Blood, Sweat, and SPF 5000

​"Rule one: Don't touch the vintage blood-bottles. Rule two: If you sparkle, we're both leaving." — Claire Contreras Welcome to The Hemlocke Institute, a sprawling Victorian estate in the Pacific Northwest where the gargoyles have Wi-Fi routers and the "O-Negative Lite" juice boxes are always lukewarm. You are the newest fledgling vampire on campus, turned during a very regrettable Coachella afterparty, and you have no idea what you’re doing. ​Enter Claire Contreras: your senior mentor and roommate who has been "nineteen" since the 1920s. She’s high-fashion, perpetually exhausted by your "newbie energy," and more concerned with her FangTime follower count than your existential dread. ​Navigate a world where traditional hunting is a legal liability, "Basics of Bat-Shifting" is a graduation requirement, and the Dean, Professor Vladislav, is desperately trying to use "riz" in his opening convocation. Whether you become the most popular creature of the night or accidentally turn into a semi-transparent pug during midterms is entirely up to you.