It's been 35 years since the demise of Dracula. When 19-year-old John Shaw returns from fighting in World War I, he is haunted by nightmares--not o...
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Apr 04, 2009
Polly
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My 13 year old daughter brought this home from the library. She is a Twilight addict and probably wanted to see what other vampire books are like. I try to steal a book from her library pile every once in a while just to see what she's reading so I chose this one. I don't think I've read a book where the author did such a poor job with character development. I don't want to give anything away so that's all I'll say. Unless you enjoy superficial literature, don't waste your time.
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Nov 28, 2011
Megan
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I gave this book 3/5 stars on my blog http://readingawaythedays.blogspot.com
Bloodline is a unique take on the vampire as it's set during the First World War, during a time of blood, death and carnage and to add a vampire into the mix was in my opinion genius. Especially a vampire descended from the original vampire, Dracula! At first I couldn't get into the book but I didn't want to give up on it so I continued and am glad I did as I really got into it and grow to really enjoy it.
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Bloodline is a unique take on the vampire as it's set during the First World War, during a time of blood, death and carnage and to add a vampire into the mix was in my opinion genius. Especially a vampire descended from the original vampire, Dracula! At first I couldn't get into the book but I didn't want to give up on it so I continued and am glad I did as I really got into it and grow to really enjoy it.
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Dec 02, 2010
Robin
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I read this because I love 'Dracula' and I was hoping for a sequal with equal kapow to keep me interested. I found about 1/10th of that in Bloodline. For a start, not many original characters are used other than Mary's father. Even Tepes wasn't actually Dracula (I think. That was very vague). I was annoyed that vampires can reproduce. Surely that's biologically impossible, considering how they're essentially animated corpses. Another Dracula spin-off, 'The Historian' by Kostova, is what led me t
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Oct 25, 2010
Josh
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Aug 11, 2009
Joe
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The first in a series by Kate Cary, Bloodlines tells the story of John Shaw, his sister Lily, nurse Mary Seward, and the enigmatic Quincy Harker, John's commanding officer in the English army. The story is told in epistolary fashion, with the plot being related through a series of journal entries, letters and other forms of written correspondence usually authored by one of the four protagonists. The novel opens with a journal entry from Quincy Harker, an English army Captain stationed at the f
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Oct 03, 2009
Laura
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This is a book which continues in the same vein (get it? Vein, vampires? Hardy har har) as the original Dracula both in its storytelling method (through diary entries and letters) and in many of the characters. However, it falls short of the original in its pacing, which is erratic, and story, which can't seem to make up its mind (is it a romance? Is it horror? Is it a thrilling action-adventure? It could be all of those, if the story were more cohesive). Character development is pretty s
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Jan 27, 2011
SJH (A Dream of Books)
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'Bloodline' is an inventive sequel to the original Bram Stoker's Dracula. The story takes place many years after the events that led to the downfall of Dracula - events that left, however, his bloodline intact.
Quincey Harker is a captain leading a band of men during the war. John Shaw is one of his lieutenants, who witnesses the atrocious nighttime exploits of his captain and who returns to England to convalesce and recover from his injuries, haunted by what he's seen. Mary Seward More...
Quincey Harker is a captain leading a band of men during the war. John Shaw is one of his lieutenants, who witnesses the atrocious nighttime exploits of his captain and who returns to England to convalesce and recover from his injuries, haunted by what he's seen. Mary Seward More...
Aug 26, 2009
Bayley
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This book had a promising premise, and the first 1/3 of it was quite good, but it completely falls apart in the middle. The plot has an identity crisis where it can't decide whether it is a mystery or a romance novel. Also, the main character becomes so bloody passive that it gets very annoying and boring. He witnesses his CO pulling out people's intestines with his bare hands on the battlefield, but later decides he's a great guy and that he must have been halucinating? Pshaw. I wanted to see h
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Jan 17, 2010
John Shaw is a war veteran,and now a patient at the hospital near where he lives with his sister, with all too vivid memories of his times as a communications analyst. he especially remembers his commanding officer: a ruthless, fearless, and brave leader with apparent superhuman strength. he remembers those nights when Captain Harker would go on raids and come back claiming victory with a smile on his face. he remembers his harshness towards lower ranking officers. he remembers thinking that thi
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Oct 06, 2009
Natalie (Mindful Musings)
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Frankly, I had a hard time getting into this book. Not that the premise wasn't interesting. I mean, who wouldn't want to read a speculative continuation of Bram Stoker's Dracula? And Kate Cary's writing style was rather good, especially considering the knowledge she had to have about Dracula in order to write the book.
