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Anno Dracula Signed 30th Anniversary Edition

Anno Dracula Signed 30th Anniversary Edition

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It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried， taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes， the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula。 Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction， the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders。

Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale， combining horror， politics， mystery and romance to create a unique and compelling alternate history。 Acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London。

This brand-new edition of the bestselling novel contains unique bonus material， including a new afterword from Kim Newman， annotations， articles and alternate endings to the original novel。

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Reviews

Gintautas Ivanickas ，

Kim Newman neabejotinai mėgsta XIX ir XX amžių sandūros literatūrą。 Ir nesivaržo pažaisti jos laukuose。 Kadaise skaičiau jo „The Hound of the D'Urbervilles“， kurioje jis pažaidė su Arthuro Conan Doyle herojais， pateikdamas istoriją iš Moriarčio ir pulkininko Morano pusės， dabar štai Newmanas ėmėsi ir Bramo Stokerio。 Holmsas （kaip ir aibė kitų to laikmečio literatūros ar realių personažų） sudalyvauja ir čia， tiesa， labai jau neakivaizdžiai – tesužinome tiek， kad jis yra savotiškoje koncentracijos Kim Newman neabejotinai mėgsta XIX ir XX amžių sandūros literatūrą。 Ir nesivaržo pažaisti jos laukuose。 Kadaise skaičiau jo „The Hound of the D'Urbervilles“， kurioje jis pažaidė su Arthuro Conan Doyle herojais， pateikdamas istoriją iš Moriarčio ir pulkininko Morano pusės， dabar štai Newmanas ėmėsi ir Bramo Stokerio。 Holmsas （kaip ir aibė kitų to laikmečio literatūros ar realių personažų） sudalyvauja ir čia， tiesa， labai jau neakivaizdžiai – tesužinome tiek， kad jis yra savotiškoje koncentracijos stovykloje， skirtoje nepatenkintiems esama padėtim。 Bet gal grįžkime prie siužeto。Romanas， be abejo， ne veltui pavadintas „Draculos era“。 Ir， nors pats grafas Tepešas pasirodo tik paskutiniuose romano puslapiuose， tačiau tamsus jo šešėlis kabo virš visos Anglijos。 O kaip kitaip – juk Dracula vedė karalienę Viktoriją， o vampyrai， jei galima taip pasakyti， išėjo iš pogrindžio。 Natūralu， kad ne visiems tai patinka。 Net ne visiems vampyrams， ką jau kalbėti apie „šiltuosius“。 O čia dar Whitechapellio gatvelėse ima darbuotis Džekas Skerdikas， kuris， žinoma， žudo prostitutes。 Tiesa， tik vampyres。 Mįslingasis „Diogeno“ klubas （kuriam， esu tikras， žinote – priklauso ir Maikroftas Holmsas， „tam tikra prasme ir pats – Anglijos vyriausybė“） deleguoja Džeko medžioklėn Čarlzą Boregarą， prie kurio prisijungia ir gerokai senesnė už patį Draculą vampyrė Ženevjeva。Ir nors nuo pat pradžių žinome， kas slepiasi po Džeko Skerdiko kauke， tačiau detektyvinis elementas romane gyvas – mat mįslių čia ir be to nestinga。Daug žaidimo aliuzijomis， daug intrigų ir klastų。 Šiek tiek meilės。 Ir daug kraujo。 Keturi iš penkių。 。。。more

Becca ，

Was a little slow in parts and heavy on the politics but by the end I was pretty invested and now want to continue the series

