Is there a book like Twilight but actually good?

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I read it in my youth and remember falling for Edward. I don't think I could bear to read it now.

Is there something along the same kind of lines but not... absolute drivel?

If that makes sense

Dracula?

Or those Anne Rice ones?

I'm sorry, no useful suggestions, but laughed out loud at your title.

Yes the Anne Rice ones are good, the vampire Lestat, Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned? I think.

What about the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong? That's what I progressed too after Twilight in my teens. It's werewolves initially rather than vampires but then it branches out into other types from book 3. There's 13 in the series and other short story ones as well. It's my favourite series of books.

I quite liked A Discovery of Witches, it’s a trilogy too.

I quite enjoyed City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.

Another vote for a Discovery of Witches

The Anne Rice as mentioned above. Although I'm not sure they are like Twilight, other than being about vampires.
Twilight is the only book I have ever read where I couldn't get past the first chapter!

You could try the Sookie Stackhouse books?

Twilight will always be my guilty pleasure though

And actually Leigh Bardugo books are good. Try Six of Crows. A sort of fantasy Peaky Blinders, I felt.

Another vote for the Discovery of Witches trilogy. I was really enjoying it until my husband took one look and remarked “Oh, Twilight for grown ups then”. Alternatively you could be lazy and watch the Sky adaptation of it.

Ooo I used to love the Nightworld series!

I like Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward, but I haven't read the last few of them. Vampires but they're a bit different, and with more sex and violence.

Might go look mine out for a reread and get some of the newer ones now actually.

Another vote for the Sookie Stackhouse ones. Mmmmm, Erik.

Charlaine Harris' True Blood were brilliant books, as were her Grave Sight series.

Vampires meet 50 Shades and you want the JR Ward Black Dagger Brotherhood books. Dark Lover is the first.

Lara Adrian - Midnight Breed series. As above. Vamps. Sex etc

Discovery of witches. I think I'm going to go back and read them again

The Kate Daniels books are very good. Funny and well written with great characters. Ilona Andrews I think.

Not vampires but check out VE Schwab. Start with A Darker Shade of Magic. Its the first of a trilogy and I could not put it down .

I like the Women of the Other World Series mentioned up thread too. I’m finding the (4th?) book about Eve a bit hard going though. I miss Paige and Lucas.

Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series is good. It’s werewolves rather thank vampires though.

I also like JR Wards Blackdagger Brotherhood books too.

Sherilyn Kenyon and her Darkhunters are good too. The first 6 or so are very formulaic, but you strike gold by the time you get to Acheron and Stryker’s books.

Does it have to be vampires?

Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas and court of thorns and roses by the same author are fab

All the Illona Andrews books are great.

The women have a lot more about them than Bella Swan.

Jeaniene Frost does vampire books. Just don't ever listen to the audiobooks. American women trying to be cockney men is the absolute worst

Black dagger got a bit cheesy towards the end for me and I don't enjoy the big chunks of book from the bad guys POV. A bit annoying to trawl through.

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Persevere with Eve. She turns out to be awesome in the later books!

The otherworld books can feel frustrating at first. You get to know one group of characters and then the next book is about someone totally different. But like a Terry Pratchett, it all makes sense in the end

Discovery Of Witches is DEFINITELY

"Twilight For Grownups"

Discovery of Witches, (I've only read the first book so far) but also Kelley Armstrong otherworld series which starts with Bitten. As you move through the books you get different narrators. Starts with werewolves. Then witches, vampires etc.

Is anyone else jealous that entire series of books are out already so someone gets to binge all the books in one go rather than having to painstakingly wait until the next one is released?