The best vampire romance novels

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Love novels about vampires not so long ago began to enjoy simply incredible popularity among the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity. And there is nothing surprising in this. No woman can resist the sight of a beautiful, charming man with amazing manners, even if he does not breathe and has a habit of drinking blood at night - everyone has their own shortcomings.

Vampire Kiss Series

A beautiful cycle by American writer Ellen Schreiber, which includes 9 novels. All books were highly appreciated by readers, which is quite rare, because usually the series “roll down” already into 3-4 parts. The writer's audience is predominantly teenagers.

The Vampire's Kiss cycle includes the following works:

• "Beginning" - for a long time the ancient castle on the hill was empty, but one day mysterious tenants appeared in it. Who are they? Don't speculation and gossip lie? These rumors could scare away from the strangefamily of anyone but Raven, a sixteen-year-old fan of the "dark world". But what awaits the girl behind the gloomy ancient facade?
• "The Dark Knight" - the book continues the story of Raven, who managed to fall in love with a real vampire. Everything was going well, the feelings were mutual, but the beloved suddenly disappears in an unknown direction.
• Vampireville - Raven's hometown is in real danger. Twin vampires appeared in it, planning to turn all the living into their own kind.
• "Dance of Death" - before Raven had time to rid the city of the bloody twins, their twelve-year-old relative showed up. The little vampire quickly became friends with the brother of the main character, and now she fears for his life.
• "Club of the Immortals" - beloved Raven disappears, the heroine is afraid that a misfortune has happened to him. The girl decides to go in search of a vampire, but does not even suspect what danger awaits her ahead.
• "Royal blood" - the happiness of the lovers did not last long. Soon Alexander's parents should arrive and take him to Europe. From their point of view, Raven is clearly not an enviable bride for their well-born son.
• "Bite of Love" - Raven is waiting for Alexander to decide to turn her, but this does not happen. When a childhood friend of her beloved comes to the city, the girl has hope for the fulfillment of her cherished desire.
• "Secret Desire" - a new club is being prepared for the opening, which will be able to go to vampires and people. But what will this mean for the latter?
• "Immortal Hearts" is the final book in the series, which finallyit will become clear whether Alexander will convert the main character, and what fate awaits her.

Twilight

Perhaps the most famous vampire saga is the work of Stephenie Meyer. Breaking Dawn, the final book in the series, was released back in 2008, but interest in novels has not faded to this day. Largely due to the adaptation of books, as well as the talent of the writer.

The cycle includes only four main stories and two accompanying ones. Let's list them:

• Twilight is the first book to feature Isabella's encounter with Edward Cullen, a century-old vampire. The novel entered the bestseller list and received recognition from readers around the world.
• "New Moon" - An accident occurs at Bella's birthday party, which provokes one of the vampires to attack. Everything ends happily, but Edward, fearing for the life of the girl, decides to part with her. After a while, the Cullens leave the city.
• "Eclipse" - the confrontation between werewolves and vampires is getting sharper. The situation is aggravated by the fact that Edward and Jacob - representatives of the warring parties - are fighting for Bella's love.
• "Breaking Dawn" - the book tells what happened after the wedding of Bella and Edward. Returning from her honeymoon, the heroine realizes that she is pregnant. Childbirth may cost her her life, but she wants to keep the baby no matter what.

Vampire romance novels are usually written from the point of view of the heroine, but Mayer decided to correct this injustice. In 2008, she began work on Midnight Sun, in whichthe events of the first part of the series were to be told from Edward's point of view. But in the course of work, some of the chapters were stolen. After that, the writer said that she was not ready to finish the book. The novel remained unreleased.

Another addition, but already completed - “Until Dawn. The brief second life of Bree Tanner. The events of this book take place shortly before those described in Breaking Dawn. But the heroine of the story is the vampire Bree. The work was published in 2010.

Chicago Vampires Series

Quite a big series of Chloe Neil, the main characters of which are not only vampires, but also werewolves. There are 14 main novels in total:

• "Some Girls" - the main character of the novel, Merit, is accidentally bitten during an evening walk. She did not want to become a vampire, but now she will have to abandon her studies and immerse herself in the new world of Chicago at night.
• "Friday Night Bite" - people learned about the existence of vampires. While they do not show aggression and only bother with endless questions, but what will happen if they find out about the secret feeding parties? Merit will become a link between the two races. However, someone stubbornly refuses to reconcile the parties.
• "Vampires of the Windy City" - it took a lot of effort to prevent a war between vampires and humans. Now the main character has other worries - she has to choose between the Masters of the two vampire Houses. Who will Merit prefer?
• "Twice Bitten" - werewolves from all over the country come to the Windy City,including their alpha, who was offered by the Vampire Master as Merit's bodyguard. The girl is instructed not only to protect a representative of another species, but also to spy for her own. However, she does not yet know that a hunt has opened for her ward.
• "Bad Bitten" - Cadogan House is as unsettled as the streets of Chicago. Both werewolves and humans have complaints about vampires. But Merit first needs to clean up her own house, and then take on other problems.
• "Devastated" - hard times have come for the vampires. People are preparing a bill to register all supernatural beings. But this turns out to be not the worst - suddenly Lake Michigan turns black, and truly terrible things begin to happen.
• "Icebite" - Merit is located in the Midwest. Her trace of an unknown thief led here, who stole an ancient artifact that is capable of raising a terrible evil. If the girl does not stop the villain, even the vampires will not be in trouble.

