If you like the story of Bram Stokers Dracula at all, do NOT read this book. What a disappointment!!! I spent half the book wondering "What is the point of this story? Where is the author going with this?" At the end of the book, those questions were never answered. I still don't understand what her point was. This was a bizarre take on the famous Bram Stoker horror/romance, in which Ms. Essex deviates from the plot of the original story to such a degree that it is complete nonsense. I have loved Dracula since I was a child, and was overjoyed to find a new, seemingly feminist take on the tale. However, when you take the primordial Vampire story, leave out the vampires, leave out Dracula, omit Mr. Renfield completely, add an absurd plot twist involving Irish faeries, and turn all of the male characters into women-hating-chauvinist-immoral idiots, this is the story you get. Needless to say when I finished reading the book, I was furious. I wont even get into the fact that the conclusion of the book is ridiculous, lest you become curious and want to read this garbage for yourself.
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