Blood and Roses

by Sharon Bainbridge

When a woman turns into a vampire after a visit to the home of Sir Geoffrey, a mysterious and eligible bachelor, she seeks a cure from a doctor who claims to be a colleague of the man who killed Dracula

Genres: Fiction, Vampires, Fantasy, Horror

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Crymsyn Hart · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book. It made me think of Gone With the Wind meets, Jayne Eyre, meets Dracula. Since I liked vampires I kept on going reading since the beginning was a bit slow, but I got into it. I even let a friend of mine borrow it because it was something she would like.

[Julie h · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book!!!

[Stephen Chase · Rating 5 out of 5]

The greatest fucking novel ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL, so funny, shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sherwood Smith]

Not sure I can rate this. On the one hand, there were some fun scenes, and I loved the idea of a lot of guys turning out to be vamps in a secluded nineteenth century village. On the other hand, the sense of "when" was all over the map--references to the Crimea, but then to events of earlier in the century. Early on, one of the young ladies says "coming it much too brown," which is a weird mixture of two of Georgette Heyer's favorite Regency slang expressions, so that it doesn't quite make sense.

Fun ideas, but on the other hand, the villain was utterly predictable, especially at the first mention of science and Darwin. This kind of black and white (all scientists are tolerant, smart, clear-headed and cool, while all religious people are idiotic and perverted maniacs) characterization is too cartoony to catch my interest.

[Tasula · Rating 3 out of 5]

Old fashioned (Victorian era) story about a small town in which young women start developing "green disease"- anemia- and dying. A doctor comes to town to study the blood disease. A young baronet comes to claim his estate. Talk of vampires starts. Plot has some twists, some romance. Overall, enjoyable.

[Sally Bisbee · Rating 4 out of 5]

When a woman turns into a vampire after a visit to the home of Sir Geoffrey, a mysterious and eligible bachelor, she seeks a cure from a doctor who claims to be a colleague of the man who killed Dracula.