She was strong-willed and also very pragmatic and Maxine hadn’t allowed the many dark experiences in her short life to taint her soul. I loved Maxine her strength and inner resilience was very apparent. There were also familiar names woven into the narrative that I again recognised but even with that inclusion of covered ground this still felt so fresh and original. It brought something so unique to this instead of just traversing old familiar paths. Instead allowing this to belong to Vlad and Maxine and their burgeoning affections. I also loved how this focused on the developing feelings and relationship dynamic of Vlad and Maxine while at the same time showing the hunters intentions but not making that the focus here.
The prose and language were just so lyrical and old-worldly. I've always loved the gothic atmosphere that Dracula imparts and I felt that this author managed to capture the whole flavour of that era brilliantly. “Know that I will be the death that will rain down upon all you have made.It was an old classic reimagined with a new spin and a fresh voice that shone brightly throughout. He turned to look back at the pool for one last time. Aon climbed from the liquid and returned to the altar, putting the metal mask back on his face. Lydia’s body was pulled from his grasp by unseen hands, their power dragging her down into the chasm. “Take her now, for you would not have her then.” Aon took a step deeper into the water, sank now up to his waist, and lowered the girl into the pool. They chose to mock him with that he could never have. Now, on the eve of their destruction, they taunted him with hope, only to dash it away upon the cobblestones. In the desire to love, and more importantly, to be loved, he had destroyed the world. Qta refused, and Aon murdered him in his rage. He had demanded he build someone to love him. “For that day so long ago when he had taken Qta’s life, he had demanded Qta make for him a queen.
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