She Drinks the Light — Yasmin Angoe

For fans of Sinners and Immortal Dark, this is a heart-pounding YA debut about a Black teen vampire who must uncover her family’s deadly secrets in order to save her best friend - and her island. Akiva has spent her whole life on the Golden Isle, a private island off the coast of South Carolina. Citizens of the Isle don’t really fraternize with mainlanders, and for good reason. Some of the islanders, like Akiva and her Nana Ama, have secrets that need to be protected. They are Adze, supernatural beings that drink human blood in order to survive.But when her best friend Naria goes missing after getting involved with a shadowy organization called the Endowment, Akiva is forced to go to the mainland to try and find her. Once there, she finds herself drawn to Hailey, the head of the Endowment’s niece. But as Akiva gets closer to finding Naria, she uncovers secrets about Nana Ama’s past… secrets that might change how she feels about the Golden Isle. Torn between two worlds, Akiva will have to decide how far she is willing to go—and who she is willing to cross—to save her best friend.