So what threw me off? In one word: characterization. No, the character development wasn't awful, but neither was it what I wanted to see. The character of Mary Seward w More...
So what threw me off? In one word: characterization. No, the character development wasn't awful, but neither was it what I wanted to see. The character of Mary Seward w More...
Mar 21, 2010
Gnomy
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Oct 30, 2010
Nina
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Taking a look at this cover, you have a pretty good idea what the book is about. But I had no idea that it would sway me of my feet.
Mary Seward is a character I liked from the start. She is a caring, sweet young girl and wants to help others the best she can. I could tell from her writing in her journal that she was deeply in love with John, and I could feel her connection with him. She is also very brave, strong and determined to find a solution.
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Mary Seward is a character I liked from the start. She is a caring, sweet young girl and wants to help others the best she can. I could tell from her writing in her journal that she was deeply in love with John, and I could feel her connection with him. She is also very brave, strong and determined to find a solution.
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Nov 12, 2011
Dayna
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This book is almost like a sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula. It takes place in 1916-17 during World War I. While Dracula was killed in Stoker's tale, his evil was not. The story centers around Quincey Harker, the son of Jonathon and Mina from the original tale. John Shaw is sent to the front lines in France and placed under Harker's command. He begins to notice that his commander is stranger, cruel, and capable of impossible feats. After being wounded he is returned to England to the hospital tha
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Oct 21, 2011
Janaan
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I picked up bloodline because, I wanted to read my share of different genres. But I soon found out Vampires and me, do not like each other. This is a ook which is written in a format of which, the stories are all journal entries. Our main character John Shaw, or Liteunant Shaw is at war for England against the Germans. He soon finds out that the Germans are quickly dying during the night time, then they are during the morning. But the entire English army knows why.. It's because of their super-h
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Jul 08, 2010
Ellaha
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I had just randomly gotten this book at the library and I can honestly say I'm happy I did. "Bloodline" was a book I could NOT put down. I am very happy it was not a sappy book like the Twilight series. This book contained real vampires, like the ones in Bram Stoker's amazing story. I am a big fan of "Dracula", so I really enjoyed reading a book where characters such as Mina Harker and Van Helsing were mentioned/used. "Bloodline" was written in a creative way, throu
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Mar 16, 2009
Alicia
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The journal entries of Captain Quincey Harker, Lieutenant John Shaw, Lily Shaw, and Mary Seward tell the story of a vampire bloodline that descends from Count Dracula's son. John Shaw is a World War I officer in the trenches under Harker's command. Harker shows exceptional strength, an iron will, and a terrifying battlefield bloodlust. After John is wounded, Harker joins him and takes an interest in John's sister Lily. When Lily is enticed from her home to become Harker's bride in Transylvania,
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Jun 01, 2009
April
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I picked up this book by mistake. I was really looking for Borderline by Nevada Barr. However, I decided to give it a chance. It was set in Britain around 600 CE (which I learned is like AD but means common era). The warring factions were hard to keep track of, but the plot was ok. I would have liked more descriptions of the time period and how they lived. It kind of seemed like a fort in the old west, rather than a fortified city in 600 CE. The end notes gave more history of the time than the a
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Apr 07, 2009
Laura
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Jun 06, 2010
Emily
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i got to say i didn't really like this book, it seemed like it took way to long to get to the plot and it was pretty boring. This book is basically about the experiences of John Shaw, The protagonist, his sister Lily Shaw, Quincey Harker john's commander in world war II, and a nurse named Mary Seward. This book unlike anything other books i normally read is written in forms of letters, journals and diary entires that each of the character writes. John realizes that his commander, Quincey is n
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Jun 19, 2009
Brendan
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Ok, so. This book started out really good: the classic clueless young guy (25) diving headfirst into the trenches of WW1. Thrilling battle descriptions with a hint of mystery make the first chapters of Bloodline hard to put down.
But then the second part.
John Shaw (clueless young guy) is taken out of the trenches and into a sanatorium (english assylum) after recieving a bayonet to the shoulder and a bad case of Trench Fever along with it. He kinda goes crazy from there. I More...
But then the second part.
John Shaw (clueless young guy) is taken out of the trenches and into a sanatorium (english assylum) after recieving a bayonet to the shoulder and a bad case of Trench Fever along with it. He kinda goes crazy from there. I More...
