Review originally posted at between-the-shelves.com!

Thanks to Macmillan and Netgalley for sending me an ARC of this to review! I haven’t really been into vampires since I read Twilight back in my high school days. Oh, and I took a vampire class in college. That was pretty cool. We looked at the evolution of the vampire in both literature and film, and I feel like this book would have fit right into that class! 

Usually, I’m not a huge fan of short story collections because I can’t really get too invested in any one character before jumping into another story. However, I’ve read two collections this year that have really surprised me: this one and A Phoenix First Must Burn. That one is outstanding too, if you are looking to check out some short stories!

My favorite story in this book was probably the one by Samira Ahmed, featuring an app and software for new vampires. It was hilarious, and I thought it was so clever. I also really enjoyed the story by Victoria V.E. Schwab and Mark Oshiro. These three were definitely standouts for me in comparison to the other stories.

But, you can’t really go wrong with any of the stories in here. I also enjoyed that the editors put information about vampire myths between each of the stories and included discussion questions after each. So not only are you completely entertained by the plethora of vampire stories, you get to learn some things too!

If you’re a fan of vampire stories, this is definitely a book you’ll want to add to your collection.