Banks died on Augof adrenal cancer at the relatively young age of 51. This is her universe, and the rest of the character’s interactions center around her. While some might consider the romance central, most consider it secondary, like Buffy’s romance with Angel on the Buffy the Vampire Hunter television series. He spends the first few novels pursuing her. Carlos Rivera, a Latino drug lord turned vampire, soon emerges as Damali’s love interest.
However, some people may consider the series paranormal romance. The gritty tone of the Vampire Huntress series distinguishes it from those romances. Banks to distinguish it from her voluminous collection of primarily romance novels. Leslie Esdaile Banks, the author behind the series, wrote it under the pen name L.A. She learns that a group of rogue vampires are behind the attacks. Strange attacks against artists on the label and its rival, Blood Music, lead her into a mysterious web of intrigue. In the first book of the series, Minion (2003), Damali is a rising star on a hip hop label with the enigmatic name Warriors of Light. That’s until she discovers that she’s a Neteru, a vampire slayer, whose destiny is to defend humanity from creatures most still believe to be mythological fiction.
The series revolves around Damali Richards, a young black woman whose main goal in life is to succeed as a musical artist. If you like shows like Supernatural, Grimm, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, and Sleepy Hollow, you would probably love the Vampire Huntress Legend series, and if they made a television show out of it, you’d probably be instantly addicted. This extremely well-written paranormal suspense series combines elements of gritty urban fantasy and paranormal romance with outright, edge-of-your-seat, bloody, gory horror. If someone were to ask me what horror by a black female author was most likely to wind up as a television series, I would say without a doubt, L.A. Bank’s Bad Ass Black Vampire Slayer by Sumiko Saulson
Why television needs Damali Richards, L.A.
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