Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com
Mina, Lucy, and Jonathan are in the here and the now. Mina and Jonathan are a couple. Their friend, Renfield, has been admitted to the hospital after attacking animals. The friends are concerned for him, and Jonathan has agreed to attend to a job that Renfield was supposed to do. He's soon off to Romania to help the Count with some matters.
Jonathan and Mina try to stay in touch through messages, but they each realize that none of their messages are reaching the other. Soon, Mina learns that Jonathan is battling a strange illness and flies to Romania with Mr. Harker. In the meantime, Lucy has a new man in her life, Abe, but she too has come down with strange symptoms.
It's only when Mina and Abe start to work together to discover what has happened to Lucy and Jonathan that the true sinister nature of the Count comes to life. The two realize that they are the last hope to cure their remaining friends. Will they be too late to destroy the Count?
Okay, I'll be the first to admit that I've never read Bram Stoker's DRACULA. So I can't say if Ms. Black keeps to the general synopsis or not. I do know that some of the characters' names are the same, but other than that, I'm hopeless. But IDRAKULA jumps on the bandwagon of novels written using text messages, emails, and web pages.
The concept works for this story, and the reader is quickly transported into a nightmare of vampires and intrigue and mysterious illnesses. IDRAKULA is a good choice for the reluctant reader, as well as those who are into the paranormal genre. It won't disappoint.
Mina, Lucy, and Jonathan are in the here and the now. Mina and Jonathan are a couple. Their friend, Renfield, has been admitted to the hospital after attacking animals. The friends are concerned for him, and Jonathan has agreed to attend to a job that Renfield was supposed to do. He's soon off to Romania to help the Count with some matters.
Jonathan and Mina try to stay in touch through messages, but they each realize that none of their messages are reaching the other. Soon, Mina learns that Jonathan is battling a strange illness and flies to Romania with Mr. Harker. In the meantime, Lucy has a new man in her life, Abe, but she too has come down with strange symptoms.
It's only when Mina and Abe start to work together to discover what has happened to Lucy and Jonathan that the true sinister nature of the Count comes to life. The two realize that they are the last hope to cure their remaining friends. Will they be too late to destroy the Count?
Okay, I'll be the first to admit that I've never read Bram Stoker's DRACULA. So I can't say if Ms. Black keeps to the general synopsis or not. I do know that some of the characters' names are the same, but other than that, I'm hopeless. But IDRAKULA jumps on the bandwagon of novels written using text messages, emails, and web pages.
The concept works for this story, and the reader is quickly transported into a nightmare of vampires and intrigue and mysterious illnesses. IDRAKULA is a good choice for the reluctant reader, as well as those who are into the paranormal genre. It won't disappoint.
