I gave this book a 3-star review simply because it was so awful that it was excellent. It was chosen for my book club because we all wanted to read a Bram Stoker novel and thought Dracula was too obvious of a choice. We were wrong. Dracula may be the only redeeming book Bram Stoker has written. That being said, we had a fabulous time discussing the ridiculousness of this novel so I recommend it for a book club.