There’s nothing quite like a fantastic vampire story to remind you of your teenage years. Here are some of my absolute favourites.

Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side – Beth Fantaskey

Jessica is ready for a normal senior year in her sleepy small town, until a mysterious boy shows up on her door step. Lucius Vladescu claims that Jessica is actually a Romanian vampire princess and he’s her long lost fiance. 

Jessica’s parents give her a book called Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire’s Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, and she begins to make the dramatic transformation from average American teenager to European vampire princess. But as she begins to become more comfortable with the idea of being a vampire, Lucius begins to get used to the idea of living life as a regular American teenager.

Vampires of El Norte – Isabel Cañas

As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a lot about monsters – her home has long been threatened by the Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister is lurking in the night and one night, Nena was attacked.

As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a lot about monsters – her home has long been threatened by the Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister is lurking in the night and one night while out with her best friend, Nestor, Nena was attacked. Nestor flees believing that she’s dead and fearing that he’ll be blamed for her death. Years later, he returns to find that she never actually died… and now she wants nothing to do with him.

A Dowry of Blood – S.T. Gibson

Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a peasant into a bride fit for Dracula. Constanta is Dracula’s first wife, and as he brings new people into their life she begins to understand that he is capable of terrible things.

As she takes comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, they all begin to unravel their husband’s dark secrets.

Crave – Tracy Wolff

When her parents unexpectedly die, Grace is forced to move to Alaska to live at the boarding school her uncle owns. There she meets her upbeat cousin and a mysterious boy that seems to have a lot of secrets.

But soon she begins to notice that there’s something not quite right with all of the students … and soon she finds herself right in the middle of a deadly supernatural plot.

My Roommate is a Vampire – Jenna Levine

Cassie Greenberg is on the brink of eviction and desperate to find somewhere to live when she finds an amazing apartment that seems too good to be true. She moves in with a slightly odd roommate called Frederick J. Fitzwilliam. He sleeps all day, stays out all night, he has a secret room that Cassie isn’t allowed in, and he talks like he’s straight out of a romance novel. And, then one day she opens the fridge only to find bags of blood…

Secret Vampire – L.J. Smith

Poppy has been best friends with James for her entire life and she’s been in love with him for just as long. And when Poppy is diagnosed with terminal cancer, James reveals that he is actually a vampire and offers Poppy eternal life. He introduces her to a world she never knew existed… except that it’s illegal for her to know about it.

Mina and the Undead – Amy McCaw

Mina arrives in New Orleans to visit her older sister, Libby, and she can’t wait to explore the city’s dark secrets and local myths. She even manages to get a fun summer job at a horror movie mansion but things take a turn for the worse when Mina stumbles across the body of a girl with puncture marks in her neck.

Someone is replicating New Orleans’ most brutal supernatural killings and Mina’s sister is the main suspect.

Marked – P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast

16-year old Zoey Redbird has been Marked with a crescent moon by a Vampire Tracker which means she must enter the mysterious House of Night. Here she learns that she is no ordinary fledgling. She has been marked by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx, and has affinities for all 5 elements; air, fire, water, earth and spirit.

Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris

After synthetic blood was invented, vampire’s decided to ‘come out’ and they know live among humans. Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana who can read minds. She dreams of the day a vampire will walk into her bar. And then one day, Bill walks in. He’s tall, dark and handsome, and he’s the only person that Sookie has ever met with a quiet mind.

Bride – Ali Hazelwood

Misery Lark is the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest and her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over. She’s been asked to enter into a peacekeeping marriage of convenience with the Were Alpha, the leader of the Vampyre’s mortal enemies.