Children of the Vampire

The magnificent continuation to the previous masterpiece, Covenant With The Vampire. Arkady & Mary's childe has grown up, & Stephan, now in Amsterdam, has a brother, who has a hard time accepting the shadow world of the Vampire, & eventually comes to learn the horrible truth of it all, in the most personal manner. The psychological twists will set you reeling, as the twisted labyrinths Vlad has constructed unfolds. Zsusannah continues to improve & evolve in her new & glorious afterlife, & has come to realize her new abilities more intimately, & employs wicked trickeries taught to her by Vlad, & a secret society of Vampire Magicians. The creative genius of Jeanne Kalogridis continues to delight & astound the Children of Darkness everywhere. She is the best new talent to creep forth from the recesses of the catacombes of horror-writers in quite awhile. She has become the Dark Goddess of this strange & compelling world where we long to be, & would swear upon our black souls, we have been. She has spread her black wings, & swiftly ascends unto the ranks of Anne Rice & Clive Barker. The series, The Diaries of the Family Dracul, is truly an ingenious work, & bears boldly, The Draconian Seal of Approval. I do wish a movie lies in the future...

"Children of the Vampire" is the second in the trilogy of "The Diaries of the Family Dracul". "Covenant With the Vampire" is the first book is and the third and final book is "Lord of the Vampires" The reason I mentioned the other novels is because they should be read to get the whole and entire story. All are highly engrossing and interesting. How Ms Kalogridis thought up all this is beyond me - but she is obviously talented. Although all the books are wonderful reads - be prepared - there are strange situations in the books - among them are incest and homosexuality. The books don't go into to much "intimate" details on these subjects - and they're not something that carries on into the complete story. So the squeamish should tolerate them just fine. Therefore, I would advise anyone who likes vampire novels to purchase all three of them.

I first read Kalogridis' work in the burning times, and found it interesting, however for the diaries of the family dracul, i must say is astonishing. Each page goes by instantly and you can do little but keep on reading, and even after the first book is gone, your mind is so entangled in the plot you just have to keep reading.

This trilogy is the BEST series of vampire books that I have read. I am a rampant Anne Rice fan, but Ms. Kalogridis has captured a terror and eroticism that Anne Rice could not. Because of it's diary form, you feel closer to the characters. Also, I think it seems even more terrifying because of the close relating to the actual historical content. I have just finished the series today, and I want MORE! Ms. Kalogridis, if you're reading this, please write more books! She is a brilliant writer! I have not been this gripped by a series of novels in a long time! Mere words alone cannot express how I feel about this series of books.......if you love vampire stories, you will love this, I promise, no disappointment!

I think that Jeanne Kalogridis has outdone herself in the second novel of her vampire trilogy. Although her first novel, Covenant with the Vampire, was excellent I think that she has done a wonderful job in recreating the characters that she introduced. I put her on the same level as Anne Rice!