Book Rec

Vamp Camp by Wynn Wagner

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Who knew that being a gay vampire could be loving and tender? This is a blazingly fast adventure and all the scary / creepy / freaky drama you'd expect from a vampire tale. You also get the wicked wit of Mårten Larsson as he learns to live (no, not 'live' exactly) as a vampire. From steamy sex to hunting rogue goons, Mårten masters the art and science of vampirism.

Did he want to be a vamp? Not so much. He wanted it as much as he asked to have a sissy circle over the 'å' in his name. His mother didn't ask him about the name, and his Maker didn't ask if he wanted to be a vampire. He just woke up dead one day with a piece of paper that said, "Dude, you're a vampire. Drink some blood."

Vamp Camp is an entertaining and irreverent novel about a young man who was turned against his will and finds himself a vampire abandoned by his Maker. Our young hero has no idea how to survive until he meets a true Master vampire and is taken under his wing. The blurb alone was hilarious and the humor continues throughout the book as our vampire apprentice learns the basics of being a good blood sucker. The secondary characters are colorful and it was so easy to suspend belief and imagine myself amongst the young men learning the ancient secrets of the vampire world. I look forward to the next book in this series and I'm delighted to add Wynn Wagner to my list of favorite authors.