Dracula, My Love

The Secret Journals of Mina Harker

De: Syrie James

Narrado por: Justine Eyre

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, remaking 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's taken full advantage of his gift of immortality to expand his mind and talents; a man who is deeply in love and who may not be so guilty of 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!

©2010 Syrie James (P)2010 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

“With its poetic, 19th-century prose style, this tale about a fierce, forbidden romance will appeal to even the most jaded romance fan.” ( Library Journal)

“James gives readers an intriguing alternate theory as to the events that occurred in Stoker’s classic horror tale while at the same time delivering a spooky yet thoroughly romantic love story.” ( Chicago Tribune)

Hands Down My Favorite Book!

I've listened to this book 3 times now and each time it's just as thrilling and suspenseful and beautiful as the first time I heard it! Bravo to the author and narrator!

redhat queen

I have read Dracula the book. This was so much better to listen to the story from this author’s point of view. The narrator was just fantastic.

Good! But that ending....

Honestly this was a good one. It’s a nice spin off of Dracula. But I have to say *SPOILERS!* the ending? Like come on. I wasn’t to happy with it. Why can’t D get the girl? Ugh. Ok enough with that. Over all the story was good. Just wasn’t happy with the ending.

WELL DONE

Well written and well narrated! This is my first book I’ve read by Syrie James and I am looking forward to reading more by her.

loved it

loved it!! kept my attention the entire book! will listen to it again soon!!!

Great story from Mina’s point of view

The author retold the Dracula story from Mina Harker’s more romantic perspective that brought into play the many conflicts, emotions and desires She has between the world of the living and her undead lover.

I think I preferred to the original

it was a interesting to see original story from another point of view. I vastly preferred Nikoli to Jonathan, and not merely because I have a weakness for bad boy's. He encouraged Mina to spread out more than was acceptable for women of the time. Mina and Jonathan were childhood friends who married. Mina and Nikoli were a man and woman who met and fell in love with each other. If you are a fan of the original Dracula you will enjoy this. Narrator is fabulous and story is solid. 4 1/2 stars

Interesting in the beginning, drags in the middle, but good ending

If you've seen the movie Brahm Stoker's Dracula, this novel sticks very close to it, but of course from Mina's side of the story, but if she had been in love with both Dracula and Jonathan. (Caveat: I haven't seen the film since it came out-- quite awhile ago-- so forgive any discrephrancies.)There are also deviations-- no explicit sex scene with Lucy, he obvious hair color change of Mina, more backstory of both Jonathan and Mina, Mina finding out about her parents-- but mostly sticks to the movie's plot line. The book explains the differences by either Mina having her private journal, lies/untruths two characters agree to collude in, and a few points which seem to be just to keep the pace a little tighter in the plot. I very much like the movie regardless of the lack of strong female roles, so I thought the idea of Mina's side of the story and a secret love affair between her and Dracula, rather than her being merely entranced by him, made for an interesting story, although the middle of this book does drag a bit. The more I listened to this book follow faithfully along to the movie, the less interesting it became so the middle part drags the most as it seems to be mostly waiting for the men to move their plot line ahead. It would have been better if the book either went into more detail about what Mina discussed with Dracula, or skipped past it faster, one of the two. In the movie they add fast music, short clips of action scenes, etc in a novel you can't so it's hard to keep a good pace so perhaps here is where the author should have deviated from the movie more. All in all, a pretty good book, with an interesting ending and a refreshing take on Mina's side of the story.

I Love this Book

I love this book. I love Bram Stoker's Dracula but I love the way the story in this version unfolds. I think I have listen to this book so many time and will continue to listen to it threw the years.

stunning

I love this book so wonderful love
story keep ur attention and hold it keeps it