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The Tale of the Vampire Bride (The Vampire Bride Dark Rebirth Trilogy Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Rhiannon Frater (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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All I ever wanted was the freedom to live life as I pleased, despite my aristocratic parents’ hopes I’d secure a prestigious husband. But my fate was far more terrible than an arranged marriage when my family became prisoners to one of the most fearsome and powerful vampires of all time, Count Vlad Dracula. Imprisoned in the decrepit castle in the Carpathian Mountains, my new life as a Bride of Dracula was filled with bloody feasts, cruel beatings, and sexual depravity. There was no hope of escape It was only when he took me to the picturesque city of Buda on the Danube River and I met a handsome, mysterious vampire in the darkened city streets, did I dare hope to find love and freedom.
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It's a beautiful, poetic, frightening story which showcases all the things I love about vampires: their beauty, their powers, their weaknesses. --Nicole Hadaway, author of Release

"Violence, sensuality, tense conflict and intense drama roll at full speed against the backdrop of romantic Old Europe... Frater's novel has managed to be almost everything to every vampire fan, a feat not easily pulled off." --Dark Markets

"I really enjoyed this unique take on Count Dracula. The characters were very well written and easily believable in their environments. I was pulled into this story and didn't want to stop reading." --Bitten by Books

"It was a book filled with twists and turns, and the narrative totally sucked me into Glynis's world." --Linda's Extraordinary Book Blog

"...this book is a dark, delicious treat of traditional Gothic horror that showcases everything that vampires should be~ cruel, violent, selfish, mysterious, powerful, arrogant, mesmerizing, and decadent...with just a hint of romance." - Vamp Chix Blog

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008E69ZTY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (June 22, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 22, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4251 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 504 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B088P1CXFB
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Rhiannon Frater is the award-winning author of the As the World Dies zombie trilogy (Tor) as well as independent works such as The Last Bastion of the Living. She also co-hosted the ZCast: a Z Nation Fan Podcast, interviewing the cast and crew of the SyFy show. Born and raised in Texas, she currently resides with her husband and furry children (a.k.a pets) in South Texas. She loves scary movies, sci-fi and horror shows, playing video games, cooking, dyeing her hair weird colors, and shopping for Betsey Johnson purses and shoes.

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SaintSusanna
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, deep, gothic, vampire book you can just revel in!
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2012
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Applause ! Applause ! I took a chance on this one and am So glad I did! Characters are so well done....for instance The vampire brides so beautifully written and described, well, the whole book just comes to life! The horror and violence in the story is severe, but well written and only fuels the story.I found myself having to pause for a moment but was lured onwards. Yes I do think this could be up on caliber with authors like Anne Rice. It is different, but deliciously good in it's own way. It takes some of the themes we know well of vampires and fleshs them out with depth, luster and new life. I beg the author to write some books devoted to the brides alone, for they were mesmorizing to me. Dracula is pretty much portrayed as quite the sadistic villian here, so the faint hearted need not apply. I could join up with the character in her aversion to him as well as her draw to him. This book was one of the best books I have read in a long time...a long long time! If you are looking to be swept up fast into a world of gothic darkness, magic and violent undoing, you got it. Even better, the woman gets to take command in a vampiric role here...and it's just so lush ! This book has the effect of making one feel you entered through a magic door , and are swept right into her world with her...I was lost in it.... Thank you ...thank you...!
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NEFrancis
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for fans of good old-fashioned vampire tales
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2009
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I was lucky enough to preview the first chapter and when I read it, I have to say that I was very, very hesitant to read the remainder of the novel. Why?

Because I was afraid I'd be very jealous that I didn't write the darn thing myself.

Not one to shy away from my fears (except spiders, but that's a different story ;-), I ordered Rhiannon's novel when it came out last December. I read it, all 484 pages -- it's a bit of an epic, all in one novel. Unlike other epics, however, this one doesn't spend 300 pages describing the exchange of smoldering looks in high school hallways, nor do the vampires sparkle. They do shimmer, but in the moonlight, as part of their undeadly beauty that is befitting an immortal, unGodly creature. So now that I've read the entire novel, what do I think?

I think I'm very jealous that I didn't write the darn thing myself.

I've posted it before, and I'll say it again -- the Brides in Dracula -- the novel and various movie adaptations -- have always held my interest. They're mysterious, beautiful, though not much information is given about them at all. Where did they come from? Do they love Dracula? Did they wish to be his bride, or were they forced into a life of undead servitude?