May 11, 2011
Sarah
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Mary is working as a nurse in a sanatorium when she recognises one of her patients as a boy she knew as a child. John was injured during the war and has been sent home to recover but he is struggling with nightmares of his time in the trenches. Mary wants to find a way to get through to John so she reads his journal to find out what happened to him, the more she learns about Captain Quincy Harker the more sure she is that something strange was going on. When Harker turns up at the hospital an
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Mar 07, 2010
Kayla
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The novel Bloodline, by Kate Cary is a wonderful read about war and love, tragic death, blood and gore, and senseless murder, ....did I mention it is about Dracula? Yes, I know, the vampire thing is getting old, but this is a true vampire novel.
Taking place in the legendary Romania, this book digs up a dusty tale of a macabre monster and polishes it into a one of a kind story. The bloodline of Dracula is still at large, people!!!!
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Taking place in the legendary Romania, this book digs up a dusty tale of a macabre monster and polishes it into a one of a kind story. The bloodline of Dracula is still at large, people!!!!
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Jan 05, 2010
Marcia
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The 'love story' that lies beneath the blood and gore of the novel was just a tad irritating. It's set in 1916 where we find a young shoulder, bent on serving his country (England) during wartime. He meets and admires his commander (who changes his life forever). He faces many horrors, even among his own men. He is soon injured at war and sent to a sanitarium (now turned hospital for wounded soldiers) where he meets and falls for the nurse who brings him 'back' to life.
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Sep 13, 2009
Jazmine
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Written in Journal entries from the characters of Mary, John, and Quincey, Bloodline takes place during World War I; however, war isn’t the only issue for Mary and John, vampires are threatening to ruin their lives forever. John heads off to fight in the war where he meets Captain Quincey Harker who is able to defeat many alone in supernatural ways. When John returns ill with trench fever he blames it for his strange memories of Quincey’s abnormal fighting techniques. Mary Stewart takes care of
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Sep 17, 2008
Rachel
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This Dracula fan fiction book begins as a mildly pathetic and uncreative pastiche of the original novel, and eventually take a turn for the truly bizzarre as far as characterization goes. Amusing, for a Dracula fan, but not satisfying either as a novel or a Dracula continuation.
The premise: It is World War I. Fighting for England is Quincey Harker, the son of Jonathan and Mina who we hear about in the epilogue of Dracula. But this novel takes the not uncommon perspective that he is a More...
The premise: It is World War I. Fighting for England is Quincey Harker, the son of Jonathan and Mina who we hear about in the epilogue of Dracula. But this novel takes the not uncommon perspective that he is a More...
Feb 27, 2011
John Shaw is sent to the front lines of World War One. He can’t help but awe at his Captain, Quincy Harker, but there is also something strange about him as well. When John is injured, he is sent back to England to recover. A nurse, Mary Seward, recognizes John and she nurses him back to health as well as befriends his sister who lives nearby, Lily. John suffers from a fever that causes delusions. Mary hoping to help calm his fears reads his diary to learn about what John has faced.
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May 14, 2008
Amy
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Bloodline opens on the battlefields in France during the First World War. John Shaw is to join the regiment of Captain Quincy Harker, another fellow Romanian who is fighting for England. The book is told through a series of letters and diary entries. One soon realizes that Captain Harker was no common officer, but was, in fact, a vampire. John Shaw struggles with the things he witnesses Captain Harker do to the enemy. He details all of this in his journal, but falls ill with delusions and i
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Oct 10, 2007
Worthingteens
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I am wondering if anyone else has read this? I think it was ok. I was definitley drawn into the story, but by the end it was getting old! Its told in the form of diary entries. It starts when a young soldier is wounded. His nurse finds his journal and reads it thinking she might find a way to connect.Well his journal is full of horrorible things he witnessed his CO do. Turns out his CO is a vampire from the bloodline of Dracula. Once the soldier awakes he falls in love with the nurse. During thi
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Jun 25, 2009
Jayme
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I'm trying to read the vampire fiction that is such a rage amongst the teens. I read Twilight last year and was severely disappointed, but I thought I might enjoy Bloodline because it has (or makes reference to) characters from the original Dracula. The basic premise is that Mina Harker's son, Quincey, seduces a young woman during World War I. The book started out strong, but quickly fell apart when the characters went to Transylvania. I wouldn't recommend this book even for young adults.
Jan 22, 2012
Misa
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As I was reading this, there wasn't a time when I was bored. Sure, there were slow parts, but I felt that that was the right place to put them. I really liked how the journal entries all tied in to one another like a normal roleplay that you'd see on Gaiaonline.com. Amazing book, wanting to read the rest~
The characters and what happened to them... I'd never thought would happen. -laugh-
I thank my teacher for letting me read it~
The characters and what happened to them... I'd never thought would happen. -laugh-
I thank my teacher for letting me read it~
