Review: 5 Stars!!!  Descriptive, dark, and everything I was looking for with Dracula!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2013
After reading several urban fantasies where Vampires ruled in various forms, I decided it was time for a break. It was time to leave the softer variety and get in touch with the darker sides of the genre - time to go back to the beginning with the ultimate leader of the Vampires, Dracula. I had seen several strong recommendations for Shane O'Neill's "Bound by Blood," and decided to give it a shot.The opening, "Birth of the Monster" fulfills all it promises. It is a clear, concise, descriptively written rendering of how Dracula turns from the strong, dark leader he was into the Vampire leader of darkness. It truly is the birth of a monster...I finished reading this short, ready for more. I have found my darker Vampire story, and am excited to read Bound by Blood in its entirety.