I managed to read one when I was 8
White Witch, my goodness! Your poor little innocent eyes must have been scarred forever by that lemon! *gasps* Geez, that one way to scare the hell out of a kid... think of all those pink fluffy handcuffs and leather whips....
But yeah, for the whole 'vampy' thing going on. I'm mostly into the whole lead female character who can hold out on a battle of her own. Slightly interested in special effects and the whole mythology behind the movie (Van Helsing, Blade, etc.) but it's mostly how the characters interact with each other that makes a movie for me. That, and STORYLINE.
I can't stress that enough. I cringe when I see a bad storyline. :-?
Oops, forgot.
Raspberry? Methinks my blood type is B.