Vampire Hunting Kit - Authentic Gothic Tools for Modern Vampire Hunters | Perfect for Halloween, Cosplay, and Paranormal Investigations

I think this book provides an excellent overview of the vampire and Goth subcultures. I'm surprised that I haven't read this book until now but apparently it was published after my brief period of interest in vampires. I'm more into the Goth subculture and consider vampires to be a mere fantasy element in that scene. Therefore it really does not bother me if the author didn't manage to "get it right". Anything that is not covered in this book is probably just peculiar to someone's private mythology or personal conception of the undead.Katherine Ramsland strikes me as being much more of a vampire enthusiast than an outside observer. I suspect that being the biographer of Anne Rice already made her well-known figure in the vampire subculture so I don't really buy the pretense of immersive anthropology. Writing this book was probably just a way to give herself more "street cred" in the vampire subculture. Fortunately that perspective makes this a fascinating read by a real insider, a genuine vampire freak.