Trueblood VS Twilight and of course Dracula

Okay, I have read the first 3 Twilight books. It was the most I could bear to stand. It's very age specific. It is gaged more towards teens and adults that haven't quite reached maturity in my opinion. To me the books started out great. She had a wonderful idea and she pussed out. No follow through. The youngings could handle it because they hadn't read a real vampire book.

Vampire's are scary. They are designed to be. Think about it. They live on blood. Who has blood that they prefer? Humans. I'm a human. A vamp in the dark following me home so he/she can trap me to viciously pierce my neck with razor sharp teeth to slurp out my life blood is spooky. They have the capability to leave me, the weak human, an empty husk of a body in some deserted alley dying painfully alone.

Has pop culture softened Vampires up so they can be more acceptable? Yes. In Twilight they don't turn to ash or set on fire when exposed to the sun, they sparkle. Like a magical blood drinking fairy. All Edward is missing is wings. They hunt animals. That is doeable. I could see a vampire feeding on animals to keep his/her humanity in a small way.

In Twilight the poor Cullen's clan are doomed to go through high school till the end of time. I hated high school the first time around. I could not imagine going through it till the end of the world. I would be very pissed. If I am going to live forever there will be fun to be had. I will visit all the places I missed while mortal, I would do some impossible feats, and read like a mad woman. Think of the opportunities. She decides to send them to high school. for forever. That's lame in my way of thinking.

In Anne Rice's version of vampire's Lestat does some amazing things. He drinks from the queen of the Damned after he awakens her and survives to rock 'n roll another day. Louis had mortal issues. He's been a vamp for a while and he still has issues drinking from mortals and he still is convinced that he is a child of Satan. (Who's your daddy?) The saddest story of all is little Claudia. As a young girl I wanted to be her, except for the dying part. She was everything a child vamp could be. As an adult I cry for her. It makes me want to save her and keep her safe. An insane vampire is a fun vampire I say.

Now the next big vamp book is True Blood. HBO loved it so much they decided to make it a series. I have to admit I am a fan of it. It's not just because the series involves vampires and southern culture. Bill Compton is a gentleman from a different age, the Civil War age, he is not ashamed of what he is. To him what has been done is done. He acknowledges that vampires are dark and violent at times. (Just as they should be) Eric Northman is a vamp who is in a position of power. He does what he thinks is best for the situation. If he needs to send Sookie flowers he does, if he needs to fight he does. He does what he has to.

To me a real vampire will have spooky moments. It is their nature. If they want to hook up with a human the human will need to understand this. You cannot fight nature and win. I don't mean, "oh I got a paper cut!" then a feeding frenzy begins. That's B.S. What happens when she is on her peroid??

Vampire's are dark and mysterious, they are all that we are not. Why would I want to read about a vampire with issues of a high schooler?? I don't. Been there done that. I have already been through that hell once why would I want to repeat it in the point of view a sparkling vampire?

Then there is the daddy of all vampire books. Dracula. One word says it all. It is a brilliant piece of work. Bram Stoker hit on something big. I read Dracula in the eighth grade and it scared the crap out of me. I used to sleep with my bedroom window cracked to let in fresh air. One night I woke up to potty and I swear there was green fog drifting through my open window. I almost had a heart attack. I have never read another vampire book that gave me the willies. If you haven't read it read it. You will thank me. This book set the standard for all vampire novels, and so far most of them fail miserably. Dracula is one bad ass vampire and he does not sparkle. All he wants is love, and of course your blood.

Okay my readers I've voice my thoughts on the vamp books. What are yours? Let me know! And if you haven't signed my guest book please do.