Jess ，

IM FREE！！！！！！！！ WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY FUCKING LIFE。 idk how he managed to be quite so awful？ it was a meandering mess， the vibes were so bad， the writing piss poor。 Kim seems to think that inserting a random assortment of esoteric figures from the victorian period （both historical and fictional） constitutes good writing？ Sadly， what i can only assume was the intent of causing delight in the readers every time u see a Dr Jeckal or a Carmilla only resulted in groans。 Also i can only assume he hat IM FREE！！！！！！！！ WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY FUCKING LIFE。 idk how he managed to be quite so awful？ it was a meandering mess， the vibes were so bad， the writing piss poor。 Kim seems to think that inserting a random assortment of esoteric figures from the victorian period （both historical and fictional） constitutes good writing？ Sadly， what i can only assume was the intent of causing delight in the readers every time u see a Dr Jeckal or a Carmilla only resulted in groans。 Also i can only assume he hates women。 True "breasted boobily" vibes from his Super Hot， Strong Female Character OC Vampire。 And the other women are either annoying nags， stupid， or dead。 Also he loves to reference awful historical events of the British Empire， leading me to believe he would idk， have a point on the matter of how shit empire was， but it just gives the vibes of "oh i know what people did back then" with like no thoughts。 This book sacrifices plot and like competant characters for like Mood and Vibes both of which were SHIT！！！！！ The way that u had 600 but 16 year old looking Breasted Boobily and Bland White Man， both of whom working on the case and yet NEITHER of them do the detecting work they promised me。 Stuff just happened， a lot of it barely registering in my head。 Somewhere along the line they killed jack the ripper （yes hes here） and also Ended the fashy reign of dracula。 yay。 It always annoying to me when people take characters with very specific thematic meanings and just ignores them for vibes like ANYWAY worst book ive read this year by a LARGE margin。 And ive read some dire shit 0/10 frfr 。。。more

Micki Price ，

This is a very slow paced book， took a while to get going。 Loved all the twists and turns but alas hard to keep going due to all the extra content that wasn't really needed and didn't really add much to the overall story。 This is a very slow paced book， took a while to get going。 Loved all the twists and turns but alas hard to keep going due to all the extra content that wasn't really needed and didn't really add much to the overall story。 。。。more

Sofia ，

Overall， this was quite a disappointing read。 I was intrigued by the premise， but the way this was executed was underwhelming。 I could appreciate the amount of research and detail that went into the making of this novel。 However， after a while， the dense swathes of information overpowered my engagement with the story itself。 Having to slog through the last 100 pages made the dramatic final reveal fall flat。

Ken ，

I was kinda hoping to enjoy this a lot more than I did。The premise is fantastic， an alternative history of Bram Stoker's famous novel that sees Dracula actually prevail against Van Helsing and plots to take over Britain most notably by marrying the Queen。The story also throws in a Jack the Ripper murder plot and a hunt for the sadistic killer in Whitechapel。I do love a bit of Victorian era fiction and the book is chock full of references to the time period， to an extent that I found myself confu I was kinda hoping to enjoy this a lot more than I did。The premise is fantastic， an alternative history of Bram Stoker's famous novel that sees Dracula actually prevail against Van Helsing and plots to take over Britain most notably by marrying the Queen。The story also throws in a Jack the Ripper murder plot and a hunt for the sadistic killer in Whitechapel。I do love a bit of Victorian era fiction and the book is chock full of references to the time period， to an extent that I found myself confused with what actually going on within the novel。This is probably one of them books that I'd appreciate more of a re-read though can definitely see why a lot of people have enjoyed it more。 。。。more

