false 64068 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620805m/64068.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620805s/64068.jpg 64068 7 1162745 1995 The Blood Countess total:273|5:29|4:87|3:96|2:35|1:26| 273 877 382 39 36088 3.60 962 163 24121992 1212747 64068 0440221919 9780440221913 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620805m/64068.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620805s/64068.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64068.The_Blood_Countess 3.16 225 1995 1 3 false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 21:53:06 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 08:25:28 -0700 2008
This may have been the worst book I've ever read (contending even with Warcraft: Day of the Dragon). I don't know quite where to begin. How about the cover?

On the hard-backed edition I have, the front page reads, "Blood Countess: A Novel." Lie #1. ...more...]]> 75030691 1630945 1174972 0684802449 9780684802442 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218948130m/1174972.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218948130s/1174972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1174972.The_Blood_Countess 3.39 44 1995 3 0 false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 11:09:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 07:49:56 -0700 2009
I really enjoyed it to start off with, although the scenes with Drake were rather dull. I kept reading his parts faster so I could get back to Elizabeth. Ah, the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess. 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