Dracula (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

by Bram Stoker

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

Dracula, by Bram Stoker is a horror romance of sorts as Count Dracula become obsessed with his victims which always happen to be girls and "vunts to suck their blood" which represents a deathly erotic romance. The tale centers around a group of Londoners who become unfortunately, and unwilling acquainted with the Vampire and after claiming a dear friend's life must kill the blood sucking monster.

I love stories told through forms of correspondence, I feel it adds a level of intimacy and because letter writing is a lost art as an olde fashioned flare (and yes I realize Dracula was written in the 1800s). Viewing Dracula's persona from different angles was very enlightening and a very clever concept. At times,because of it being written in first person, you could really feel the characters (especially Lucy and Jonathan) travel into insanity and could almost hear the Twilight Zone theme song in the background.

Despite the Twilight phenomenon I was really quite ignorant about Vampires (because let's face Stephenie Meyer has really watered it down) Sure, I won't deny that I was unaware of the stereotypical garlic repellent and his beverage of choice, but because of my ignorance added an eerie backdrop to the novel. Dracula was a well paced suspenseful novel, filled with shocking twists in Transylvania.

I must admit that after reading Bram Stoker's Dracula it inspired me {for lack of a better word} to go out and read Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, because lets face it without Stoker there would be no Rice. Dracula is fantastic, and something you want to bit you teeth into. {Excuse the pun} but it is so true, this novel is absolutely amazing!