Evil never truly dies...and some legends live forever. The dark heart of Bram Stoker's classic is reborn; capturing the voice, tone, style and characters of the original yet with a modern sensibility this novel is perfect for fans of Dracula and contemporary horror.
It has been some years since Jonathan and Mina Harker survived their ordeal in Transylvania and, vanquishing Count Dracula, returned to England to try and live ordinary lives.
But shadows linger long in this world of blood feud and superstition - and, the older their son Quincey gets, the deeper the shadows that lengthen at the heart of the Harkers' marriage. Jonathan has turned back to drink; Mina finds herself isolated inside the confines of her own family; Quincey himself struggles to live up to a family of such high renown.
And when a gathering of old friends leads to unexpected tragedy, the very particular wounds in the heart of the Harkers' marriage are about to be exposed...
There is darkness both within the marriage and without - for new evil is arising on the Continent. A naturalist is bringing a new species of bat back to London; two English gentlemen, on their separate tours of the continent, find a strange quixotic love for each other, and stumble into a calamity far worse than either has imagined; and the vestiges of something forgotten long ago is finally beginning to stir...
Thank you to #Netgalley and Titan Books for providing me with an ARC of this book!
Set 10 years after the original events of Dracula, we find out MC's once again dealing with the vampire overlord. Dracula's child is very much set the same as the original Dracula is - through the character's diary entries, letters, editorials, etc. and then collated over the to tell the events of the story.
I think Barnes did an excellent job at building the atmosphere in this book to make it just as creepy as the original.
Whilst the narrative builds up the MC's and the characters, there is no action until maybe the last half of this book, it' very slow-burn, but the ending is definitely worth the wait!
