Lure of the Vampire
Review by Mari Lynne (Mimi) Rupp
Author: Bertena Varney
This book is a wonderful primer for those new to the vampire genre....Any "Twilight" or "True Blood" fan would do well reading this....
It began as research to her final class she needed for her Masters degree, after writing papers on similar subjects for History and Criminology classes....Well, from "Search for Lure of the Vampire" comes this golden nugget of a book. Citing sources such as "The Lexington Vampire Examiner" this book is well-researched, and concisely put together for easy reading at any level. I'd like to give particular attention to the essay "Lure of the Dead Boyfriend" and "The Vampire's influence on Teenage Self Identification" in particular, having been a vampire fan since age 9, (probably younger) it would've been very interesting to me, someone else's opinion on how teens and vampires seemed to mesh so well and it explains in small detail the draw of the popular "Twilight" series and some caveats in that....In summary, this really is a great resource book for vampire fans, new and seasoned, listing other vampire novels, movies, and vampires in other media. It also includes essays contributed by Elizabeth Loraine, Charles E. Butler and Denise Verrico, I really, really enjoyed reading this through, and will probably keep it close to re-read as the mood strikes!
9/10