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School Bites: Teen Vampires Go To School

Some of the most popular searches leading people to our site involve the words “teen” and “vampire”. Vampire fiction for teens isn’t something I’ve written about much lately.We have a blog, Reading Bites, that covers that topic, so mostly I don’t.

But with such high demand for YA vampire titles and series, and the release of  Gates of Paradise, the last book in Melissa de la Cruz’s Blue Bloods series (and the extremely cool graphic novel of the original book), I thought I’d offer up some titles. Christmas vacation is now well and truly over, and spring break seems far away… this is really the doldrums of the school year. Vampires turned as teens don’t really ever get a break– their appearance forces them to live through middle school and high school again and again to avoid suspicion, since every kid is required to go to school (unless their parents homeschool them– a strategy I don’t think I’ve seen yet). You really never know who could be sitting next to you in algebra class. So MonsterLibrarian.com presents to you a list of books and series about teen vampires who spend their days (or nights) attending school. Some we’ve reviewed, and some we haven’t. I’m sure many of them are already familiar to librarians– knowledge of them is practically a requirement these days, just to answer the question “Now that I’ve finished Twilight, what do I read next?” But I think there may also be some surprises– not every vampire book or series is a paranormal romance, targeted to girls, or aimed at ages 15 and up. Check them out to find out what school is like in a vampire’s world!

 

School Bites: Teen Vampire Fiction

 

Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series by Heather Brewer

The Morganville Vampires  series by Rachel Caine

House of Night series by P.C. and Kristen Cast

Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire: Because the Undead Have Feelings Too by Tim Collins

Prince of Dorkness: More Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire by Tim Collins

High School Bites by Liza Conrad

Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz

Vamped and ReVamped by Lucienne Diver

Oliver Nocturne series by Kevin Emerson

Evernight series by Claudia Gray

Alex van Helsing series by Jason Henderson

Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel

Blood Coven series by Mari Mancusi

Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead

Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead

Red Moon Rising by Peter Moore

Sucks to be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) by Kimberly Pauley

Still Sucks to be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire by Kimberly Pauley

Vampire High and Vampire High: Sophomore Year by Douglas Rees

 

Note: Not all books on this list are appropriate for all teens. As always, MonsterLibrarian.com cautions you to make sure the book is in the right hands!

Posted on January 17, 2013 by , Comments off

Giveaway: Lost In Time by Melissa de la Cruz

How cool is this? Melissa de la Cruz’s newest Blue Bloods book, Lost in Time,  comes out tomorrow (Sept 27)  and we have a signed copy to give away! This is the sixth book in the series, and if the trailer, posted at Hollywood Crush, is anything to go by, it looks very intriguing.

So all you Blue Bloods fans out there, this is your chance to win a SIGNED GIVEAWAY COPY!

Just post below and tell me what you’re reading right now. I’ll randomly choose a winner on Saturday, October 1.

Enjoy!

Posted on September 26, 2011 by , 7 comments

Summer Scares: What Melissa de la Cruz Is Reading

Melissa de la Cruz, author of the YA vampire series Blue Bloods, had her first novel for adults, The Witches of East End,  come out today, from Hyperion. As part of Summer Scares, Melissa offered to share her own recommendations for summer reading. Check out our review of The Witches of East End… you might want to add that to your list as well!

Melissa de la Cruz recommends:

Swamplandia by Karen Russell – more moody and funny than scary, but there is a dark theme to the book. very readable and fun.

Everlasting by Alyson Noel – again not scary but an awesome ending to a great series, very romantic!

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl – a hot Carolina summer, scary, dark and swoony.

For summer reads I also always enjoy anything by Laura Lippman, who is the queen of suspense.

I haven’t read any of these books, and I’m always looking for something new to try, so I’ll be checking her recommendations out. I hope you will, too! Thanks, Melissa!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by , Reply
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