Lainy ，

Time taken to read - 8 daysPages - 547Publisher - Sources - BoughtBlurb from Goodreads It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried， taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes， the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula。 Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction， the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders。Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale， combining ho Time taken to read - 8 daysPages - 547Publisher - Sources - BoughtBlurb from Goodreads It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried， taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes， the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula。 Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction， the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders。Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale， combining horror， politics， mystery and romance to create a unique and compelling alternate history。 Acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London。My review So this is a chunky read just under 600 pages。 There are a lot of characters and some very famous names you will recognize。 Dracula and he manages to cozy in with the royals。 Jack the ripper although he comes with a different name。 Now the thing with this is there are loads of vampires in White Chapel and quite established older vampire Geneviève Dieudonné is investigating that someone is killing off female vampires， mutilating them （yup Jack The Ripper）。We have acts/people from history meshed into fiction and bringing them around the same time line， Vlad the Impaler， Dracula， The Ripper。 It is such a busy book with so many characters I struggled to keep up with where it was going or what the relevance was with x y z。 That being said， the victims being vampires （as well as selling their bodies although in this case to get some blood） it was a different take。 We also hear from the Ripper from their writings which again was different。 I am the first to admit my reading mojo is a bit all over the place which may well have influenced/impacted on my enjoyment。 I would absolutely say read it yourself and see how you feel as I think it has been received differently， you could love it， it just wasn't for me， 2/5。 。。。more

Pixie ，

Bit overly complicated for me， took a while to actually get into the grit of the story vs the lineage of vampires。 Might just be my poor attention span！

Airyie ，

Would prefer to give it a 1。5， instead of a 1， - but alas， I'm stymied by the goodreads rating system。I did not like this book。 Despite hearing reviewers and others rave about this book， it was very hard for me to get into。 I think some problems stemmed from the huge number of characters in the cast。 If you weren't familiar with the literary/film origins in which some of these characters were pulled， as a reader， I feel a lot of characterization was lost and it was harder to file them away in my Would prefer to give it a 1。5， instead of a 1， - but alas， I'm stymied by the goodreads rating system。I did not like this book。 Despite hearing reviewers and others rave about this book， it was very hard for me to get into。 I think some problems stemmed from the huge number of characters in the cast。 If you weren't familiar with the literary/film origins in which some of these characters were pulled， as a reader， I feel a lot of characterization was lost and it was harder to file them away in my mind。 Often I found myself googling names， like "Merrick"， the "Elephant Man" in order to gain more context。 Sometimes I just forgot the names of characters （ex: Krolock）。 The writing style was also a little above my reading level。 The way the book is written makes it sounds very "Victorian" in vibe。 And I found myself having to pay extra special attention to who was speaking and who was being referred to， since the epithets weren't exactly clear。 While the world building was good， I felt a lot of the plot was filler。 The characters Charles Beauregard and Geneviève Dieudonné were some of the deeper characters who got some interesting characterization and meaningful plot lines。 But largely it felt like I was wading through a lot of book for very little satisfaction / payoff。 My copy of the book included an alternate ending that I just did not read。 Not sure if it was supposed to be part of the story or not as a gimmick。 But once I got to the end of the main story。。。 I was like: I'm done。 。。。more

Lori ，

My only complaint about this book is that for having "Dracula" in the title， it's a bit of a misnomer because most of the book is about Jack the Ripper， while interspersed with the story of Bram Stoker's Dracula characters。Throw in random names like Beatrix Potter， Gilbert， and a few others， and you can wonder where the Dracula storyline is。I still enjoy it though。 My only complaint about this book is that for having "Dracula" in the title， it's a bit of a misnomer because most of the book is about Jack the Ripper， while interspersed with the story of Bram Stoker's Dracula characters。Throw in random names like Beatrix Potter， Gilbert， and a few others， and you can wonder where the Dracula storyline is。I still enjoy it though。 。。。more

Agnes ，

Satisfying

María José ，

In general it's a good book， even though a few times you don't really get how the characters get where they get。 In general it's a good book， even though a few times you don't really get how the characters get where they get。 。。。more

