Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco

Set in the cold winter, it was perfect as we play detective in a whodunnit scenario. There were so many twists and turns and so many people to suspect of the killings. No, it was more that Audrey is only 17!!!! Yes, that is right 17! I completely forget and I think when Audrey is not pining/hating for Thomas she forgets! She has seen and done a lot more than a lot privileged 17-year-olds for sure! I loved the journey we were taken on and the urban legend himself Dracula. I still can’t believe when listening to this that it is just one person doing it! Following on merely weeks after the horrific events of Stalking Jack the Ripper, we meet up with Thomas and Audrey Rose, with their chaperone en route to Transylvania! I was so excited when I knew this was our destination and I was so intrigued to see where we would be taken on this journey! Would I be disappointed? No siree! What I always seem to forget with Hunting Prince Dracula is not the fact that is set in 1888 and so times were different for women and the interest in death was not proper for women. Hmm, how do I start this review? Talking about how refreshing it was with this new twist on Dracula? About how we pick up the story weeks after the ending of Stalking Jack the Ripper? How much I am in love with Thomas Cresswell? How amazing Nicola Barber still is at narrating this book? All this and so much!!! The more I am invested in this series the more I love Audrey Rose and Thomas! Nicola is yet again absolutely amazing at bringing these two epic characters by Kerri alive with her narration. ✮ My Review ✮ Audrey’s back, back again! This time we are hunting Prince Dracula dun dun dun. Hopefully Book 3 will be better now that Audrey Rose has finally gotten over her continuous bouts of ptsd from the first book. It wasn’t extreme, but several times I got very frustrated when she would take much longer than necessary to figure out small things.

There were a few other slight plot holes that I found, but I was also disappointed with the fact that Audrey Rose seemed to have much less common sense in this story as well. I get the whole “they have to come off creepy” thing, but if Snape could show emotion in Harry Potter, then you would think that the headmaster could show more emotion when his niece dies. Also, it seemed that all the instructors were completely emotionless. If it’s a school academy, then wouldn’t there be previous classes (like other grade levels)? Audrey Rose’s uncle seems to have more students and apprentices, and he doesn’t run an academy. I love the plot!!! And I love these books.however, there were more holes in this plot line than in the first one.

Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco