This week I chose:
"Dracula in Love"
by Karen Essex
Doubleday
Release Date: August 10, 2010
The following description is from Goodreads.com
Karen Essex turns on the heat in this transporting and darkly haunting new tale of love and possession that puts forth the question: What if everything you knew about Dracula . . . was wrong?
From the shadowy banks of the River Thames to the wild and windswept coast of Yorkshire, the quintessential Victorian virgin Mina Murray vividly recounts in the pages of her private diary the intimate details of what transpired between her and Count Dracula—the joys and terrors of a passionate affair and her rebellion against a force of evil that has pursued her through time.
Mina’s version of this timeless gothic vampire tale is a visceral journey into the dimly lit bedrooms, mist-filled cemeteries, and locked asylum chambers where she led a secret life, far from the chaste and polite lifestyle the defenders of her purity, and even her fiancé, Jonathan Harker, expected of her.
Bram Stoker’s classic novel was only one side of the story. Now, for the first time, Dracula’s eternal muse reveals all. What she has to say is more sensual, more devious, and more enthralling than ever imagined. The result is a scintillating gothic novel that reinvents the tragic heroine Mina as a modern woman tortured by desire.
I'm intrigued by this one!! The cover is absolutely gorgeous and it sounds so gothic!
What are you waiting for this week?
It sounds very interesting! And I really like the cover!
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! I love the cover, and I'm not really a cover girl (no pun intended), but I've now added this to my wish list.
ReplyDelete"Dracula in love" looks like a great fall book to curl up to. I'll have to keep an eye on this one.
ReplyDeleteOoooh! It sounds good, I hadn't heard of it. I'll add it to my list! =D
ReplyDeleteI think this would be an interesting read.
ReplyDeleteGreat choice!And yes, it has a great cover too ;p
ReplyDeleteAbolutely..Can't wait for this one
ReplyDeleteI'm always in the market for a re-imagining of an old story. :-) Hope this one proves to be as cool as it sounds!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like it is going to be fantastic!
ReplyDeleteJust "hopping" by to say HI! Looking forward to reading your reviews :D
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
Vanessa :D
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Wow, Dracula in Love! Thanks for posting about it. I'm now gonna look forward to this one. Dracula always intrigues me. Hehe.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds way good! Nice choice :)
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