Kristi Basic ，

What a disappointing book！ I love vampire stories of all kinds， so naturally when vampires are involved I get excited and I can sometimes read with my rose tinted glasses on。 That wasn't the case here， because wow this book was HARD TO FINISH。 The author spends so much time name dropping historical or literary characters from the time period this is set in， that everything else （like the plot） seems to fall to the wayside。 I honestly had to keep rereading sentences because I kept forgetting what What a disappointing book！ I love vampire stories of all kinds， so naturally when vampires are involved I get excited and I can sometimes read with my rose tinted glasses on。 That wasn't the case here， because wow this book was HARD TO FINISH。 The author spends so much time name dropping historical or literary characters from the time period this is set in， that everything else （like the plot） seems to fall to the wayside。 I honestly had to keep rereading sentences because I kept forgetting what was happening in the actual scene， because some random literary character walks in， says a line， and then walks out。 I felt like I was reading ye old Victorian version of ready player one， except at least RPO was easy to read。 There were so many people and characters in this book that seemed to have no purpose at all。 Entire plot lines could be lifted with seemingly no consequence。 Super unfortunate， because I was really looking forward to this one。 。。。more

Alexis ，

4-4。5*Such books seem a bit lazy， with most characters and plot threads borrowed from elsewhere。 But making a coherent book out of so many bits is not easy， and it is done quite well here。 The plot is a bit thin - in the sense there are things happening around the central story which itself is rather simple。 But it flows very well and not once does it overplay its hand even when incorporating characters that nowadays seem dated like Fu Manchu

Henry Gonzalez ，

Great idea！ Great book！ Why isn't this a tv series？ Great idea！ Great book！ Why isn't this a tv series？ 。。。more

Izzy E ，

I have only just finished this and my initial impressions may change as I think more about it - it's late and I'm grumpy， after all。 That said。。。（Strap in everyone， I'm about to have long-winded and pompously-articulated thoughts about my special interest）This is a very impressive display of the author's vast knowledge of fin de siecle fiction and the horror genre in general。 I have a whole Masters degree in Victorian literature， and I only picked up some of the references。But that's the problem I have only just finished this and my initial impressions may change as I think more about it - it's late and I'm grumpy， after all。 That said。。。（Strap in everyone， I'm about to have long-winded and pompously-articulated thoughts about my special interest）This is a very impressive display of the author's vast knowledge of fin de siecle fiction and the horror genre in general。 I have a whole Masters degree in Victorian literature， and I only picked up some of the references。But that's the problem really - it was all reference， without any actual meaningful engagement with the source material。 Among other things， Dracula is a novel about reverse colonialism: a Victorian terror of the "primitive"， foreign Other turning the tables on the civilised British Empire。 The colonizers becoming the colonized， essentially。 Dracula is a complex reflection of a nation's racism and its growing anxiety and uncertainty about its own place in a swiftly changing， increasingly globalised society。 Stories about terrifying， savage monsters from abroad invading Britain， threatening its values and its women （chiefly， of course， Victoria）， are big at the end of the nineteenth century。 Newman is obviously very aware of this， and his novel reflects these themes throughout。 But it's all mimicry and recreation。 There's no commentary here that a Victorian could not have produced。 Confused discussion of "bloodlines" and the appearance of eugenicist Dr Moreau certainly *engage* with the issues， but they don't do anything remotely interesting or subversive with it。 It's just *there*。In his postscript， Newman says that "Stoker allegorises Dracula's assault on Britain entirely as an attack on the Victorian family， an emblem of all the things he prized and saw as fragile"。 He therefore sees his version， wherein Dracula wins and takes over Britain， as a novel elaboration of a largely untapped theme。 I think this approach is massively reductive。 An article I quite like on this topic （it's from 1990 so about the same time that this novel was written， I think） called "The Occidental Tourist: "Dracula" and the Anxiety of Reverse Colonization" by Stephen Arata， is a fun one to read on this subject - it details the complexities of all of the political and social anxieties which are very much already present in Dracula， and which do not all centre on the family （though I will grant you that angle is prominent）。 I also hate how my girl Lucy Westenra is portrayed in this， as a silly， thoughtless， rather malicious flirt （sure she's dead before the novel starts， but her memory incites much of the plot）。 I always feel that Lucy is badly served in adaptations of Dracula， so Newman is not doing anything worse than following the crowd here， but it's still frustrating。 It's a classic piece of misogyny disguised as progressiveness。 There are two types of women， you see， and only two - silly， frivolous society girls we are to despise， and competent action women whom we are to admire。 There's Lucy and Mina。 There's Penelope， and then there's Genevieve。 Once again， I think Newman is attempting to engage with his source material here。 When silly， self-absorbed Penelope is turned into a vampire， she dons man's clothes and loses interest in her appearance。 When we finally meet Mina， also now a vampire， we are told that her turn has caused her to lose "any feminine softness"; she now looks like a "principle boy"。 This all plays into that all-pervading fear of the Other and their influence - "look what these foreign degenerates are doing to our WoMEn！！！！" But Newman does absolutely nothing interesting with this idea other than use it - it's recreation rather than critical engagement。In the postscript， Newman explains that part of his purpose in writing this was "to mix things I felt about the 1980s， when the British Government made 'Victorian Values' a slogan， with the real and imagined 1880s， when blood was flowing in the fog and there was widespread social unrest"。 I think this is super interesting， and I can certainly see elements of this in the novel。 But there is so much that he could have done here which he just 。。。 Doesn't。 It's just too weighed down with its endless parade of shout-outs and cameos。I do also think it's slightly creepy to have the love-interest of our 30-something hero be a girl with the appearance of a sixteen-year old。 She may be a centuries-old vampire， but she's still literally described as looking like a child。 It's weird， dude。So， overall， I wasn't a fan of this。 But perhaps I'm just grumpy that Sherlock Holmes wasn't in it。。。 。。。more