If you want to find out such questions, read The Tale of the Vampire Bride. Rhiannon Frater does an amazingly awesome job of re-creating the early 19th century European world, in which old-time superstitions and customs ruled. Women were property, married off to the highest bidder to increase family fortunes. People died of unexplained illnesses, or were lost among the empty roads at night. Vampires were real.

I don't want to give too much away, but suffice it to say that Rhiannon has created a likeable heroine in Lady Glynis Wright: she's headstrong, capable, but has flaws and weaknesses which make her well-rounded. The villain is especially cruel, which for me, after a while, was a bit hard to take. The story is amazing: from a lonely castle in the Carpathian mountains to the cosmopolitan city of Buda, we follow Glynis's transformation from mortal to deadly immortal. It's a beautiful, poetic, frightening story which showcases all the things I love about vampires: their beauty, their powers, their weaknesses. This is a return to the old-time Dracula vampires who are repelled by holy objects, can transform into beasts such as wolves, grab the night and wrap themselves in it like a cloak, seduce mortals and bend them to their will, and can slip through doorways and cracks of rooms to find their prey sleeping. The vampires are beautiful, horrible, deadly monsters.

It's an amazing story, and a must-read for all vampire fans who like to see a strong, capable heroine grapple with her undead existence.
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Okie
4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2022
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I’ve bought and read the first two books in the series. I enjoyed the first very much, but the second, not so much. In fact I found it rather boring; so I’ll be ending the series here. What I liked about the books is that they were full novels, unlike the novellas you get with Indie authors. The characters are what make the series; although the time period and scene settings play their plot. By the end of the second novel, I thought the plot had became a little far fetched.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good first book in the series.
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2023
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This story has a good Gothic atmosphere. Like the book Dracula, it has different characters write diaries to tell us the story. Glynis is a strong and independent heroine. She defies the conventions of society, and she defies Count Dracula. Danger and violence fill these pages. There is also some romance. I will be reading the rest of the series.
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MeeMees
5.0 out of 5 stars Take your medication like a good girl.
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2013
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Grab a glass of wine and put your feet up, this book will just take you away. I was reluctant to pick up this book because of some of the reviews and also the author's tendency to be a bit YA. But this book proved its worth. Reviews be damned. But in reference to some of those reviews, there are scenes in this book that touch a sensitive subject matter for women in particular. Yes, this book has rape and its repeated throughout the book. The way it is woven into the book however is not to excite at all, it is to terrify. There are no saints in this book. This book requires you to know true hate and disgust so you end up cheering for the not so good guy so to speak. I do realize that it may have come as a shocker to some readers, especially ones who have read Frater's other books, but I feel it was necessary to fill the reader with a carnal hatred towards characters in this book. Without it you may have been wondering who's team you're on.

Wonderfully written, full and complete. Surroundings, characters are in-dept and full bodied. The story is engrossing and time swallowing. You will lose hours to this book and maybe even burn dinner. Enjoy! On to the sequel.
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Courtney
5.0 out of 5 stars A book you can not put down!
Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2016
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I never thought I would enjoy this type of book I usually like zombie apocalypse type books but I really like Rhiannon Frater writing style so I tried this one out and I really enjoyed it!!
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marishka
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2016
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Those who have read the original Dracula will perceive this novel as a modern twist to that story. This is a more up to date telling of the ghoulish savagery and twisted love that was so enthralling in the original tale. I do hope that the author can keep the excitement and pace going into the next book, as sometimes I find they can be a disappoint, we shall see.
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LF
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant dark horror story
Reviewed in France on June 3, 2016
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The Tale of the Vampire Bride is the tale of Vlad Tepesh aka Count Dracula and Lady Glynis Wright, the one he takes as his bride. Yep, I said "takes" because poor Glynis had no say in the matter.
This is not a sweet PNR story but dark gothic horror... Glynis' fate is horrible and Count Dracula is a violent, cruel man.
But Glynis is a strongwilled women and whatever her busband and master does to her, she will not break. She holds on to the memory of her family and the promise she made to her mom to retain some of her humanity.

