Stella

vampire books

I realized this year I have read quite a few vampire books and decided to see how many I have in my collection. The pile looks taller than it actually is because I have three different editions of Carmilla. I do have a few more vampire books on my wishlist including Anno Dracula, and that edition of Dracula that is the translation of the early 20th century Icelandic translation by Valdimar Ásmundsson, who apparently took so many liberties he wrote another novel entirely. And I cannot wait to get my hands on either of those.

vampire books

I realized this year I have read quite a few vampire books and decided to see how many I have in my collection. The pile looks taller than it actually is because I have three different editions of Carmilla. I do have a few more vampire books on my wishlist including Anno Dracula, and that edition of Dracula that is the translation of the early 20th century Icelandic translation by Valdimar Ásmundsson, who apparently took so many liberties he wrote another novel entirely. And I cannot wait to get my hands on either of those.

"My second reaction was horror.

Who was she? At first glance, I couldn’t find my face anywhere in the smooth, perfect planes of her features.

And her eyes! Though I’d known to expect them, her eyes still sent a thrill of terror through me.

All the while I studied and reacted, her face was perfectly composed, a carving of a goddess, showing nothing of the turmoil roiling inside me. And then her full lips moved.

she is the trustfundiest trust fund kid ever to trust fund, she has literally unlimited money and resources.

she can eat human food but she prefers (???) blood.

She can transfer any idea into your head via touch, presumably even lie to you that way, and the sensation is overwhelming for even a vampire, let alone a human with a more limited mental capacity.

Everyone is obsessed with her at first glance for some unknowable reason.

She's just as beautiful as a vampire, with 0 of the creepiness factor via cold skin, no heartbeat, no blinking, no breathing, palor, etc.

Her dad can read her every thought, and is incapable of giving her privacy.

Her endlessly devoted werewolf uncle is trying to groom her from birth to be his forever bride.

She will look and act like a grown adult by the time she is 7 years old.

She literally murdered her mother in childbirth.

Her name is so profoundly stupid.