List continued

Vampire romance novels tend to turn into very long cycles. Chloe Neil's books were no exception. We have already listed seven novels above, let's name the rest:

• "House Rules" - Merit realizes that a conspiracy is woven around her House. Intrigues entangled the whole of Chicago, and acquaintances and even those who were friends were involved in them.
• "Bad Bitten" - anti-vampire riots begin in Chicago. Armed people intend to clear their city from blood-sucking reptiles. Disappearances on the risevampires, and Merit will have to figure out how to get out of this situation and save his people.
• "Wildness" - the magical unions that Merit and her Master concluded for so long, fell under the influence of someone else's magic. The name of the secret enemy remains unknown. But whoever he is, he is a very powerful being.
• "Blood Games" - Bloody murders begin to take place in Chicago. People unsuccessfully chase the criminal, but nothing can help stop him. Faced with a new threat, humans and vampires must rally together, despite the fact that they do not get along well with each other.
• "Lucky Chance" - Ethan and Merit go on a romantic trip, but the troubles do not leave them here. The lovers find themselves embroiled in a centuries-old feud between werewolves and vampires.
• "Dark duty" - at a social event, where representatives of the nobility of vampires and people gathered, an attempt is made on one of the guests. Merit manages to prevent it, but who is the customer?

Also included in the Chicago Vampires series are Howling for You and High Stakes, featuring secondary characters from the main books.

Cycle "Night Knight"

Now let's talk about the books of the Russian writer Yaroslava Lazareva, whose work quickly won women's hearts. Her most famous series, Knight of the Night, consists of six books so far:

• "Knight of the Night" - Lada, having gone on vacation to her grandmother, did not even imagine that fate would bring her together with the mysterious handsome Greg. The arrogant and rich man clearly keeps some kind of dark secret, the light of which is shedhelps vampire hunter Dino.
• "Legend of the Night" - in order to be with Lada, Greg is ready to give up immortality and become a man. But the text of the ancient spell is kept in London by an ancient and ruthless vampire. Will he agree to reveal the desired secret to the lovers?
• "Kiss of the night" - Lada and Greg are forced to leave. For some reason, the ancient ritual does not work, maybe it's their relationship? The heroine is looking forward to her beloved and unexpectedly meets a guy who looks very much like him.
• "Heart of the Night" - in the area where Lada and Greg decided to settle, bloodless bodies begin to be discovered. A vampire is involved in the murder, but who is he? Despite the fact that this is already the fourth book in the series, these are far from all the stories that Yaroslav Lazarev has pleased readers with.
• "Tenderness of the Night" - Greg's dream came true, he is human again. But the ritual had one consequence - the man was transferred to 1923, and his beloved remained in the present tense.
• "Call of the Night" - Greg is still in the past, but Lada has a hope to save him - this is an artifact stored in a tribe of werewolves and fulfilling any desire.

Also, Lazareva is the author of several other cycles "From the Life of an Ordinary Girl", "Full Moon Guest", "Diary of My Love".

Other books by the writer

A few novels outside of the series have also been released. What other books did Yaroslav Lazareva write? Full Moon Knights is a very unusual book. Its hero is the Saxon poet Rubian Harz, and the plot is the storyhis life. According to the official biography, at the age of 18 he tried to commit suicide, after which he imagined himself a vampire. After this incident, all his poetry acquired a mystical connotation. But what really happened to him? The book is written in the form of a poet's diary. This novel showed how talented Yaroslav Lazareva really is.

"My Beloved Vampire" is not a novel, but a collection of stories by several authors. Among them, in addition to Lazareva herself, are Ekaterina Nevolina and Elena Usacheva. The stories are united by a common theme - love for a vampire.

Books by Robin McKinley

Now let's talk about one of the best vampire romance writers ever. Compared to her peers, McKinley wrote very few novels-only six. Four of them are included in cycles, the rest are complete independent works.

First, let's talk about cycles:

• "Damar" is a magical story about a princess, dragons, witches and kingdoms.
• "Fairy Tales" - also refers to fantasy novels for teenage children by writer Robin McKinley.

"Sunshine" - this is the book that will interest us. It tells about a world in which a war between vampires and humans ended several decades ago, in which the latter won. Now all supernatural beings are required to be registered. The main character of the novel is Rae Seddon, she is a witch hiding her gift. The girl always tried not to interfere in the affairs of others, but herunexpectedly kidnapped by the minions of the vampire Beauregard, who wants to get the title of Master of the city. He needs Rae as bait. The current Master is Kon, but alone he cannot defeat an opponent. The heroine will not only reveal her abilities, but also make an alliance with a vampire.

