Vampyre: The Terrifying Lost Journal of Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing is an older book but totally worth mentioning. While the intended age group is 9-12 year olds it is most definitely a book for kids, teens and even adults. Since most book love is directed at adult-intended, more serious books, I thought it was about…
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Mr. Darcy, Vampyre
Looks like Jane Austin is getting another makeover, or rather, addition. With the huge success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and the highly anticipated Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters it only makes sense to keep the momentum going. And with vampires as popular as they are nowadays the next logical step would be…
Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism
Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism by Joseph Laycock is a new book that has been getting fantastic reviews for it’s unbiased look into real modern vampires. The book poses the questions… What does it mean to be a vampire? Is it a medical condition? Is it a fantasy? Is vampirism a religion? Joseph…
‘Twilight’ Author Sued
You read that title correctly, the infamous Stephenie Meyer is getting sued. Why? For stealing another author’s ideas. A woman named Jordan Scott claims that Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in Meyer’s Twilight saga, has significant similarities to The Nocturne, a book she wrote when she was 15, and had published in 2006. Scott’s claim…
The Vampire Chronicles Reboot
Rumors are flying that Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles will be getting itself another movie. If you don’t know what the Vampire Chronicles are, well… where the hell have you been for the past 30+ years? (answer: not born) Anne Rice’s vampires only completely switched up how vampires were viewed and portrayed. They went from being…
‘Immortal: Love Stories With Bite’ Review
Immortal: Love Stories With Bite is a collection of short stories about vampire romance written by some of today’s most popular young adult authors. Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Haunted Love: A story about a love triangle between a girl, a vampire and a ghost. This story wasn’t exactly bad but it wasn’t good either, it was…
Vampire Diaries: Totally Not Twilight
With the success of Twilight and True Blood why not add another book into the entertainment mix? Cue Vampire Diaries, the young adult series written by author L. J. Smith, now a television show. Vampire Diaries is a very successful book series about a human girl named Elena who is gorgeous, perfect and can have…
The Strain: Book One of The Strain Trilogy
Written by the genius writer of the Academy Award winning Pan’s Labyrinth and fan loved Hellboy films, Guillermo Del Toro and award winning thriller writer Chuck Hogan The Strain is everything one could want in a horror vampire novel. Gory, dark and full of evil and chaos. According to the book’s tag line… The Strain…