Ex-Wives of Dracula

De: Georgette Kaplan

Narrado por: Krystal Hammond

What's worse than falling in love with a straight girl? Falling in love with a straight girl who drinks blood. And not even in a goth way. This young adult queer romance sucks you in with vampires, paranormal drama, humor, and a quirky lesbian coming-out story.

High school senior Mindy Murphy has been questioning her small town life forever and, more recently, her sexuality. Maybe it has something to do with her new friend, Lucia West. When they were kids they used to be besties, until Lucia grew a head taller and a cup size bigger. Now she's captain of the cheer team, winner of the Boyfriend Olympics, and voted least likely to remember Mindy at their high school reunion.

In short, she's possibly the worst person alive for Mindy to crush on. Especially after Lucia's bitten by a vampire. Now the only way to keep her alive is to get her blood, and the only way to cure her is to slay the vampire that turned her.

Who knows, maybe after they get this vampire business settled, Lucia can explain to Mindy why she kissed her.

Contains mature themes.

©2016 Georgette Kaplan (P)2022 Tantor

Red/Dead Love

I was beginning to get upset when they parted near the end of the story, but thank you for bringing them back together. Loved this story.

watch 1992 "Dracula" first

while it's not a direct sequel for legal reasons, I think we all know where Kaplan pulls her characters from. I can't say I've ever ran into Kaplan's work that I didn't thoroughly enjoy. and this is one of them. it starts a bit wonky, but quickly fleshes out into a lovely read, with a very nice conclusion.
my only complaint is that you can tell it was written in 2015, as the idioms, fad words, current events, and film references from that time are all present here. they're a fun snapshot, but the book quickly dates itself because of that.

everything I didn't know I wanted

I had a hard time listening to this in public because I kept laughing out loud. Like, really loud! Definitely the best modern vampire story I've ever read

Character development

I love this book! Took me by surprise and keep me interested throughout. The narration was spot on and I couldn’t help but laugh out loud with some of the dialogue. I got a little squeamish with all the blood talk… but it was worth it. Should have expected it with vampires 😂

frustrating in the best and worst ways

both characters at times did things that irritated the ever loving crap out of me. I still loved this book and was satisfied at the end. I can appreciate multiple ups and downs, all too many love stories have only one big thing and this story has a few, though one of them was kinda b.s. in my opinion... sorry and narrator were on point though and this should definitely be given a chance!