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Summary: Huh?
Review: I can't help but wonder if I read a different book than everyone else here. I picked this up last week and was intrigued by the summary on the back and purchased it. I do have to say that it was very well researched, but that's about all I can say for it.From reading the back, I was looking forward to a "disturbing," "erotic" story that would haunt me the way Anne Rice's vampires did when I first read them. Instead I got a definite lack of character development, and got a story where everything happened by rote. I wanted to see Saint-Germain fall in love with Madelaine. For someone who's lived for so long and held himself apart from people, what made her different? What made her so irresistable to him? We don't get to see that at all. As for erotic...um, no. A whole love scene that is comprised of "and he worshiped her with his hands and his lips" (possible paraphrase) is not erotic. Sorry. I know that makes it look like all I wanted was an erotic novel, and that's not true. But if I'm told on the back of the book that it's "disturbing" and "erotic," then that's what I expect on the inside. And it was neither. Two stars because the time period was very well researched, although I didn't like how the action was brought to a screeching halt to describe what everyone was wearing. And I love it when someone does a new and original take on the vampire mythos. That shows creativity. I'm glad her books are so popular, but I didn't even finish this one, and don't intend to seek out any more.
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Summary: Yaaaaawn
Review: I decided to read this book because a) I loved "False Dawn" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and b) I thought I'd try another genre other than my favorite of Urban Myth and Fairy Tales. Big mistake on both accounts. Half the book is literally explanations of what people are wearing, and I really don't care. By the time I was done reading the paragraph about what someone was wearing I had to get back into what the story was about. It was very jarring and gratuitous. I agree with another reviewer: it drags. It's supposed to be about the vampire Saint-Germain and the woman he falls in love with, but the story focuses more on these Satanic men who want to sacrifice her than the actual love story. I hate when I read a book and think Damn, if only this were edited differently or rewritten I could really love it. If you are into historical fiction, especially French historical fiction you might really like this. But I will stay with the "Vampire Chronicles" by Anne Rice for for the kind of vampire stories I like and can, forigive the pun, sink my teeth into.
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Summary: Classic Horror Steeped in History!
Review: I found Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA a very rich and fullfilling book. I was nicely surprised at how much history was put into this book, making it a good book for history lovers as well as horror lovers. The first in the St. Germain series, it's a sure sign of the many wonderfully adventures to come
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Summary: this was the first book I read ,I was hooked!
Review: I love the whole histroy backround with the devilish twist to the secret of st germain, and I love his style and class,this proves not all vamps are vicious.
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Summary: Hotel Transylvania - A Great Moonlight Story
Review: I picked this book out on a whim when out doing some shopping. ...The letter's made me feel as if I was sneaking around looking over the charters shoulders or reading there diaries. ... I love a clean love story that has life around it. The fight scenes were not long and drawn out, Nor was there a love scene every time you turned a page. Though the hero is immortal there are ways that he could be killed, and the last fight makes you wonder as you turn the pages. I enjoyed the ending because it doesn't leave yea feeling as you just read A Cinderalla Story with them riding off into the sunset with the They lived happily ever after type of feeling. The charters are left with so much more to go beyond the pages of this book. If you are looking for a bloody vampire story then this book might not be for you. If you enjoy becoming one of the charters or love a personnly relationship with the charters in a book then you might find this book a Great Moonlight read... I myself will be looking for more Chelsea Quinn Yarbro books and books about the Vampire Le Comte de Saint Germain.......
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Summary: A different feel than other Saint-Germain novels
Review: I'd read a number of other of Yarbro's Saint-Germain novels before coming back to this first book in the series, and it was a bit of a surprise. For all that this book was written in 1978, it reminds me more of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series than do the other Saint-Germain books. While Saint-Germain is impotent, the bad guys here revel in sexual torture and rape as part of their Satanic rituals (boy, that sounds cheesy, but it works in this Gothic setting). While the detail is less graphic than Hamilton's more recent stories, these are not passages comfortable for the faint of heart. A good read, though the series gets better as it matures.
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Summary: A different feel than other Saint-Germain novels
Review: I'd read a number of other of Yarbro's Saint-Germain novels before coming back to this first book in the series, and it was a bit of a surprise. For all that this book was written in 1978, it reminds me more of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series than do the other Saint-Germain books. While Saint-Germain is impotent, the bad guys here revel in sexual torture and rape as part of their Satanic rituals (boy, that sounds cheesy, but it works in this Gothic setting). While the detail is less graphic than Hamilton's more recent stories, these are not passages comfortable for the faint of heart. A good read, though the series gets better as it matures.
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Summary: The first of many wonderful tales.
Review: If you like historical fiction, vampires and romance, you are in for a treat. Hotel Transylvania is the first in a long line of novels featuring le Comte de St. Germain, an exiled nobleman trying to survive in a world not ready to accept him. Old when Christ walked the earth, St. Germain is a compelling character presented with style, grace and a compassion. In this first novel St Germain meets the woman of his dreams. A woman compassionate enough to accept what he truly is and strong enough to embrace him. For more than 20 years I have been a fan of this series. This is the first novel I took out from the library when I got my "Adult reader card" long long ago, and it's the one that got me hooked. Though many of the subsequent novels are set earlier in history and can be read out of order without losing anything in the story, this one starts the wheel turning. Each book also contains a little bit of St. Germain's history that none of the other's do. Trying to piece together the chronology of this character's life, where he has been and who he has known, is almost as much fun as the stories themselves. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have.
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Summary: You Must Read This!
Review: If you love vampires, vampire fiction, bloodsuckers of any kind then you'll love this first book in the Saint-Germain series. I couldn't put it down, I read it all in nearly one sitting.
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Summary: The book that began it all
Review: Madelaine de Montalia has arrived in Paris in 1743 to stay with her aunt, a countess. At a society ball she meets le comte de Saint-Germain. Saint-Germain is a mysterious man who always dresses in dark clothing, never eats or drinks in public, and has a considerable presence. He is also a vampire. Saint-Germain finds himself drawn to Madelaine, and she returns his affection. As Saint-Germain discovers Madelaine's life is endangered by a family enemy, he struggles to save the woman he loves without exposing his dark secret. Hotel Transylvania was Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's first Saint-Germain novel. According to reference books, Yarbro had begun researching & writing the book in the early 1970s, though it was not published until 1978. As of 1999, there are 12 novels in the series, as well as four companion novels.
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