A.L. Drakos

The Journal

Notes from the world of the Bloodbound Houses

Reader's guide

Is It Worth Starting a Vampire Romance Series?

How to tell a series is worth your time before book one.

On the craft

The Reluctant Chosen One

When the heroine is the thing everyone fears.

On the tropes

Enemies-to-Lovers, Vampire Edition

Why the trope hits harder with immortals.

Read-alikes

If You Miss Anne Rice

Gothic vampire romance to read next.

Setting

New Orleans, and Why the Vampires Never Left

The one city where an immortal family kept its seat.

On the genre

What Makes a Vampire Romance Gothic

Gothic is a mood, not a monster.

The world

The Houses of the Bloodbound World

Old families, older grudges, and a burned seventh.

Start here

Where to Start: Reading in Order

Begin with Blood and Velvet.