A Dowry of Blood

Caveat to this review is that it's a romance novel and that isn't really my forté.

I went into this knowing nothing about it other than that it involved Vampires. I personally love supernatural horror especially involving vampires so I thought this would be perfect for me during October but this had little to no horror.

The story was told from the perspective of one of Dracula's wives. Its told similar to Bram Stoker's Dracula in the sense that it's told through the medium of letters. She is writing to Dracula talking about their lives over the centuries and all the different partners they had before she kills him and why she kills him. (Not a spoiler because it's on the first page)

I will say on a positive note the prose is really good and I blew through this book but it had little pay off for me being that there was little to no action at all, but that's not what to expect of this novel. If you enjoy romance with a vampire twist then I urge you to read this but it's just “meh” for me.