This book is comprised entirely using the journals and correspondence of the various people in the story. Vampires ability to hypnotize and their charm is found in Dracula. The destroying of vampires by sunlight, fire, or decapitation is in Dracula. Vampires turning to dust when destroyed is also from chapter 27. That vampires make no shadow is in chapter 18.
Vampires turning into bats is found in Dracula.
In Dracula vampires tend to sleep in coffins or boxes. In Dracula vampires look pale, with glowing red eyes and long fingernails. In Dracula vampires bite their victims on the neck and drink their blood.