Ellie ，

Honestly this was so disappointing - it was so boring and none of the characters really had anything to do the whole book。 Beauregard and Geneviève are incredibly bland， their romance is bland， they didn't even solve the murders which was the main focus of the plot but managed to take credit for it because they happened across the murderer at the end。 Both Seward and Holmwood （from the original Dracula） are treated incredibly harshly by this book， to the point where they might as well be differe Honestly this was so disappointing - it was so boring and none of the characters really had anything to do the whole book。 Beauregard and Geneviève are incredibly bland， their romance is bland， they didn't even solve the murders which was the main focus of the plot but managed to take credit for it because they happened across the murderer at the end。 Both Seward and Holmwood （from the original Dracula） are treated incredibly harshly by this book， to the point where they might as well be different characters。 The only good part of the book was where Seward gave post-Dracula backstory but this only lasts like 20 pages， and the rest of it is lamely inspired by the Jack the Ripper murders but it doesn't do a good job of it because it tells you the killer in the first 20 pages， thus ruining any tension this book may have。 And honestly， for a book whose whole premise is what if Dracula married Queen Victoria and ruled over a English Vampire society， I really expected this to be a LOT more fun and campy than it was and I am Disappointed。 。。。more

Oriol Espinosa ，

No està malament però no acaba d'encaixar-me del tot。 La premisa és genial， un Dràcula que va vencer a Van Helsing i un món victorià on manen els vampirs。 Tot i això， l'execució se m'ha fet una mica tediosa per moments i llegia només per saber com acabava tot。 Molts personatges i a vegades costa una mica diferenciar-los， sobretot als masculins。 Cai dir， però， que l'història és molt original i dona peu a molts més llibres que l'autor ha anat escrivint però no crec que llegeixi。 El món és genial p No està malament però no acaba d'encaixar-me del tot。 La premisa és genial， un Dràcula que va vencer a Van Helsing i un món victorià on manen els vampirs。 Tot i això， l'execució se m'ha fet una mica tediosa per moments i llegia només per saber com acabava tot。 Molts personatges i a vegades costa una mica diferenciar-los， sobretot als masculins。 Cai dir， però， que l'història és molt original i dona peu a molts més llibres que l'autor ha anat escrivint però no crec que llegeixi。 El món és genial però l'execució no és el meu estil。 Té idees molt bones que m'han sorprès gratament。 Incorpora l'història real i molts personatges reals i ficticis del passat d'una manera molt fluida。 He descobert que és el mateix escriptor que Drachenfels de Warhammer i l'estil femení es nota molt。 。。。more

