Vampire Books?

I really want to read a book with a vampire mc (or a vampire supporting character), but I’ve been having a really hard time finding one. I absolutely adore vampires but I’m not much of a romantic, so all the famous vampire books never really hit for me. If anyone has ideas, I’d love the help! Male or female mc doesn’t matter, setting also doesn’t matter, I really don’t like spice, I prefer romance as a side thing or completely absent, and I love really complicated plots. Preferably the vampire isn’t the antagonist, but I don’t mind moral ambiguity.

Also, as a side note, any supernatural detective and/or werewolf (without the werewolf as a villain) type stories with the same general perimeters? Good supernatural fiction is hard to find when everything is a steamy romance… No offense intended for everyone who likes spice, but it’s not my personal preference.

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u/AlooWolf — 4 days ago

Relationship Help with Lucca (Parliament of Knives) very slight spoilers

So I’m like a ridiculously dense aroace who also has with no desire to pursue the romance options (especially so if there’s any sort of intimate scene), but I do really want to maintain a close relationship with Lucca. I’ve started to view Lucca as my character’s quasi-sister, if that makes sense.

The only very clear nonromantic options are also really impersonal and don’t match the idea I’ve built up for their relationship, so I guess my question is whether or not the top option is specifically romantic or if it could also be platonic? I dunno, this is a stupid question. I’m trying to be careful of spoilers and the romance guide was decidedly unhelpful.

u/AlooWolf — 6 days ago