What I love
the most about this book is the collection it is part of. Hachette Books
decided to create the Bellatrix Book Project to finally give a voice to women
who were forgotten, ignored or pushed aside in literature. Karen Millwood
Hargrave took this opportunity to give the brides of Dracula their own voices.
In Bram
Stoker’s Dracula the bride of Dracula are described as three seductive female
vampire sisters who entrance men with their beauty to feed upon them.
Karen Millwood
Hargrave reimagines the background story of the dark eyed brides of Dracula. The
author imagines there are travellers twin sisters, captured into slavery and
who inadvertently fell into Dracula’s clutches. The story is about sisterhood, sacrifice,
love, self-worth and class differences.
The twin Lil
and Kizzy are travellers who are captured the day of their divining day. They
are brought into a household to become serving girls. From the beginning you
see the difference between the sisters. The are identical twins, but Kizzy is
still perceived as more beautiful than Lil, she has also more anger inside her
and doesn’t trust the settlers. Lil is the opposite; she is calm and tries to
accept the situation the make the best of it. In her slaver’s household Lil is
charmed by a settler, Mira. They soon have a relationship, which is sweet and
tender but doesn’t take much of the story. The main story is the relationship
between Lil and Kizzy and how despite their differences they love each other
and would do anything to keep the other safe.
The book was
short and easy to read, but it lacked in action and didn’t thrill me. I was
really hoping for more sparks.
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