Mike Glaser ，

Just a fun book for people who like books and alternative history and horror。 Highly recommended。

Alex ，

To be completely honest， I bought Anno Dracula by mistake。 I had very vague memories of hearing about Brain Aldiss' Frankenstein Unbound， which I meant to get， but I couldn't remember the name of the author， the title， or the exact premise， so I ended up with Anno Dracula instead。 Needless to say， I wasn't disappointed with my error。 Anno Dracula has a surprisingly complicated premise。 It starts off simply enough - what if， instead of being killed by Van Helsing and the rest， Dracula had won， an To be completely honest， I bought Anno Dracula by mistake。 I had very vague memories of hearing about Brain Aldiss' Frankenstein Unbound， which I meant to get， but I couldn't remember the name of the author， the title， or the exact premise， so I ended up with Anno Dracula instead。 Needless to say， I wasn't disappointed with my error。 Anno Dracula has a surprisingly complicated premise。 It starts off simply enough - what if， instead of being killed by Van Helsing and the rest， Dracula had won， and gone on to conquer Britain， remaking it in his image？ But it adds to that the idea that a whole bunch of other vampire stories， mostly obscure ones from the 19th century， were also "true"， so Dracula is surrounded by a wide variety of other fictional vampires。 And then some other， non-vampire stories also happened， so we get Mycroft Holmes， Danny Dravot， and so on。 And then， to top it all off， Jack The Ripper。 Does that seem like too much？ It isn't - Newman masterfully weaves almost all of it together。 It certainly helps that most of the elements borrowed from older stories are shown off-screen， as it were。 Dracula only appears at the very end， and while Mycroft is important， that's because one of the main characters works for him。 In fact， the only part of Anno Dracula that didn't work for me was the largely gratuitous introduction of Doctor Moreau & Doctor Jekyll。 They didn't really serve a purpose in the story， other than to remind me that this was a pastiche。 So what's Anno Dracula all about？ In a Britain run by tyrannical vampires， the one ethical vampire works with a living spy to hunt Jack The Ripper。 Seems simple enough， right？ And while that is the main plot， Anno Dracula is less about story than it is about character and social change。 Newman does something that I very much admire - he commits to the bit， as it were， and looks at how society would change if vampirism were real， and becoming widespread。 Smart， compulsively readable， and full of Easter Eggs for 19th century lit nerds， Anno Dracula is a must-read。 。。。more

