iDrakula
Review by Mari Lynne Rupp
Author: Bekka Black
Being an avid fan of "Dracula" and the style in which it was written, this fresh modern take
on the classic is both fun and ingenius. It opens up one of the original vampire legends for
our next generation of vampire lovers while keeping the scares and the mysterious feel of the original.
Mina and Jon are romantically involved college students, not taking life as seriously as their victorian couterparts, when Jon takes a business trip for his friend's father to Romania....Meeting up with Dracula, while Mina is dealing with the deteriorating health of her friends, Renfield and Lucy. Keeping this modern and relevant without talking down to her young audience, Ms Black just totally gets the original story enough to translate it through text and e-speak to grab the attention of younger readers.....Those criticizing the format of this book would do well to pick up Bram Stoker's original "Dracula" to see the story mostly unfolds in letters and journal entries, the victorian equivalent of our own methods of communication. It was a popular story telling device in its day, and quite effective. The emotion Mina expresses during the climax is no less than the original book, possibly more passionate, but keeps Mina as remaining one of my most favorite classic lit heroines of all time. She still steps out of her percieved female role to help the people she loves and basically, she saves herself rather than waiting for her man to do it. I think any Dracula or vampire lover needs to read this book....Absolutely worthy read and hopefully not the last we've seen of Bekka Black.
Mari Lynne (mimi) Rupp
(9/10)