A poignant and erotic tale of eternal love. The dreaded Count Vlad de Dracul is tormented by his addiction to blood and beautiful women. Conflict rages on every page. The book is a novelization of "DRACUL," the stage musical.
Nancy Kilpatrick was a Canadian author who wrote stories in the genres of dark fantasy, horror, mystery, erotic horror, and gothic subculture. She is most known for her vampire themed works.
I say 'read.' I mean 'skimmed,' which was more than enough to get the gist of it. Basically an adaptation of Dracula that falls somewhere between Coppola's ill-conceived 'faithful' movie and the 'Darker Passions' book, which is commonly referred to in my circle as the 'Lesbian Spank Inferno' version of Dracula. There was little in the way of lesbians or spanking, but there were certainly infernos of misplaced passion and 'love.' My eyes aren't bleeding like they were after 'Darker Passions' nor was I left with mental images of spanking + bathtubs + S&M I could have lived the rest of my life without, but still this book goes beyond the realm of laughable interpretation and shades into just plain creeptastic.
More Vlad-the-depraved-torturer-hero, Mina-the-feminist and Lucy-the-slut nonsense l a´la wonderful but mistitled Bram Stoker´s Dracula. Faithfulness aside, imagery is often lushly, gorgeously Gothic and the book is great fun (except the casual inhuman treatment of mentally ill). 4,5.