Vampires and queerness have always gone hand in hand, as have vamps as a metaphor for the terrifying change of adolescence (including the often all-encompassing horniness). When you combine the two, it’s no wonder LGBTQ+ teen vampire stories are so popular. Check out five of our favorites!
First Kill
Falling in love for the first time can feel like a matter of life and death. But if you’re a teenage vampire who falls for a vampire hunter, it really is one.
With a not-so-subtle nod to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, our first LGBTQ+ teen vampire story is a tale of star-crossed lovers that features a teen vampire and a monster hunter. Juliette (Sarah Catherine Hook), the vampire, and Calliope (Imani Lewis), the hunter, are two teenage girls, both due for their “first kill.” Based on V.E. Schwab‘s short story, this Netflix show only got one season, but what a glorious season it was.
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Watch this series if: You’re an older teen+ looking for a good sapphic story that isn’t about coming out.
Read our full review of First Kill.
Simon Snow series
By senior year at Watford School of Magicks, it’s pretty clear that Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. Along with his roommate Baz, they battle monsters, dragons, and vampires, while dealing with the demands of schoolwork, girlfriends, heartache and so much more. The fun starts with Carry On, continues with Wayward Son and concludes with Any Way the Wind Blows.
Baz is a complicated character. He’s a gay vampire who’s also a mage and in love-lust with his roommate, who also happens to be his mortal enemy. As author Rainbow Rowell puts it in one book, Baz is “emo s***.” Yikes. You’ll grow to love him, though — just as many characters do.
Read this series if: You love words, want a unique twist on vampire lore or just loved Harry Potter before you know who happened.
Read our full review of Any Way the Wind Blows
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Youngblood
High school sucks. Especially for the undead … When Taylor stumbles upon the dead body of a vampire and Kat makes a shocking discovery in the school’s archives, the two realize that there are deep secrets at Harcote — secrets that link them to the most powerful figures in Vampirdom and to the synthetic blood they all rely on.
What happens when you take the general concept of True Blood and plop it into a private prep school? Youngblood, that’s what. Who wouldn’t want to be glamorous, rich and at the top of the food chain? Actually, there are many people, and that’s what author Sasha Laurens explores — that and baby butches.
Read this book if: You wish Élite made more sense and had a bit more bloodsucking. And if you have qualms with the US American healthcare system.
Read our full review of Youngblood.
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The Fell of the Dark
The only thing August Pfeiffer hates more than algebra is living in a vampire town.
Located at a nexus of mystical energy fields, Fulton Heights is practically an electromagnet for supernatural drama. And when a mysterious (and annoyingly hot) vampire boy arrives with a cryptic warning, Auggie suddenly finds himself at the center of it. An ancient and terrible power is returning to the earthly realm, and somehow Auggie seems to be the only one who can stop it.
Our penultimate fave LGBTQ+ teen vampire story is The Fell of the Dark. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibes are strong with this one. But this book isn’t “BtVS but make it gay(er).” No, this book is “vampires but take some acid.” And I love Caleb Roehrig‘s The Fell of the Dark all the more for that. You have to ride the wave to immerse yourself in Auggie’s tale, but if you let yourself go, what a fun time you’ll have.
Read this book if: A three-way kiss at a rave being interrupted by vampire Rasputin is up your alley.
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