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Mina – The Dracula Story Continues by Marie Kiraly is a continuation of Mina’s tale from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. She begins with Mina’s recollection of her seduction of the vampire- Dracula. She is detailed in her desire as well as her fight against her new animalistic desire for blood.

But the story does not simply stop at the death of Dracula. It follows her struggle to return to a normal life and her struggle with her love with Jonathan. The story reads of mystery, stormy affairs, as well as the intense struggle with Mina’s pull to the undead. The back story and connection of Stoker’s characters are developed in this second book. It leaves you at the edge of your seat. There are several twists and turns that the reader is not quite sure where they are going. In the end, the story has an open ending that leaves the reader hanging.

There are contradicting reviews for this book but most love the fresh story from the woman warrior- Mina. She is a wonderful example of feminism at the time. She is the role model for women at the time- first to use the new technology- the typewriter, first to be a large part of a search for the vampire, and in the latest book- free to explore her sexuality openly. She pushed to the point of showing adultery and women’s pleasure of sex as acceptable.

It is a fun read that will allow women the pleasure to explore alternatives in the man’s world of Dracula.

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