Books by Richelle Mead

Let's talk about the famous creator of the Vampire Academy, which was recently filmed. It was this cycle that made Richelle Mead famous. The Last Victim is the last completed novel in the series to date. It tells about the murder of Tatiana, the Moroi queen. All evidence points to Rose Hathaway, a recent graduate of Vampire Academy, as the culprit.

As for the world of novels. Vampires secretly live among humans and have mystical powers. In the heart of America is the Academy, where these creatures hone their magical skills. The only trouble is that the peaceful vampire race of the Moroi is constantly at war with strigoi - vampires who do not shun dark magic and murder.

Also included in the series:

• "Hunters and Prey" - tells how Lissa, a Moroi princess, and her guardian Rose first enter the Academy and immediately become involved in dangerous events.
• Ice Bite.
• Kiss of Darkness.
• "Bloody Promises".
• "Shackles for the Ghost".

Blood Ties

Another vampire cycle by Richelle Mead. "Princess by blood" - the first book in the series, in which the reader for the first timemeets the main character - this is Sydney Sage. The girl is an alchemist, she is one of those who can use magic and connects the world of humans and vampires. The events of the book unfold in the universe of the Vampire Academy, this time the hero will be a girl without fangs.

Books of the cycle:

• "Golden Lily" - Sydney is tasked with protecting the vampire princess Jill.
• "Indigo Enchantment" - the heroine meets the mysterious white alchemist Marcus Finch, who promises to reveal some ancient secret to her.
• "Flaming Heart" - Sidney has the opportunity to join a secret society of alchemists who hide the existence of the supernatural from people. There are many events, and then the rebellious and beautiful vampire Adrian appears.
• "Silver Shadows" - Cindy finds herself in a re-education center for alchemists. Management is very unhappy with her relationship with Adrian.
• "Ruby Ring" - the heroine and her lover manage to escape, but Princess Jill is kidnapped, and Cindy offers her help in the search.

Books by Irina Molchanova

Another of our compatriots writes wonderful love-fiction novels about vampires. There are a lot of love stories on Irina's account, but we will be interested in only one tetralogy, since it is the only one connected with our subject - this is "The Seasons".

The story of the heroine begins with the fact that she accidentally meets a vampire. The Dark Knight falls in love with her, but their worlds are nothing like each other.friend. In addition, the heroine has a choice - eternity and loneliness or a gentle earthly feeling, albeit short, but close and understandable. In this cycle, Irina Molchanova never ceases to amaze and intrigue her fans.

Vampires are the children of fallen angels. Music of a Thousand Antarctica” is the first novel in the tetralogy. It was highly appreciated by readers who note unexpected plot twists, unpredictable behavior of the characters, and dynamic development. Other novels in the series did not disappoint. Let's list them:

• "Voices of drifting ice".
• "Dance of the bloody poppies".
• Requiem of Falling Leaves.

Love Code

This story is a separate finished work. This is a wonderful book by Maximiliane Morrel. "The Code of Love" is the only work of the writer translated into Russian. The plot, as in all such stories, tells about the love of a human woman and a vampire. This one differs from other novels in a certain adultness. The heroine is not a young inexperienced girl, but a young woman who behaves accordingly. Her lover is not just a sugary youth, whose character has not been reflected in the past centuries. Everything is completely different. In the book, the reader can see how the relationship between an ancient wise being and a person could be built.

Such a serious attitude of the author to the topic and bribed many readers, making them real fans of Morrel's work.

Anita Blake

If we decided to consider the most popular vampire romance novels, then without onewriters we definitely can not do. This is Laurel Hamilton, who created the famous cycle "Anita Blake", the main character of which was a vampire hunter.

The series consists of approximately 24 books of the main story and four more that tell about other characters in the novels. The first book in the series is called "Forbidden Fruit", in which readers first get acquainted with the rather gloomy and soulless world of vampires.

As for the reviews, many fans write that the fourteenth book of the series loses all its charm. Why did Laurel Hamilton upset her admirers so much? "Dance of Death" - this is the name of the novel, which forced many to quit the cycle in the middle. The plot is based on the fact that a dark spell is cast on the heroine, which attracts men to her, making her a desirable prey for vampires and werewolves. Among the main shortcomings of the book are the repetition of scenes, the length of the plot, the lack of dynamism.

For those who are not yet familiar with the work of Hamilton, we advise you to read the first four books in the series, as they received the most positive and laudatory reviews. And we want to please those who did not stop at book 14 and read all the translated novels - the cycle is unfinished and we can expect the continuation of the story of our beloved heroine.

So, we have reviewed the most famous and popular novels about vampires, the authors of which are both foreign and domestic writers. We hope that you will not get confused in the variety of such literature and will easily be able to choosesomething to read.