Good vampire romance books? (I’m trying to connect back to my twilight era bc I think I FIRST self-abandoned at that time)

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Noelle · Answer

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (V. E. Schwab): Vengeful lesbian vampires! I never read Twilight, so idk if this will scratch the same itch, but it was fun!

Mary · Answer

Dead Until Dark (Charlaine Harris): Sookie Stackhouse is one of my all time favorite book series! This is the series True Blood is based off, but the storyline of the books differs from the show towards the end. I prefer the book series! The audiobooks are excellent, and I’ve found them on Hoopla.

AMB · Answer

Midnight Sun: If you ever want to reignite your Twilight phrase, I recommended the book Midnight Sun. It’s Meyer’s retelling of the first book, but with the POV of Edward. It sounds excessive and like an unnecessary book (and maybe it is), but it’s like bonus Cullen family content plus being able to hear everyone’s thoughts because of Edward’s powers. It’s still the same Twilight story, just with an interesting dimension.

Lida Richardson · Answer

House of Hunger (Alexis Henderson): Oh hi wow you’ve said the words to activate me. We have so much to discuss. This book isn’t a capital R Romance but I found it super compelling as someone in Twilight recovery. Dark lesbian vampire romance vibes. There are a lot of new (particularly queer) vampire romances I haven’t read yet, including Hungerstone by Kat Dunn, which I’m about to read. I’ve also recommended Carmilla before, which is not a romance but is the original dark lesbian vampire romance (ish). Lots of problems with that one, but it’s pretty fascinating. And then I’ve read some like…bad romantasy — The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Clarissa Broadbent is a really popular one, which I had a nice time with, if you can handle the romantasy conventions. People also really like The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (more elevated). I haven’t read it yet, but I do like some of her other books. Also Dracula is really fun, with some caveats (Orientalism, weird about women, surprisingly Christian). Ohh and then people also like Bride by Ali Hazelwood; I haven’t read it though. Okay sending you weird Twilight solidarity! My best friend and I think it like broke both of our brains, and I love thinking about why it was so impactful. Those books are so weird.