The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire is an anthology of vampire short stories by some of the best young adult authors out there (no not her, but there are some great writers in this anthology like her and her and her.) I’ll be honest I’m not a big fan of vampire stories. I have a hard time taking them too seriously. That said, I enjoyed most of the stories in The Eternal Kiss. I also was impressed by how each story was so different from one another. Vampire stories don’t need to be formulaic and trite.
That said, there isn’t much new under the sun. So, if you’re going to write some shocking scene of vampires or demons, there’s a good chance that someone’s already imagined it before. As Stephenie Meyer found out when she was sued for plagiarism. The real crime is likely a lack of originality on the part of both authors, but I suppose as more and more vampire tales are written it’s going to be that much more difficult to write completely original and compelling vampire stories. Perhaps it’s time we became obsessed with some new creature of legend. The Jersey Devil anyone? Bigfoot?
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