Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Fenice: Soul Of An Angel
Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Class/Genre: Fantasy Vampire Adult Content
Series: Sisters of the Night ( AKA Brides Of Dracula) # 2
Avon, Mar 1999, $24.00, 384 pp.
By 1572 in Venice, wealthy Fenice Zucchar is weary of her life in a gilded cage. She yearns for excitement and will do anything to escape the ennui of her existence. Fenice stows on board a ship, but is soon caught. The noblewoman is ignominiously dumped in Varna.
The residents of Varna trust no one, especially strangers. Rumors abound that a demon has surfaced, drinking the blood of his victims every night. Dracula sees Fenice as his latest concubine. He seduces her with a chance for the unfettered freedom she covets. Unable to resist his call, Fenice follows Varna back to his castle. However, already residing there is a dangerous female, who could be Fenice's sister of the night or her killer.
THE SOUL OF AN ANGEL, the second novel in Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's trilogy on Count Dracula's three brides, is a superb look into the secondary characters from Stoker's classic. The story line is weird, but intriguing as Fenice fights for more than just survival. She battles to gain a place in Dracula's heart. The relationships between the three protagonists who make up this supernatural triangle seem so real that readers will feel it must be a genuine account in spite of the blood-sucking regimen. After this tasty morsel and the previous tale (THE ANGRY ANGEL), readers will impatiently wait for the release of the third bride's tale.
Harriet Klausner
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