Essay on The Effects of Modern Vampires on Society

Introduction Kresley Cole, Stephanie Meyer, J. R. Ward, Cassandra Clare, Lisa Jane Smith, Spirit Bliss, Claudia Gray, L.J. McDonald, Anne Bishop, Juliet Marillier. Only a few names of those authors, who constitute in a genre, which is one of the biggest phenomena of this decade, especially among young women. Romantic fantasy has become particularly popular with the Twilight books, which were released in 2005. Since then, the vampire-and other supernatural creature-themed fantasy romance novels have been extremely popular all over the world. According to statistics brought out by Romance Writers of America, in 2009, the paranormal subgenre made up 17.16% of the popular romance genre, which in itself 54% of all books sold by the†¦show more content†¦What is more, teen couples bite each other regularly to show affection, sometimes so hard they draw blood and what is even more bizarre: some of them cut their skin so they can taste one another’s blood. According to doctor s biting can lead to diseases. Fifteen percent of bites from humans can become infected; moreover, biting can spread sometimes blood-borne diseases like HIV, hepatitis or syphilis. Let’s see an example from the first part of Twilight Saga, because it has been already mentioned. In the first part of the series, Bella says, â€Å"About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him – and I didn’t know how potent that part might be-that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.†(Meyer,195) It sounds as if teenagers are influenced to fall in love with something like Satan. So it is enough if the man is handsome, it doesn’t matter if he is life-threatening. In the end, just like in fairy tales, everything is going to be alright and they will live happily ever after. The only problem is that in real life it doesn’t work. 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