkness. Thanks to Stephenie Meyer, now there are some who even sparkle. 

 

My book, Ravena & The Resurrected, sells for $9.99 but if you are willing to blog about it I'll send you a reviewer's copy. Ravena & The Resurrected (R&R) features a likable but awkward young woman who follows her dreams for meeting vampires. When she becomes resurrected, she learns that being a vampire is very different from what she had imagined. R&R is probably the only vampire novel that puts an entire lair of fang bearers in the middle of a wooded forest where they must communicate with all sorts of wildlife. Ravena, on the other hand, must continually remain alert because a most motivated enemy pursues her.

NOTE: This book does have some erotic content. Romantic yearning. One sex scene; brief. (It is not appropriate for young children.)

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[Marie Crist]

I read the twilight series and liked it and have seen the movies. I then moved to another one from J.R. Ward, The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series and I was so addicted to it. It actually hurt to finish it, I hate when that happens. Any how, I enjoy the whole vampire genre and obviously there are millions of people of all ages out there in the world that do too, that's why they are such big successes.