Title: Anno Dracula

Author: Kim Newman

Publisher: Titan Books 2011

Genre: Horror

Pages: 495

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Mount TBR; Popsugar - Nonhuman Perspective (Vampires count!); New to Me

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.

So this book took me over two weeks to finish. Not because it was bad, but because I didn't have time to sit down and actually read. In fact, I kept want to curl up and immerse myself in this alternate history where Dracula is real and rules England. I just didn't have time. I love love loved this book. The world is so rich and vibrant. London becomes a character with the various neighborhoods and the fog. I loved the characters, especially Genevieve. I immediately connected to her as person. Loved her outlook and involvement in the storyline. And it was nice to see so many literary characters represented. Such a great story. After picking this up on a whim while in San Francisco, maybe I need to seek out others in the series. 

Anno Dracula

• #1 Anno Dracula
• #2 The Bloody Red Baron
• #3 Judgement of Tears
• #4 Andy Warhol's Dracula
• #5 Johnny Alucard

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