Comments on: Vampire Lit

By: fine art books

fine art books — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:01:29 +0000

Very good site. Thank you:-)

By: Katja

Katja — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:03:03 +0000

Brian’s babymomma suggests Laurell Hamilton, but if you follow that advice, read only the first few in the series, they get rather . . . kinky. . . after that. A kind of kink that Anne Rice really does much better.

Charlaine Harris’s series about psychic barmaid Sookie Stakehouse, on the other hand, is consistently funny and has interesting and entertaining plots. I couldn’t get enough of it. (Sookie dates a vampire, so it fits in your vampire romance genre.) Somewhat different but also enjoyable is the series by Kim Harrison and the series by Kelley Armstrong.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:51:23 +0000

What SamiJenkins said. Vampires are the ultimate “bad boys” who are “misunderstood” by everyone else, yet oh-so-sexy underneath. I think the genre was gaining steam even before Buffy and Angel, but I’m sure those TV shows didn’t hurt.

My favorite so far is Sunshine, by Robin McKinley. From the Amazon page: “Buffyesque baker Rae “Sunshine” Seddon meets Count Dracula’s hunky Byronic cousin in Newbery-Award-winner McKinley’s first adult-and-then-some romp through the darkling streets of a spooky post-Voodoo Wars world.”

THAT’S my kinda romance! (Seriously, it’s a much more serious and interesting read than that cheesy intro would suggest.)

By: SamiJenkins

SamiJenkins — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:23:34 +0000

Vampire romances are popular because :
1) All vampires are always alpha-men
2) They are physically unable to have sex with anyone other than their mate & in some books will DIE if they are forced to spend time apart from their mate.
3) Vampires have unlimited cash, and are in excellent physical condition and never age - neither do their mates.

These type of books appeal because they are the the “zippless frick” of romance - handsome men who must beg women to love & “redeem” them and are forever faithful due to their biology.

By: meimei

meimei — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:57:54 +0000

This just reminds me of a blog entry I once wrote about an especially steamy bodice-ripper I once found in our home library. Sadly, the book does not contain any hot vampire action… but now that I think about it, the author could have used some.

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:28:20 +0000

I’ve always thought Chelsea Quinn Yarboro’s Count St. Germaine would be the Manolo, if he were not just a vampire count but also a shoe blogger. I bet he wears the BEST boots.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:03:32 +0000

I tried to read a romance novel one time. It was a nice old bodice-ripper called “The Black Knight”. Let’s just say that afterwards I had to scrape my eyes with a razor bathed in battery acid in an attempt to cleanse them of the filth to which they were exposed.
But about vampire romance novels…I’m not an expert, but I’ll assume vampires don’t have functioning blood, which is why they’re so pale (they are, after all, undead). How do vampires engage in these, ahem, “acts of love” while they have no blood in their veins? :/

By: megaera

megaera — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:49:27 +0000

Charlaine Harris’s series is about to become an HBO series. They are supernatural southern mysteries and quite funny.

By: Poochie

Poochie — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:36:12 +0000

The writer you have the ad for has done a few great series in this genre. Supernatural romance is a growing area and provides new outlets for this type of story. I actually like them and I’m not a huge romance reader.

By: Brian's babymomma

Brian's babymomma — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:35:26 +0000

If you are diving into the vampire chick lit, don’t leave Laurell K. Hamilton off your list. While there is a sad dearth of shoes, the read is quick and fun.