Sean ，

2。5 rounded up to 3。Setting:This book takes place in Victorian London。 The queen has married Count Dracula and vampires are no longer secret。 Half of London has turned and things are growing increasingly tense between the living and the dead。Characters:Geneviève: Geneviève is a very old French vampire。 In the current time she works at a house providing medical aid to the poor。Beauregard: Beauregard is obsessed with his job。 His job is quite flexible， being whatever the crown needs at that moment 2。5 rounded up to 3。Setting:This book takes place in Victorian London。 The queen has married Count Dracula and vampires are no longer secret。 Half of London has turned and things are growing increasingly tense between the living and the dead。Characters:Geneviève: Geneviève is a very old French vampire。 In the current time she works at a house providing medical aid to the poor。Beauregard: Beauregard is obsessed with his job。 His job is quite flexible， being whatever the crown needs at that moment。Plot:Strained relations between the "warm" residents of London and it's ever increasing vampire population are further damaged when a madman begins butchering vampire prostitutes in the street。 Beauregard is tasked with figuring out who is committing these violent acts and putting a stop to them as soon as possible。 He teams up with the vampire Geneviève as the murders all seem to happen in the area of town she serves。 Can they stop a civil war from breaking out？My Thoughts:It would be remiss of me not to immediately mention the absolutely superb world building and atmosphere that Newman has created in this novel。 He has perfectly created old London struggling to deal with an entirely new problem。 Vampires cannot simply be eradicated， the queen herself has gone and married one。 There could scarcely be a higher degree of legitimacy given to them as a new kind of citizen。 This very much does not mean that everyone is pleased to be sharing their city with what many view as parasitic leeches。 Religious zealots are unsurprisingly one of the most outspoken groups calling for the vampire plague to be brought to a swift end。 Many of the vampires are humans in a similarly unflattering light。 Humans are just food sources with lifespans so short as to hardly be worth contemplating。 The city is at a breaking point and it's rendered flawlessly。Unfortunately， so much time and effort is devoted to the setting that everything else is left to play second fiddle or perhaps more actually something like 12th fiddle。 The characters have little personality to them。 Beauregard is obsessed with his job that he doesn't even seem to be terribly good at。 Beyond that he is clearly still trying to get over the death of his former wife but he seems to be doing this mostly by avoiding his new fiancee so it's not a terribly interesting side plot as it lately revolves around things not happening。 Geneviève seems to have a vague interest in doing the right thing and helping those less fortunate but， even when she gets upset after the death of a patient， it's written in such a fashion that makes it feel somewhat hollow。 She's going through the motions like she cares but I never really felt that she did。The plot is barely even in the book。 Right at the start we get the setup of the tense situation between the vampires and the living being further stained by a series of murders and then things don't really go anywhere from there until the very end of the book。 Oh sure there are events occurring but the reader could skip at a bare minimum 200 pages， probably 300 or even closer to 350， without missing any important developments。 The killer kills， people get upset， Geneviève and Beauregard fail to come up with any meaningful leads in the case。 Rinse and repeat。If you are really interested in a well developed and interesting setting then consider reading this。 If however， you want some interesting characters in that setting or a plot to actually exist… well then this is a bit harder to recommend 。。。more

Dollie ，

While browsing through one of my cloud libraries， I’d seen this book several times and thought， “Oh， another vampire book。” I’ve read several， but finally got curious enough to look at some reviews。 People seemed to really like it， or they didn’t， but it sounded interesting to me。 Queen Victoria married to Count Dracula？ Really？ Yes， really， and I absolutely loved it。 Evidently， many people seem to get distracted by all the name-dropping – everyone from the Lone Ranger to Charles Dickens is ment While browsing through one of my cloud libraries， I’d seen this book several times and thought， “Oh， another vampire book。” I’ve read several， but finally got curious enough to look at some reviews。 People seemed to really like it， or they didn’t， but it sounded interesting to me。 Queen Victoria married to Count Dracula？ Really？ Yes， really， and I absolutely loved it。 Evidently， many people seem to get distracted by all the name-dropping – everyone from the Lone Ranger to Charles Dickens is mentioned in this story。 I thought it was great and it made me smile every time I actually knew who the character was。 For me it was like meeting up with old friends。 The only vampire missing was Thibor Ferenczy！ In London， Jack the Ripper is butchering young vampire prostitutes。 Diogenes Club member Charles Beauregard teams up with vampire elder， Genevieve Dieudonne， to stop Jack， once they figure out who he is。 But Charles also has another mission。 I thought this story was very imaginative and clever。 I didn’t realize this was the first book of a series， but now that I know， I’ll be looking for the next book。 My favorite scene was where Charles and Genevieve walk into the throne room and finally lay eyes on Dracula。 The Drac character in this book has got to be the vilest vampire I’ve ever read of。 I really enjoyed it。 。。。more

Ga Poirier ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 What a blast this was。 Like Victorian London？ Vampire-lore？ Dracula books and films？ Devour this book like I did。 Queen Victoria has taken Vlad Tepes as his consort。。。and the British Empire has a vampire ruling class and all manner of undead throughout all levels of society， polite or otherwise。。。and oh yes， Jack The Ripper is on the loose， killing only vampires。。。

