Is First Kill based on a book?

The clock is ticking and the days are flying by! In just a few days, First Kill will be released on Netflix and we’ll finally get to set our eyes on a sapphic love story between a vampire and a monster hunter. We can hardly contain our excitement!

But this love story isn’t your typical love story. The lead characters are star-crossed lovers with all odds stacked against their budding relationship. And it doesn’t help that both are trained to hate and kill each other. But can you really stop young love? I mean, Romeo and Juliet refuse to part. Find out when the vampire series drops on Netflix on June 10!

While waiting for First Kill to be released, we’ve seen a question about whether the vampire series is based on a book. Seeing as though most Netflix originals are adaptations of books, it makes sense why some people wonder if First Kill is a television adaptation as well.

Fortunately, you’ve landed at the right place because we’ve answered this burning question right below!

No, First Kill is not based on a book, nor is it based on a true story. I mean, supernatural fans like myself would like to believe that vampires and monsters are real, but that’s just not true. The vampire series comes from a short story by V. E. Schwab. V. E. Schwab is a New York Times bestselling author who is best known for the fantasy novels Vicious, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and the Shades of Magic book series.

Her short story First Kill is in the book Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker. The book contains 11 short vampire stories by many young adult fiction writers such as V.E. Schwab.

If you would like to buy the book to read First Kill, you can purchase it from Amazon. You have the option to buy it new or used at different prices.

Make sure to stream First Kill when it arrives on Netflix on June 10!