The writing was solid, moderately effective but not especially skilful or difficult, which is why it was probably placed in the YA section despite some of the sexual content (either that or the pretty cover made them think it was another Twilight-inspired paranormal teen novel). The reworking of the plot to 1930s Hollywood was a fairly well-contrived one, and it manages to keep a small amount of parallels to the original film while making something entirely new (it even makes reference to the Elisabeth Bathory myth and the film itself briefly).
In truth, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. No one film more than Countess Dracula, one of my all-time favourites, and so I started this expecting the worst - especially since I found it in the YA section of my local library. I love Hammer films, and while I thought it was a good idea on the business side of things as a fan I worried about the treatments that the films would receive. When I first heard that Hammer were optioning reworkings of some of their films in book format, I was hesitant. I can't really spoil the book for everyone but if you want a quick read "Even though I started the book in Aug, LOL Blame a reading slump for it" and Octobery/Halloweeny feel this is the one. The book starts in the modern day time you can say with a Hollywood tour and from there on it starts the story of Elizabeth Sasdy from someone who was close to her which will give u somewhat of a shock by the end of the book.įor me I honestly wanted more when u have a title of Countess Dracula, I mean its a bit different story if you want to put the "Vampire Element" to it while it was on the same time when "Bela Lugosi" Count Dracula was released. And how her Husband Frank Nayland was involved with on what she was doing. The story is about Elizabeth Sasdy and how she wants her former Hollywood glory after 5 years of not appearing on the screen in the 1930s. TBH! I actually enjoyed it! I mean for me the title was a bit deceiving but in the end, you will know why the title is there and all.
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