Loved the ending and I can't wait to see how Glynis' life will evolve after this!
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Anna
5.0 out of 5 stars Quando il vampiro è davvero cattivo
Reviewed in Italy on October 27, 2015
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Recensione pubblicata sul blog Una passione e Oltre
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Per chi ama i vampiri e più in generale il dark fantasy, credo che questo sia un romanzo assolutamente da leggere.
Dimentichiamo i simpatici e sexy vampiri della Confraternita del Pugnale Nero. Dimentichiamo il romantico e tormentato Edward Cullen. Qui il vampiro si chiama Vlad Dracula e posso garantire che non è né simpatico, né romantico. A dirla tutta, pur essendo attraente, vi risulterà difficile persino trovarlo sexy.
Il conte Vlad è amorale, cinico, spietato, violento e sadico: vi basta?
Posso garantirvi che cominciavo a tremare tutte le volte che entrava in scena perché, persino quando si fingeva gentile, sapevo che stava tramando qualcosa di assolutamente perfido.
Vlad Dracula è uno dei vampiri più potenti che vi siano in Ungheria, ha tre mogli che lo compiacciono in tutto e per tutto; ha servitori e possedimenti, ma qualcosa gli manca e credetemi non è certo l’amore.
Lady Glynis Wright è una giovane donna inglese dal carattere testardo e irruento. Sogna una vita diversa da quella che le viene prospettata dai genitori e dalla società. Vorrebbe essere libera di amare chi preferisce, di girare il mondo, di chiacchierare di letteratura e belle arti nei salotti dell’alta società, ma una donna dei primi dell’ottocento non può godere di simili libertà.
I genitori di Glynis, disperati dai tentativi vani di far sposare la propria figlia con un nobile inglese, si recano in Ungheria per incontrare il conte Dracula, segnalato loro da un vecchio amico di famiglia. Glynis e la sua famiglia, dopo aver soggiornato un po’ a Budapest raggiungeranno il lugubre e decadente castello che il conte possiede tra le montagne dei Carpazi e da quel momento tutto precipita in una spirale di morte e violenza.
Il romanzo è piuttosto lungo e la prima parte è tutta incentrata sul profondo cambiamento e sulla terribile lotta che Glynis deve sostenere con se stessa. Trasformata in un vampiro contro la sua volontà, la protagonista dovrà in qualche modo adattarsi alla sua nuova condizione. Se da viva era a suo modo schiava delle regole rigide dettate dalla società, da morta si ritrova ancora una volta schiava delle regole rigide dettate dal suo Creatore, il conte Dracula.
Francamente ho apprezzato tantissimo lo stile della Frater e la sua capacità di mostrarci l’evoluzione dei singoli personaggi. Glynis da ragazza giovane e piuttosto ingenua, diverrà una donna/vampiro forte e costretta a fare scelte dolorose.
Il mondo delineato da Rhiannon Frater non è diviso in buoni e cattivi, in bianco e nero. Le sfumature sono infinite e tutti i protagonisti di questo splendido romanzo lo sperimenteranno sulla propria pelle.
The Tale of the Vampire Bride è sostanzialmente diviso in due parti: la prima, (che a qualche lettore è apparsa troppo lunga e dal ritmo piuttosto lento), in cui Glynis deve adattarsi alla nuova vita nel castello diroccato tra le montagne e la seconda parte, decisamente più dinamica e ricca di colpi di scena, in cui Glynis e Vlad si spostano a Buda e vivono nella lussuosa villa del conte.
Tutto il romanzo si basa su un subdolo piano che verrà rivelato solo a fine romanzo e che personalmente mi ha lasciata di stucco. Ho letteralmente detestato Vlad per tutto il libro e alla fine mi sono ritrovata a provare per lui sentimenti così contrastanti che mi hanno mandata in completa confusione. Sentirgli dire «Ti amo» giuro che è stato assolutamente scioccante.
Non c’è niente di buono in Vlad. Non è un bad boy sexy e segretamente bisognoso d’amore, eppure… eppure quando arriverete alla fine tutto l’odio e il disprezzo che avrete provato per lui verrà rimesso in gioco e come Glynis vi troverete a tentennare.
Se devo fare un appunto all’autrice sta nel fatto che quello che doveva essere il coprotagonista maschile, ovvero il misterioso Ignatius, è una pallida ombra a confronto di Vlad.
Non voglio anticiparvi nulla, però Glynis a Buda s’innamorerà di un altro vampiro e francamente questa è la parte che ho trovato più insipida. É tutto troppo affrettato, poco curato, rispetto a come è stato trattato il rapporto Glynis/Vlad. Se l’intento della Frater era quello di farci sospirare per Ignatius, beh con me non c’è riuscita.
Ad ogni modo questo romanzo è davvero molto particolare. Lo consiglio vivamente a tutti gli amanti del genere e anche a chi ama le storie d’amore decisamente poco romantiche.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Tale of the Vampire Bride #1
Reviewed in Australia on November 3, 2015
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Loved the story!
I can't wait to read the rest of the series as I had trouble putting down this one! I'm hoping that the rest of the series is the same
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