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Not very believable

Revisado: 06-13-21

I wanted to like this story, but the characters just aren't believable. I like Proby's other stories but I won't continue this series. if you're going to mix romance and criminal activity, it needs to be more believable if you want me to relate to the romantic wired of criminal families.

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Not very believable

Revisado: 06-13-21

I wanted to like this story, but the characters just aren't believable. I like Proby's other stories but I won't continue this series. if you're going to mix romance and criminal activity, it needs to be more believable if you want me to relate to the romantic wired of criminal families.

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Good story, poor performance

Revisado: 03-10-20

Narrator did not do the story/charcters any justice. Big guy sounded like a fragile female.

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Predictable

Revisado: 09-01-19

The performances are the saving grace, but even they can't make up for a story that is so predictable you know the end before you're 25% into the narrative. The characters and the conflict were remarkably one dimensional, which is unfortunate because there was plenty of opportunity to make them so much more.

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Pleasantly entertaining!

Revisado: 08-09-15

A well written and entertaining story with cleverly done characters. This story was fun. I highly recommend it.

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Greatful I only paid $2.99 for narration

Revisado: 07-12-15

I didn't realize this was a different narrator from the first book.Good luck trying to separate one character from the other with this narration. The voice acting sounds contrived and forced. The story is good but the narration doesn't do it justice (no pun intended!).

Disappointed. I will just read the Kindle books and save my credits for other books.

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I wish I had this old friend in my family!

Revisado: 06-19-13

Vlad is THE ally to have, indeed! He comes to the aid of the Southerland family, Mina's descendants, when evil strikes. his story sets the stage for the rest of the stories that follow that take place in present time. Easily one of my favorites in this series, made are the more enjoyable by Robin Bloodworth's excellent performance.

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Homles and Dracula, together again

Revisado: 05-11-13

This time it is Dracula who must rescue his nephew (though in this book Holmes is referred to as his cousin, even though in the preceding book Dracula identified him as a nephew of sorts).

Told much of the time from Watson's perspective, I thoroughly enjoyed his character. Forced to acknowledge the existence of vampires in the Holmes-Dracula file, he nonetheless is reticent to summon the Prince when Holmes is abducted, even though he knows it is the best course of action. Even so, the two men form an uneasy alliance in order to discover what has happened to Holmes. Throw in a crazy former pirate vampire in search of a lost treasure, and it is lots of fun and intrigue. I won't spoil it here for you, but the resolution of the treasure hunt was an interesting twist.

I wish Saberhagen had been able to pen a few more of these stories. As always, Robin Bloodworth's performance is top notch!

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Not my fav in the series, wonderful performace

Revisado: 05-11-13

I read this book out of order, but I don't think that matters much for this story. I love Robin Bloodworth's portrayal, but the story itself is much darker and lacks cohesion. There really isn't much Dracula in this story as he takes a secondary seat to other characters and crops up infrequently, and at the end.

As the plot unfolds, we find several different events converging together to create the main plot, but many times they lack important connecting elements to help the reader understand what's going on.

I'm still trying to decide if Saberhagen did this on purpose because he wanted the readers to fill in the blanks with their own ideas, or if the good stuff ended up being edited out or he was just out of inspiration. I guess we will never know!

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Robin Bloodworth's narration is top notch!

Revisado: 04-23-13

I love this series, and am delighted to see we get to hear Robin's voice through all of them. I so wish it wasn't too late to send a fan letter to Fred Saberhagen. I loved these books when they were first out, and reading them all these years later is like meeting up with a dear old friend.

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