Review: Scottish Dracula (?)
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2012
With the autumn season around the corner I am starting to look at the Halloween holiday seasonal books so I definitely had to check out this one. Just so you are aware: while half of this story revolves around Halloween the remainder occurs two months later(Christmas season/New Year's Day) so the reader gets two holiday themed books in one.If I looked at this book purely as a quick read about a real vampire who has a lust encounter with a human girl at a Halloween party and then uses the 1Night Stand dating service to arrange a laison two months later where the real action occurs I would say this was a good book. Unfortunately I have read many 1Night Stand books prior to this and this one just doesn't fit the formula that has become a standalone book using the 1Night Stand dating service. First the couple meet prior to using the 1Night Stand services which I've never seen before. Second, Madame Eve is not mentioned in this book at all. Third, the BDSM had more of a role playing cutesy quality than true to core principle use. Those factors had me confused as and checking if I had misread the tag for '1Night Stand' or what. I also don't get why the Halloween holiday was promoted but the Christmas/New Year's Day holiday wasn't even mentioned. If I understand the time frame used by the author, the initial "date" was Oct 31 so the second "date," which was two months later would have been Dec. 31....This was an enjoyable fluff read that had its moments but didn't have me wanting to find my own Dracula although I think I'd love to drink "Dracula's Kiss" to find out if it's as good as it seems.