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Summary: Excellent! Best vampire series ever!
Review: This book is rich with history, sex, violence and evil. It is refreshing to read a fictional book where the author blends the supernatural with history so well. The entire series is incredible! I couldn't put them down
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Summary: No Atmosphere Or Development Of Any Kind
Review: This book was enjoyable but trashy. A string of erotic and/or action passages strung together only by the plot of the first book. The only interesting characters were peripheral or killed, so I don't know how keen I'll be on reading the last book in this series.
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Summary: Better than the first -- in my opinion.
Review: This is the 2nd part in "The Diaries of the Family Dracul" trilogy, which is written in the same format as Bram Stoker's Dracula. This story takes place 25 years after the first novel. Arkady is still trying to find a way to destroy his uncle, Vlad, and release his family from an age-old covenant/curse.I thought this book was great, better than the first. While I found myself wishing something interesting would hurry and happen in the first book, I didn't have that problem with this book. The action was fast-paced and tinged with a dark urgency, and I couldn't put it down because I was so anxious to see what happened next. My only real gripe with this book was the "twist" it takes in the end. I thought that was somewhat contrived. It seemed to come right out of left field as if the author was really only putting it for a shock value -- especially considering that vampires supposedly taste the "truth" in the blood. However, it didn't hinder the story, and it definitely does give you a bit of a shock. Anyhow, I thought the book was better than a 4-star rating, but not quite a five. Definitely another good addition to any vampire lover's collection.
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Summary: Very good!
Review: This is the second book out of three dealing with the diary's of the family Dracul. I found this book to be interesting and hard to put down. I admit that I liked the first book a little better (5 stars) but I still like this one much better than Anne Rice's vampire chronicles. I am a big fan of vampire books and I recomend you read all three books, Covenant with the Vampire, Children of the Vampire, and Lord of the Vampires.
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Summary: Amazing Writer
Review: This trilogy is my favorite next to Anne Rice's Vampire novels. I love books that create amazing characters and wonderful worlds. This book does that. The writing is excellent. I did not think I would be to fond of this series when I first started reading it, but I was pleasantly suprised. The writing is much different from Anne Rice in that it is a little more gory (which I could live without), but it is still an amazing trilogy. Dracula fans will adore it!
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Summary: INCREDIBLE!
Review: This trilogy is the BEST series of vampire books that I have read. I am a rampant Anne Rice fan, but Ms. Kalogridis has captured a terror and eroticism that Anne Rice could not. Because of it's diary form, you feel closer to the characters. Also, I think it seems even more terrifying because of the close relating to the actual historical content. I have just finished the series today, and I want MORE! Ms. Kalogridis, if you're reading this, please write more books! She is a brilliant writer! I have not been this gripped by a series of novels in a long time! Mere words alone cannot express how I feel about this series of books.......if you love vampire stories, you will love this, I promise, no disappointment!
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Summary: It was excellent--wonderfully detailed.
Review: This was one of the best vampiric tales that I have ever read. Since I was a child, I was a Dracula fan, but I had always questioned 'how did Abraham Van Helsing know about his existance?' This book gave me all the answers to my questions. It was also very sad when Abraham finds out that his only son was turned into a vampire. I was so compelled by this book that I couldn't put it down.
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Summary: A little askew...
Review: Well the majority of this book was breathtaking, awesome, and just plain great. Arkady has matured, you are given an insight to his brain and his emotions like never before concerning his wife, Mary and his son as well as his ties to Vlad and his sister. He is tortured, heroic and beautiful in this book, a character of pity and beauty at the same time. Smooth and caring and almost human at times, Arkady is the highlight of the novel. After Arkady leaves the story, however, the book takes a somber note, just lilting down towards the end of the installment itself. If this were my work, i would have seperated it into two installments instead of three... i think thematic and drama-wise, it would have worked better. I am not complaining at all, but although the first book was better as a whole, i am giving this one 4 stars instead of 5. I was so heartbroken when Arkady left the story (trying not to give away anything here) and the book just seemed to fall through after that. I will have to find the third one and read it to get the complete story though i guess!
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Summary: A little askew...
Review: Well the majority of this book was breathtaking, awesome, and just plain great. Arkady has matured, you are given an insight to his brain and his emotions like never before concerning his wife, Mary and his son as well as his ties to Vlad and his sister. He is tortured, heroic and beautiful in this book, a character of pity and beauty at the same time. Smooth and caring and almost human at times, Arkady is the highlight of the novel. After Arkady leaves the story, however, the book takes a somber note, just lilting down towards the end of the installment itself. If this were my work, i would have seperated it into two installments instead of three... i think thematic and drama-wise, it would have worked better. I am not complaining at all, but although the first book was better as a whole, i am giving this one 4 stars instead of 5. I was so heartbroken when Arkady left the story (trying not to give away anything here) and the book just seemed to fall through after that. I will have to find the third one and read it to get the complete story though i guess!
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Summary: Great great BOOK!
Review: Well, i've read covenant with the vampire first, and this is is so much better! i can't wait to read the third volume.
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