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LoveVampires is a website dedicated to vampire genre and urban fantasy fiction.  Our primary function is to provide informative books reviews about not just the latest book releases but old vampire fiction favourites too. We have an ever growing selection of book reviews which you can browse by author, title or genre. You can also read exclusive interviews with authors, enter giveaways and win free stuff or watch a selection of videos. Make yourself at home, browse through the site and click about a bit - there’s no telling what you might find! Your thoughts and feedback much appreciated so please contact us with your comments.

New Year’s Day seems the perfect time to stop and reflect upon the books that were read and reviewed in 2011 and pick out some of my top favourites. 2011 proved to be a great year for urban fantasy (UF) with the launch of some notable new series. Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles benefited from a swift release schedule for the first 3 books and is probably this year’s strongest UF debut. The UK urban fantasy scene was well represented with Ben Aaronovitch’s stellar Peter Grant books, featuring a young police constable, magic and murder on the streets of London. Established fantasy author Cherie Priest (perhaps best known for her Steampunk novels) turned her hand to UF and gave the world “Cheshire Red” an OCD vampire who is also a skilled thief and investigator.

Paranormal romance was well catered for by the genre’s bestselling heavy weights, but the offerings of Kresley Cole (Dreams of a Dark Warrior) and Nalini Singh (Archangel’s Blade) really stand out from that crowded field. Still there was room for new comers and I highly enjoyed Carol Goodman’s first foray into dark gothic romance with “Incubus” and Dani Harper’s quirky shapeshifter romance, Changeling Dream (even if it didn't have any vampires in it!)

And readers looking for main stream vampire action need look no further than Christopher Farnsworth’s thrilling novel “The President’s Vampire” – this one is a keeper!

New to me in 2011, but technically not new in 2011 is the reprint of Anno Dracula by Kim Newman. This literary monster mash-up is required reading for vampire fans. Twilight Forever Rising by Lena Meydan was technically published in English in 2010 (it’s been a Russian bestseller since 2005) although I didn’t catch up with it until early 2011 but I’m not excluding this book on a mere technicality! It is an undiscovered UF gem that deserves much wider recognition that it has received – I can’t recommend it highly enough.

New releases I’m looking forward to in 2012: well, I just can’t get enough of Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark romances, so Lothaire (10th January 2012) is at the top of my “cancel-all-plans-to read-this book” list. I’m also itching to get my hot little hands on Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward (27th March 2012) since I'm still addicted and can’t wait to get my next BDB fix…
– Amanda, LoveVampires Editor

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2011 Top Picks
Archangels Blade

Archangel's Blade
Nalini Singh

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Incubus

Incubus
Carol Goodman

4 star review

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The Presidents Vampire

The President's Vampire
Christopher Farnsworth

4 star review

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Hexed

Hexed
Kevin Hearne

5 star review

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Anno Dracula

Anno Dracula
Kim Newman

4.5 star review

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Dreams of a Dark Warrior

Dreams of a Dark Warrior
Kresley Cole

5 star review

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Changeling Dream

Changeling Dream
Dani Harper

4.5 star review

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Bloodshot

Bloodshot
Cherie Priest

4.5 star review

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Midnight Riot/Rivers of London

Midnight Riot
Ben Aaronovitch

4.5 star review

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Twilight Forever Rising

Twilight Forever Rising
Lena Meydan

5 star review

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Magic Rises
by Ilona Andrews

If you’re looking for an urban fantasy story featuring a kick-ass heroine with real intelligence, a lively wit, valiant heart and killer sword skills then look no further than Magic Rises latest installment of the Kate Daniels UF series.
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J.R. Ward

J.R. Ward talks to the LoveVampires site about LOVER UNLEASHED the latest book in her phenomenally popular Black Dagger Brotherhood series and drops a few hints on what’s in store for BDB fans in the future…
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