Question:
I don’t know about you, but I’m freaking sick of vampire romance, it is horribly, horribly, cliched and overdone. Does anyone else feel this way? And if a vampire novel came out that didn’t have romance, would you read it?
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7 Responses to “Would you read a vampire novel without romance?”
Probably not. Almost every story I read has a little romance here and there so I can’t say I would. But I do think Twilight is okay and that the love story kinda sucks because Jacob is way better then Edward.
You know, there were great vampire stories before Twilight, and there will be great ones after Twilight. The original “Dracula” wasn’t a romance. Neither were Anne Rice’s books.
I’ve gotten a lot more picky about my vampire romance series, but there are a few I enjoy. Of course, I also read in the adult romance section, not YA, so I have no idea what’s available there.
I had no idea I was reading a vampire novel when I began reading Twilight. My friend handed it to me, said it was great and all her friends enjoyed it. I didn’t ask what it was about and I didn’t read the cover. By the time I realized what it was I was already dying to know what happened next.
I wouldn’t have cracked it open if I had known and I won’t intentionally (lol) read another vampire novel. The concept of vampires does not appeal to me even though I ended up loving the Twilight series.
There are TONS of vampire novels that are not romance. I prefer non-romance vampire stories. If you want to read a really good NON-ROMANCE vampire novel, check out these wonderful stories:
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Afterage by Yvonne Navarro
Hollywood Vampires by Matt Jones
Eternal Vigilance series by Gabriel Faust
Vampires by John Steakley
Anything by David Wellington (he writes vampire and zombie novels)
Joe Pitt series by Charlie Huston
Fevre Dream by George RR Martin *one of my all-time favorites
Blood Memories by Barb Hendee
Vamphyrric by Simon Clark
Children of the Night by Dan Simmons
The Strain trilogy by Guillermo Del Toro
Pretty When She Dies by Rhiannon Frater
Dracul: The Return by James Wardlaw
Vampire Winter & Darkness on the Ice by Lois Tilton *one of my all-time favorites
Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly
They Thirst by Robert McCammon
Raven by S.A. Swiniarski
Live Girls by Ray Garten *one of my all-time favorites
Bottomfeeder by B.H. Fingerman
Let Me In by John Lindqvist
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy Charnas
Vamped by David Sosnowski *one of my all-time favorites
Necroscope by Brian Lumley
I, Vampire series by Michael Romkey
The Vampire Within series by Drew Silver
Lord of the Dead & Slave to my Thirst by Tom Holland
Dead Souls by Michael Laimo
30 Days of Night series
Tap Tap by David Martin
Question:
Probably not. Almost every story I read has a little romance here and there so I can’t say I would. But I do think Twilight is okay and that the love story kinda sucks because Jacob is way better then Edward.
I agree! It’s disgusting! I don’t see anything attractive or romantic in blood sucking creeps o.o
No, I wouldn’t. Twilight ruined the image of all vampires for me and I’m never going to read anything involving vampires again.
Except for maybe Dracula because it was really good… x]
You know, there were great vampire stories before Twilight, and there will be great ones after Twilight. The original “Dracula” wasn’t a romance. Neither were Anne Rice’s books.
I’ve gotten a lot more picky about my vampire romance series, but there are a few I enjoy. Of course, I also read in the adult romance section, not YA, so I have no idea what’s available there.
I had no idea I was reading a vampire novel when I began reading Twilight. My friend handed it to me, said it was great and all her friends enjoyed it. I didn’t ask what it was about and I didn’t read the cover. By the time I realized what it was I was already dying to know what happened next.
I wouldn’t have cracked it open if I had known and I won’t intentionally (lol) read another vampire novel. The concept of vampires does not appeal to me even though I ended up loving the Twilight series.
it would be interesting, but i don’t think that vampire ‘romance’ is overdone, in history vampires are seen as seducers of young women.
Heck yeah, I love vampires
There are TONS of vampire novels that are not romance. I prefer non-romance vampire stories. If you want to read a really good NON-ROMANCE vampire novel, check out these wonderful stories:
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Afterage by Yvonne Navarro
Hollywood Vampires by Matt Jones
Eternal Vigilance series by Gabriel Faust
Vampires by John Steakley
Anything by David Wellington (he writes vampire and zombie novels)
Joe Pitt series by Charlie Huston
Fevre Dream by George RR Martin *one of my all-time favorites
Blood Memories by Barb Hendee
Vamphyrric by Simon Clark
Children of the Night by Dan Simmons
The Strain trilogy by Guillermo Del Toro
Pretty When She Dies by Rhiannon Frater
Dracul: The Return by James Wardlaw
Vampire Winter & Darkness on the Ice by Lois Tilton *one of my all-time favorites
Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly
They Thirst by Robert McCammon
Raven by S.A. Swiniarski
Live Girls by Ray Garten *one of my all-time favorites
Bottomfeeder by B.H. Fingerman
Let Me In by John Lindqvist
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy Charnas
Vamped by David Sosnowski *one of my all-time favorites
Necroscope by Brian Lumley
I, Vampire series by Michael Romkey
The Vampire Within series by Drew Silver
Lord of the Dead & Slave to my Thirst by Tom Holland
Dead Souls by Michael Laimo
30 Days of Night series
Tap Tap by David Martin