Reviews

Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco

rett8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

ebyle's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

I finally realized who Audrey Rose and Thomas remind me of, Tessa and Will from the Clockwork Princess Series. Both are set in a similar time and in London, but also just their personalities. Strong female character with a witty and sarcastic guy. I did not read it quite as quickly as the first one, but the story I think was slightly better in this one. Thomas Cresswell really is the standard for a feminist. He's respects her autonomy but is still a gentleman. It's deeply unfair that he's fictional and only has eyes for Audrey Rose. Again, would recommend if you want a cross of Good Girl's Guide to Murder and the Clockwork Princess series! Fun and easy read!

robins2012's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

hsecen's review against another edition

3.5

So when I saw the title of this one, my interest was definitely piqued. Even with just one book establishing the series, I knew this was very much grounded in science and not fantasy. With Dracula in the title, I was curious to know what was going to happen on Audrey Rose and Thomas’s adventure to Romania.
What I really liked in this book was the realistic state of Audrey Rose’s emotions. She went through a lot at the end of the last book, and Hunting Prince Dracula picks up only a few weeks afterwards, so it makes sense that she’s not over some of the trauma she went through. And I started to understand why I’ve seen so many readers swoon over Thomas Cresswell. I don’t think I’m a full convert yet, but after reading more of the interactions between him and Audrey Rose, I can conclude that they are adorable together. There were also still some wonderful feminist tones, especially in regards to Audrey Rose’s autonomy in a relationship, and reading about struggling with the right balance was well done.
However, there were similar issues for me with some of the pacing. Especially towards the end, the challenges that Audrey Rose and Thomas went through seemed really long winded for me, and in my opinion, didn’t really add to the plot in any way. I started to lose interest towards the end, which I thought was a little unfortunate as far as conclusions go.
Overall, I thought it was a fun take on the Dracula legend and it was exciting to learn more about Thomas’s background in this book as well. I’m interested to see how the rest of the series plays out.

la04a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

dontstopreadin's review against another edition

2.0

This book was slightly better than the first, but not enough to get it a higher rating or convince me to continue with the series. This was slow, repetitive, and followed many structural parallels to the first book (which made it feel formulaic.) I'm just not into these characters or this series. Thank goodness for audiobooks, or I don't think I would have been able to finish. I will not be continuing on with the series.

Trigger warnings for: blood, death
Rep for: meh.

starlight_seas's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

iscyr's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

padmawhitehallow's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

ana_velasco27's review against another edition

4.0

Primero decir que tenia muchas ganas de leer este libro y que la edición es preciosa, me gusta que se respete las portadas originales. La ambientación es uno de los puntos fuertes del libro, se nota que la escritora se ha documentado y crea además el ambiente perfecto para la trama. Algunos de los aspectos de la historia sobre Vlad el Empalador me ha resultado un poco confuso. La trama es muy interrsante, ya desde el principio están sucediendo cosas, y tiene un toque gotico/macabro que le va a la perfección. A algunos personajes ya los conocemos, pero he de decir que Audrey Rose al principio me resultó un poco repetitiva, pero a medida que avanzaba la historia esa sensación desapareció Otros personajes son nuevos y les dan un toque más dinámico a la historia, aunque me hubiese gustado que se profundizase más en su historia.

En resumen un libro muy entretenido, con una ambientación perfecta. Que ganas de leer Escaping from Houdini