Syrie James
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| Title | : | Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker |
| Author | : | Syrie James |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 457 pages |
| Published | : | July 20th 2010 by Avon (first published 2010) |
| Categories | : | Paranormal. Vampires. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Fiction. Fantasy |
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Acclaimed Author Syrie James Approaches Bram Stoker's Classic Dracula With A Breathtaking New Perspective-As, For The First Time, Mina Harker Records The Shocking Story Of Her Scandalous Seduction And Sexual Rebirth.Who is this magnetic, fascinating man? And how could one woman fall so completely under his spell?
Mina Harker is torn between two men. Struggling to hang on to the deep, pure love she's found within her marriage to her husband, Jonathan, she is inexorably drawn into a secret, passionate affair with a charismatic but dangerous lover. This haunted and haunting creature has awakened feelings and desires within her that she has never before known, which remake her as a woman.
Although everyone she knows fears him and is pledged to destroy him, Mina sees a side to him that the others cannot: a tender, romantic side; a man who is deeply in love, and who may not be evil after all. Yet to surrender is surely madness, for to be with him could end her life. It may cost Mina all she holds dear, but to make her choice she must learn everything she can about the remarkable origins and sensuous powers of this man, this exquisite monster, this...Dracula!
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| Original Title: | Dracula, My Love |
| ISBN: | 0061923036 (ISBN13: 9780061923036) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mina |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 2458 Users | 407 ReviewsCommentary Regarding Books Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker
I picked up this book way back when. At the time I was really into any book with a vampire theme. This one sounded intriguing and one that I had not read yet regarding the secret journals. Usually, when it comes to the story of Dracula and Mina it is usually Dracula that is featured and not his lover. Yet, there have been stories told with Mina but again some good and others alright.I am really trying to read books from my massive to be read pile. So I picked up this book, still looking forwardWow. This has been a fascinating retelling of the classic Dracula tale. It's told from Mina's POV and in this case, the first person narrative works wonderfully. The story begins with Mina visiting her dear friend Lucy while her fiance, Jonathon Harker is away on business in Transyvania. What Mina doesn't know is that Jonathon's business trip has taken a bad turn. After all, his client is none other than Count Dracula...Click on link for full review...http://wwwbookbabe.blogspot.com/2010/...
The famous Dracula! This is the story of Mina Murray, who came to love Dracula under the circumstances that most women do, under extreme visual and physical imagination. Mina is an orphan, never knew her parents. She is engaged to be married, but her fiance' stops writing to her, and when he does right to her, he is very distant and has a tone of general disinterest. Well, when things such as this happen, it leaves women feeling very .... unappreciated, unloved, un-thought-about. Which opens the
Updated/Revised 3-Star Review of 2020: Why revisit a book I disliked? Two reasons:1. Dracula in Love by Karen Essex was an awesome, speculative, feminist take on the gothic classic we know and love, and Dracula, My Love by Syrie James sounded like a close, if not identical read. Karen's contender for mainstream published Dracula fan fiction came out around the same time as Syrie's and, similarly, attempted to inject a romantic chemistry into the fold of Mina and Dracula's relationship, as well
I think I loved this, but it's still hard to tell. I am awash with conflicting emotions at the conclusion. It is a novel of great passion, which I love; and darkness, which I also love; and the workings of human (and UNhuman) emotions, which I find utterly fascinating. The problems arise with pacing for various parts of the novel- there is a lot of set-up, and then, for the period of time where Dracula is MIA, it is also very drudging. James has to acquaint the reader with various facts from
I had mixed feelings about this book when I picked it up. Hmm, it could be really slow, boring and unadventurous since the "romantic action" takes place in such a chaste time period. Or it could break every conventional rule and then become unbelievable. Fortunately, neither one of those fears came true. Instead, Syrie James integrated the chastity of the time period with a lusting, sensual Dracula in the most successful of ways. Dracula became a truly inspiring character, one who laughs, loves
Find the enhanced version of this and other reviews at: http://flashlightcommentary.blogspot....Bram Stoker's masterpiece is one of my favorite classics. Lucy and Mina are the quintessential embodiment of Victorian chastity, purity and virtue. Stoker's Dracula is especially evil as he seeks to corrupt these women, seducing them and thus corrupting their innocence. They play an essential role in Stoker's work but for all that, they are victims of shallow characterization, necessary personalities
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