Search - Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul, Bk 2)

Arkady has been turned vampire and "lives" to end the existence of his uncle Vlad and his sister, Zsuzsanna. His son, Stefan and his wife, Mary have successfully escaped Vlad and Arkady is desperate to find and protect them. Thinking Arkady dead, Mary has married Jan Van Helsing and adopted a child (Bram). It takes 26 years for Arkady to finally find them and then all hell breaks loose. Stefan is enthralled and kidnapped by Zsuzsanna and his brother Bram is ensnared by Arkady to help rescue him. Thus begins the adventures of Bram and the legacy of Van Helsing.

This is much darker than Covenant with the Vampire. More vile as children have become the targets of these deranged vampires. Again, a well-written - if at times grotesque - story that gives you a feel for the life and times of 1872

Wow! This book was amazing. A page-turner for sure! I don't know how I've managed to have this in my TBR (10+ years!) and not know what I was missing. The journaling format used in it gives it a very "Bram Stoker" feel to the story so that it's easy to consider this a prequel. Any fans of the original will not be disappointed with this series.

*MY SISTER*
In the flickering gaslights of Vienna a brother watches-as a woman of alabaster beauty, his sister, takes two lovers at once. Then she pours her passion into the most forbidden act of all...

*MY BROTHER*
In the streets of Amsterdam a young man, the secret lover of his brother's wife, is whisked into a waiting carriage for a long journey into darkness and a reunion with his father...

*MY FAMILY*
They are a family bound by an ancient curse, one generation pitted against another, taboos shattered, their firstborns blood sipped from a silver chalice. In his stony fortress waits Vlad the Impaler, while his heir, Arkady, cries out to his sons: "Let the curse end with me!"

*CHILDREN OF THE VAMPIRE*
In this terrifying, brilliantly imagined novel, Jeanne Kalogridis returns to the same dark, erotic territory she visited in Covenant with the Vampire. Once again she explores the breathtaking battle waged in the heart of the family Dracul-as the innocent take up arms against the monster.

If you love Dracula - you'll love this trilogy. Written in the same "diary" format as Bram Stoker's classic. The trilogy gives you a before, during, and after to Dracula. Jeanne Kalogridis did an awesome job of writing her stories around the established classic so that it seems part of the original story. Read the set !!!