The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood and Boyfriends
BY jamie d'amato2025Query Letter
Thank you so much for your consideration. I previously queried and withdrew for further revisions but you expressed interest in seeing the new pages, so I hope you might still be interested! THE GOOD VAMPIRE’S GUIDE TO BLOOD AND BOYFRIENDS is an upper-YA gay vampire rom-com with series potential completed at 95,000 words. Accented with epistolary style, THE GOOD VAMPIRE has the playful romance and quirky casts of Casey McQuiston, and the paranormal romance of THESE WITCHES DON’T BURN by Isabel Sterling and CEMETERY BOYS by Aiden Thomas.
After a suicide attempt and months of therapy, nineteen-year-old Brennan Brooks just wants to get back to his invisible life at Sturbridge University. It’s only natural his life would be turned upside down by something as ridiculous and unexpected as turning into a vampire. But if there’s one thing Brennan can do, it’s pretend things are fine when he’s on the verge of losing his mind.
Newly bloodthirsty, Brennan is thrust into a confusing life, made only more uncertain by the cute librarian who stumbles upon his secret. Navigating college is hard enough, but add in vampire puberty, an eclectic clan of self-proclaimed “good” vampires, and a growing crush on the one person who makes him feel normal, and Brennan’s not sure he knows what’s wrong and right anymore. With swirling rumors of a missing student and a rise in strange “animal attacks” near campus, Brennan must uncover the secrets of the clan and figure out how to balance vampirism and humanity, or risk losing the first real friends he’s ever had.
Much like Brennan, I am queer, neurodivergent, and have previously attended a private university in Massachusetts. I have my BA in Communications and Design from Northeastern University. Outside of writing, I am an independent designer and creative strategist, and a mother to four pets.
Please note that the novel overall includes non-graphic references to a past suicide attempt and non-graphic small animal death via vampire.
I've provided the first ~2500 words below!
Thank you for your time and best wishes.
About
Age Range
Young Adult
Genre
Romance
Word Count
90,000-100,000
Book Link
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75709098-the-good-vampire-s-guide-to-blood-and-boyfriends
Agent
John Cusick
Query Stats
Year Queried
2022
Number of Queries Sent
40
Number of Full Requests Received
10
Number of Offers of Representation
1
Number of Months Spent Querying This Novel
5 months
Number of Manuscripts Queried Before This One
0
Publication Status of The Book Queried
Under Contract (Big 5)
Years Spent Writing Before This Book was Published
I have been writing all my life, from fanfiction to original work. I had one novel I wrote but shelved during revisions without attempting to query it before starting this novel which got me my agent and book deal.