Vampyres in House of Night Series

There are so many books, TV shows, and movies about vampires that are popular today. I personally love these and watch/read a LOT of them (Twilight, Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Vampire Academy...)

However, out of all the shows and books I watch/read, I found the series I'm currently reading, House of Night, to be the most interesting in relation to the topic of our class.




In this series, the drinking of blood by a vampyre is extremely pleasurable for both the vampyre and the human. The consumption of blood is described almost like how sex would be described:

"This time I leaned into him and touched my tongue to his lip, taking the drop of blood into my mouth where it exploded ― heat, sensation, and a rush of pleasure I'd never known."

"The taste exploded in my mouth. As my saliva touched the shallow wound his blood began to flow more quickly, and with a moan that I hardly recognized as my own, I opened my mouth and pressed my lips to his skin, licking up the delicious scarlet line. [...] His head fell back and I heard him groan "yes." One of his hands cupped my butt and the other one went under my sweater to squeeze my breast. 

 His touch only made it better. Heat slammed through my body, setting me on fire. Like someone else was in control of my movements, my hand slid from Heath's shoulder, down his chest, to rub over the hard lump that was in the front of his jeans. I sucked on his neck. Rational thought flew from my mind. All I could do was feel and taste and touch. Somewhere in the depths of my mind I knew I was reacting on a level that was almost animalistic in its need and ferocity, but I didn't care."

It is obvious in these quotes that the consumption of blood is linked to sex and fulfills the hunger for not only nutritional needs to survive but also sexual desires.

What's more interesting is that in the world of House of Night, females dominate the vampyre society. The most powerful vampyres are females rather than males. So unlike what we typically saw in class this quarter, the females are the ones that consume the males and use males for pleasure. Highly ranked vampyres called High Priestesses (always female) typically have two men in their lives. One that they are together with (boyfriend or husband), and a human consort literally just for the purpose of fulfilling the vampyres' bloodlust.

- Dain (Jennifer) Kwak