Books in series
#''Vampire Kisses '' #''Kissing Coffins'' #''Vampireville'' #''Dance With a Vampire'' #''The Coffin Club'' #''Royal Blood'' #''Love Bites'' #''Cryptic Cravings'' #''Immortal Hearts'' Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives series Vampire Kisses: Graveyard Games seriesReception
Critical reception for the ''Vampire Kisses'' series has been mixed to positive, with Teenreads calling the first book a "wonderfully funny story". Kirkus Reviews stated that the book was "cheesily written" but that it was "awkwardly endearing".Manga adaptation
In 2007 a manga adaptation of Schreiber's ''Vampire Kisses'' series was published by Tokyopop's English branch, with the series eventually being published in German as well. Tokyopop chose artist Rem to illustrate the series, with the artist previously winning their 2003 ''Rising Stars of Manga'' contest. Harper Collins picked up the North American rights to the series after the closure of TokyoPop, replacing the series' previous artist Rem with Xian Nu Studios. The series was one of the 2009 New York Times bestselling manga for the week of September 26.Volume list
Characters of the Vampire Kisses Series
*Raven Madison - Main character *Alexander Sterling - Raven's boyfriend *Becky Miller - Raven's best friend *Trevor Mitchell - Raven's childhood nemesis, who constantly flirts with Raven *Jameson - The Sterlings' butler *Jagger Maxwell - Alexander's nemesis *Luna Maxwell - Jagger's twin sister *Valentine Maxwell - Luna and Jagger's little brother *William Madison (a.k.a. "Billy Boy", "Nerd Boy") - Raven's little brother *Sebastian Camden - Alexander's childhood friend *Scarlet - Raven's friend from the club *Onyx - Raven's friend from the club *Paul Madison - Raven's and Billy's dad *Sarah Madison - Raven's and Billy's mom *Constantine Sterling - Alexander and Stormy's father *Cassandra Sterling - Alexander and Stormy's mother *Athena "Stormy" Sterling - Alexander's little sister *Nightmare - Raven's Cat *Phantom - Stormy's Cat *Henry - Billy Boy's friend *Romeo - Luna's boyfriend *Ruby - Jameson's girlfriend *Matt Wells - Becky's boyfriend *Aunt Libby - Raven's aunt *old man Jim - graveyard keeper *Phoenix - Mystery Man in the club *Mrs. Peevish *Janice ArmstrongCharacters Description
Raven Madison
Raven Madison, the 16-year-old goth daughter of Sarah and Paul Madison and elder sister of Billy (Nerd Boy) Madison, is a fictional character in Ellen Schreiber's Vampire Kisses series. Raven is known for being the only gothic girl in all of Dullsville. She has mid-length jet black hair. Her favorite color is black; her favorite movies of all time are ''Dracula'' and ''Kissing Coffins.'' She lives in a town called, "Dullsville" and has a best friend named Becky Miller whom she has known since the third grade when she saw Becky crying on the front steps one day because she thought that her mom forgot to pick her up. When Raven is pretty young, she decides that her lifelong arch-nemesis is Trevor Mitchell because he hates Raven and she terms it as hate at first sight. They go out of their way to humiliate each other. On her 16th birthday, a mystery family moves into a creepy mansion in her town and they become her point of obsession. She devotes all of her time to find out if they are really vampires or not and breaks into the mansion one day after a disastrous run-in with the Creepy butler (Jameson) on Halloween. Raven first saw her future boyfriend Alexander Sterling, who she nicknamed, "Gothic Guy", on the night of her classmate Matt's party.Alexander Sterling
''Alexander Sterling'', son of Constantine & Cassandra Sterling, is a vampire in Ellen Schreiber's ''Vampire Kisses'' series. He is known to have dark, chocolate eyes, long jet-black hair, & to be an excellent painter. He moved into the mansion on Benson Hill during his future girlfriend Raven Madison's sophomore year. He first met Raven when he was leaving the cemetery painting by his grandmother's grave when Becky Miller almost ran him over with her truck.Trevor Mitchell
Trevor Mitchell is Raven's popular, khaki-clad, rich, gorgeous, and mean arch-nemesis. But truth is, he's more attracted to her than repelled by her. He's had a crush on her ever since they were children. Trevor even kept the one present Raven ever got him. He goes out of his way to humiliate her but is just wanting her attention. He nicknamed Raven his "Monster Girl." While Raven hates him truly, Trevor is Raven's secret admirer. Trevor steals Raven's first kiss at Matt's party. He dresses up as a vampire on Halloween to impress Raven because he knows she loves vampires and also he plans to spray paint the Mansion and blame it on Raven for humiliating him. He even buys the painting of Raven which was put for auction by Alexander to pay money for buying the mansion. Ultimately he ends up confessing his love for Raven only to see her become a vampire.References
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