Review: Birth of a Monster is RIGHT!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2013
I happened to have read volume one before I read Birth of a Monster and boy do I wish I had read this first. It explains so much about Vlad Dracula when he was mortal, how he died and how he became the famous Urban Legend…Dracula. This was not a nice guy, he was King of Wallachia and he was scary and awesome!The fight scenes were on point. Shane is very good at writing them. He really shows you the details: blood spurting, tendons being slashed, and the pain being felt by the character as an arrow pierces his neck. If you’re looking for fluff, this ain’t it, but if you are looking for hard ass, no muss, no fuss “I am going to kill you and make it hurt.” This is the book for you.Now that I’ve read Shane O’Neill’s books backward and loved both, I am moving on to Volume 2 so I can scare myself silly once more. Thanks a lot Shane.