Beth ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Another reviewer said this novel is a name-check。 That's true， and not very exciting。Also， almost every character overtly or covertly craves to be a vampire。 I don't want to be a vampire。This novel is readable， but not for someone who doesn't crave to be a vampire。I didn't finish because Mr。 Newman just got silly when his main bad guy turned out to crave vampirism and had that as his motive for killing them。 Another reviewer said this novel is a name-check。 That's true， and not very exciting。Also， almost every character overtly or covertly craves to be a vampire。 I don't want to be a vampire。This novel is readable， but not for someone who doesn't crave to be a vampire。I didn't finish because Mr。 Newman just got silly when his main bad guy turned out to crave vampirism and had that as his motive for killing them。 。。。more

Michal Sventek ，

What if the Victorian England gothic horror canon shared one universe and in it… Dracula won？！I feel even better about having read Frankenstein， Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde， Dracula and Sherlock Holmes now！ Those， plus some of Hammer’s classic horror movies。Count Dracula， now Prince Consort， rules Victorian England alongside Her Majesty。 Vampires are all around， but not everyone is happy about that。 What happened to Sherlock Holmes and Mr Bram Stoker？ And who’s the mysterious figure slaying vampire pr What if the Victorian England gothic horror canon shared one universe and in it… Dracula won？！I feel even better about having read Frankenstein， Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde， Dracula and Sherlock Holmes now！ Those， plus some of Hammer’s classic horror movies。Count Dracula， now Prince Consort， rules Victorian England alongside Her Majesty。 Vampires are all around， but not everyone is happy about that。 What happened to Sherlock Holmes and Mr Bram Stoker？ And who’s the mysterious figure slaying vampire prostitutes？Not perfect， but a very pleasurable read。 。。。more

Pompom ，

Beaucoup de recherches ont été faites pour ce livre et l'auteur est très clairement un grand fan du genre， mais la façon dont est organisée la conspiration fait que， aussi intelligents puissent-ils se prétendre， les personnages principaux sont en fait remplaçables et inutiles au scénario。 Ce fut tout de même une lecture sympa。 Beaucoup de recherches ont été faites pour ce livre et l'auteur est très clairement un grand fan du genre， mais la façon dont est organisée la conspiration fait que， aussi intelligents puissent-ils se prétendre， les personnages principaux sont en fait remplaçables et inutiles au scénario。 Ce fut tout de même une lecture sympa。 。。。more

Regina ，

I could not care about the protagonists， so the book left me cold。 If the author cannot make me care about the fate of the people in the book， I loose all interst to see how the book ends。

Katie ，

Eh。 Somewhat compelling in a very pulpy way， but ultimately pretty unsatisfying。 Definitely not good enough to make up for the casual racism and misogyny， not to mention the extremely unnecessary and disturbing homophobia。 And even aside from all that， this book is way too long。 There are so many plot threads that go nowhere and ultimately mean nothing。

Ria ♡ ，

This was great fun， truly！ It combines 3 of my favourite things: Dracula lore， alt history and the Victorian era so this was just great！！ Seeing just how Dracula could influence and corrupt this time period was just super cool and it felt like playing a game of ~spot the literary reference and historical figure~ and it was delightful！ I did find myself struggling to remember characters at the beginning because there were just so many names and similar characters but once I caught on it was a lot This was great fun， truly！ It combines 3 of my favourite things: Dracula lore， alt history and the Victorian era so this was just great！！ Seeing just how Dracula could influence and corrupt this time period was just super cool and it felt like playing a game of ~spot the literary reference and historical figure~ and it was delightful！ I did find myself struggling to remember characters at the beginning because there were just so many names and similar characters but once I caught on it was a lot easier to distinguish them。 I probably won’t continue to re read the series as it’s mainly the alt history Victorian era that drew me to these books in the first place but this works really well as a standalone anyway！ 。。。more

Melinda Brooks ，

Loved it， didn’t love the ending。 progression was slow。 The way the chapters were written， it was kind of confusing on who they were talking about。

Reference

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