Jill J. (jilly) reviewed Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul, Bk 2) on + 29 more book reviews
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A good read for lovers of the Family Dracul..
Maryann K. (mckorz11) reviewed Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul, Bk 2) on + 285 more book reviews
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An original approach to the Dracula family chronicles.
ogier-jlg reviewed Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul, Bk 2) on + 7 more book reviews
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Kalogridis is very good at getting the reader to feel the evil of the characters.
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Arkady has been turned vampire and "lives" to end the existence of his uncle Vlad and his sister, Zsuzsanna. His son, Stefan and his wife, Mary have successfully escaped Vlad and Arkady is desperate to find and protect them. Thinking Arkady dead, Mary has married Jan Van Helsing and adopted a child (Bram). It takes 26 years for Arkady to finally find them and then all hell breaks loose. Stefan is enthralled and kidnapped by Zsuzsanna and his brother Bram is ensnared by Arkady to help rescue him. Thus begins the adventures of Bram and the legacy of Van Helsing.
This is much darker than Covenant with the Vampire. More vile as children have become the targets of these deranged vampires. Again, a well-written - if at times grotesque - story that gives you a feel for the life and times of 1872
This is much darker than Covenant with the Vampire. More vile as children have become the targets of these deranged vampires. Again, a well-written - if at times grotesque - story that gives you a feel for the life and times of 1872
Ann (constant-reader) reviewed Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul, Bk 2) on + 130 more book reviews
Interesting vampire read, fairly well-written, good plot, but a little heavy on the gothic for my taste.
If you love Dracula - you'll love this trilogy. Written in the same "diary" format as Bram Stoker's classic. The trilogy gives you a before, during, and after to Dracula. Jeanne Kalogridis did an awesome job of writing her stories around the established classic so that it seems part of the original story. Read the set !!!
daedelys -
Wow! This book was amazing. A page-turner for sure! I don't know how I've managed to have this in my TBR (10+ years!) and not know what I was missing. The journaling format used in it gives it a very "Bram Stoker" feel to the story so that it's easy to consider this a prequel. Any fans of the original will not be disappointed with this series.
April B. (pooh3465) reviewed Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul, Bk 2) on + 35 more book reviews
This is a very new and believable rendition of the Dracul family. The author brings a fresh new twist to our beloved Dracula stories. Definitely a great book to read if you are a fan of Dracula.
Ashley V. (AshsHeroine) reviewed Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul, Bk 2) on + 34 more book reviews
The second book in a vampire trilogy from the acclaimed author of Covenant With The Vampire, Children Of The Vampire is a dark, stylishly erotic prequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula; it is the haunting tale of a struggle to end Dracula's control over his human descendants.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Shanna V. (shanna71) -
Well written , as good , if not better than the first in this series.
Book 2 of the Diaries of the Family Dracul series
Picks up right where Book 1 left off, although I did not like this one as well as the first one. Still creepy and fascinating though!
Picks up right where Book 1 left off, although I did not like this one as well as the first one. Still creepy and fascinating though!
My Sister - In the flickering gaslights of Vienna a brother watches - as a woman of alabaster beauty, his sister, takes two lovers at once. Then she pours her passion into the most forbidden act of all ... My Brother - In the streets of Amsterdam a young man, the secret lover of his brothers wife, is whisked into a waiting carriage for a long journey into darkness and reunion with his father ... My Family - They are a family bound by an ancient curse, one generation pitted against another, taboos shattered, their firstborn's blood sipped from a silver chalice. In his stony fortress waits Vlad the Impaler, while his heir, Arkady, cries out to his sons: "Let the curse end with me!" ... Children of The Vampire ... In this terrifying, brilliantly imagined novel, Jeanne Kalogridis returns to the same dark, erotic territory she visited in Covenant with The Vampire. Once again she explores the breathtaking battle waged in the heart of the Family Dracul - as the innocent take up arms against the monster ...
Andrea H. (Archaeo) reviewed Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul, Bk 2) on + 22 more book reviews
*MY SISTER*
In the flickering gaslights of Vienna a brother watches-as a woman of alabaster beauty, his sister, takes two lovers at once. Then she pours her passion into the most forbidden act of all...
*MY BROTHER*
In the streets of Amsterdam a young man, the secret lover of his brother's wife, is whisked into a waiting carriage for a long journey into darkness and a reunion with his father...
*MY FAMILY*
They are a family bound by an ancient curse, one generation pitted against another, taboos shattered, their firstborns blood sipped from a silver chalice. In his stony fortress waits Vlad the Impaler, while his heir, Arkady, cries out to his sons: "Let the curse end with me!"
*CHILDREN OF THE VAMPIRE*
In this terrifying, brilliantly imagined novel, Jeanne Kalogridis returns to the same dark, erotic territory she visited in Covenant with the Vampire. Once again she explores the breathtaking battle waged in the heart of the family Dracul-as the innocent take up arms against the monster.
In the flickering gaslights of Vienna a brother watches-as a woman of alabaster beauty, his sister, takes two lovers at once. Then she pours her passion into the most forbidden act of all...
*MY BROTHER*
In the streets of Amsterdam a young man, the secret lover of his brother's wife, is whisked into a waiting carriage for a long journey into darkness and a reunion with his father...
*MY FAMILY*
They are a family bound by an ancient curse, one generation pitted against another, taboos shattered, their firstborns blood sipped from a silver chalice. In his stony fortress waits Vlad the Impaler, while his heir, Arkady, cries out to his sons: "Let the curse end with me!"
*CHILDREN OF THE VAMPIRE*
In this terrifying, brilliantly imagined novel, Jeanne Kalogridis returns to the same dark, erotic territory she visited in Covenant with the Vampire. Once again she explores the breathtaking battle waged in the heart of the family Dracul-as the innocent take up arms against the monster.
