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The Dead Travel Fast

De: Deanna Raybourn
Narrado por: Charlotte Parry
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A husband, a family, a comfortable life: Theodora Lestrange lives in terror of it all.

With a modest inheritance and the three gowns that comprise her entire wardrobe, Theodora leaves Edinburgh—and a disappointed suitor—far behind. She is bound for Romania, where tales of vampires are still whispered, to visit an old friend and write the book that will bring her true independence.

She arrives at a magnificent, decaying castle in the Carpathians, replete with eccentric inhabitants: the ailing dowager; the troubled steward; her own fearful friend, Cosmina. But all are outstripped in dark glamour by the castle’s master, Count Andrei Dragulescu.

Bewildering and bewitching in equal measure, the brooding nobleman ignites Theodora’s imagination and awakens passions in her that she can neither deny nor conceal. His allure is superlative, his dominion over the superstitious town, absolute—Theodora may simply be one more person under his sway.

Before her sojourn is ended—or her novel completed—Theodora will have encountered things as strange and terrible as they are seductive. For obsession can prove fatal…and she is in danger of falling prey to more than desire.

©2010 Deanna Raybourn (P)2010 Audible, Inc.
Fantasía Ficción Ficción Histórica Gótico Horror Paranormal Paranormal y Urbano Romance Aterrador
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Brooding as black licorice, The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn is lush and Gothic, a romance shadowed by the diabolical legacy haunting a gloomy castle in the Transylvania of 1858. Heroine Theodora Lestrange is a coltish Scottish novelist confined by spinsterhood to dwell under her straight-laced brother-in-law’s roof. Her life is a stifling casket until girlhood friend Cosmina invites Theodora to her crumbling ancestral home in Romania. Will passion trump virtue? Charlotte Parry narrates and her impudent Theodora disarms with an Edinburgh burr that thickens with indignance or tenderness, exposing vulnerability. Parry also reveals Theodora’s core loneliness with faltering pauses and hard swallows. She’s equally refined navigating palace intrigues in Transylvania without resorting to derivative “I vant to suck your blood” Dracula-like accents.

The Dead Travel Fast is built on foreshadowing, moodiness, and Theodora’s magnetic attraction to remote Count Andrei Dragulescu, lord of the castle. Once listlessly betrothed to his cousin Cosmina trembly and spooked the Count is intrigued by Theodora’s skittish, impulsive intelligence. She, in turn, pines for his distant smoldering. Things upend, though, when a servant girl is killed, two bite marks on her neck. Her murder tips the village into frenzy. For in Transylvania, land of devout believers, superstition is fact and vampires masquerade as noblemen. “I was not given to somnambulism,” Theodora frets, upon awakening to ominously unknotted plaits. “But I might be well capable of unbinding my hair ribbons in my sleep.”

Charlotte Parry wisely forgoes formulaic bantering to slow dance through Theodora and Andrei’s mutual resistance to animal instincts. Her Theodora and Andrei are guarded and flawed, scorning any hint of neediness. The audiobook resolves realistically, for among the undead, as in the living, the path to true love is frequently ruined by stakes through the heart. Nita Rao

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“With a strong and unique voice, Deanna Raybourn creates unforgettable characters in a richly detailed world. This is storytelling at its most compelling.” (Nora Roberts)

"Theodora is a delightful heroine, so much so that cruel, petty, misogynistic Andrei never really seems worthy of her....Raybourn's intriguing treatment of vampire legends will delight fans of the genre." ( Publishers Weekly)
Creative Gothic Atmosphere • Unique Vampire Perspective • Excellent Narration • Strong Protagonist • Engaging Performance
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I really enjoyed this book. It was well thought out and the characters were very believable. I’m unsure why it got negative reviews as this was one of the better reads I have had in sometime. I will definitely be looking for more books from this author.

This was really great

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Read from March 7, 2010 to March 14, 2010 and from July 30 to August 11, 2013

Story: 4 stars
Narrator: 4.5 stars

I originally listened to this book back in 2010, and enjoyed it. It was my first exposure to Deanna Raybourn, and I love Charlotte Parry as a narrator.

In this story, DR takes the Dracula story and turns it into a Gothic romance, complete with first-person narrator---a young woman in an unfamiliar setting, which just so happens to be a moldering castle in Transylvania populated by strange, suspicious characters. Here, even in the late 19th-century, the residents of the castle and the village at the base of the mountain on which the castle sits, believe in the "old ways"---the ways which say that vampires and werewolves are real.

This is such a fun book. The first-person narrator structure allows the listener to get sucked into the heroine's world and into the questions of whether or not vampires are real and, if they are, who in the castle is one. The ending is a bit fantastic, but, frankly, with the amount of suspension of disbelief the whole story requires, it isn't that far of a stretch. This is definitely one for the relisten-again shelf!

A different take on the vampire romance genre

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Narration was very good. But the story itself is your common girl meets tortured guy, girl "fixes" him with her love. I enjoy the Lady Julia Grey books, but am disappointed in this particular title. Lady Julia Grey stories are fun and an easy distraction from tedious housework. Big picture, it encourages women trying to fix a man, a dangerous and (often) fruitless endeavor.

Typical girl meets totured soul and "fixes" him.

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Interesting from the start. Great narration, an interesting twisting tale. Do you believe in monsters? Or is your fear just being used to control you? An eternal question.

Spooky, Well written, Romantic.

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this is my first 5 star all the way review. I couldn't ask for more. everything about this book is perfection. from the perfection of cadence in the narrator to the twists and turns of the plot to the florid and atmospheric wordsmithing. I rarely buy books from the romance package as I can just download them again when I wish to but I will be purchasing this. if you liked wuthering heights, crimson peaks, penny dreadful or any other Victorian horror romance this book is for you. even if you arent a "romance novel fan" this book is for you. I've recommended it to so many people and will continue to do so. so glad I found it.

absolutely perfect

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Really slow. There were about three hours worth of performance. The bad foreign accents were embarrassing.

Slow

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Spooky people living in Transylvania make up the cast in this gothic style story starring a Scottish woman. Love this kind of historic romance mystery!

The Dead travel fast

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I enjoyed the story and loved the strength and independence of Theodora. The narrator did a beautiful job of bringing the characters to life.

Great Story

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Charming Gothic mystery with great surroundings! What self-respecting Gothic mystery would not take place in Edinburgh and move on to Transylvania, then have a handsome - if somewhat sinister - count as a possible love interest?

Entertaining Gothic Mystery

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omgosh another Deanna Raybourn novel down and I'm never disappointed. I'm on to my next, the hard part is which one.
I highly recommend Deanna Raybourn's books

loved it

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