Although they are immune to it, the villagers around them are not. They remain like this until the plague comes to their area. Once they get to the castle he basically imprisons her, bringing victims to her and never allowing her out. He allows her to take revenge on the men who almost killed her and then he takes her back to his castle. Then he renames her “Constanta”, her old name is instantly forgotten and never used again. Because her will to live is so strong he decides to “rescue” her by changing her into a vampire. He finds her on the brink of death, left for dead by raiders that destroyed her entire village. It is her own sort of revenge, taking away his name and reducing him to a character in her story instead of the main role. That is the only confirmation that we get of who her “husband” is in the book because Constanta chooses to never name him. The jacket cover tells us that this is the tale of Constanta, Dracula’s first wife. Gibson includes a lot of racy scenes to get your blood flowing but the overall story was rather disappointing. A Dowry of Blood continues this tradition through the story of Dracula’s bride, Constanta. Sometimes it’s his charm, sometimes it’s good looks, sometimes he has hypnotic powers, the exact mechanism varies but the overall story is the same. It’s been a common trope since Bram Stoker’s Dracula: A powerful vampire comes in and sweeps an unsuspecting woman off her feet. October is here, which means it’s time for another vampire romance.
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