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I have never read another vampire book that says if a vamp bites you when you die, you too become a vampire. That's just weird to me. Kim Harrison has a series of books where vampires are a race of people that are alive and when they die they become the undead. So while alive, they can have children. I just thought that all vampire books were basically derived from Dracula but I'm seeing that its not true in most cases. So if they don't kill Dracula than Mina will one day die and be a vamp?

And am I the only one who is really starting to be annoyed that van Helsing puts friend before everyone's name? It gets on my nerves every time I read friend John.

I think though that there is a difference between if he had just bitten her once and the systematic several day thing that we see going on with the two ladies.
And in a way everything is derived from Dracula because it was the first time several different mythos from different cultures about vampires were put in a form for mass consumption. But that doesn't mean that everything stays the same.

I actually really liked that you can hear van Helsing's odd Dutch inflections in his English. I find that it works best if you read it in an accent on your mind.

Quincy says they should bring a Winchester with them. This book would be a whole lot different if they had sam and dean Winchester with them. Haha! For those of you who don't know what I am referring to. I am talking about the show supernatural where two brothers hunt down monsters. It is my favorite show so of course when he said that, I started picturing Sam and dean along for the ride!

Amanda, I didn't realize that was a Dutch thing. It seems like he only says it about john. I guess it's not bad when you say all Dutch people say that. I just thought it was a weird thing only he did.

Let me rephrase: I don't know if the "friend" is specifically a Dutch thing per-say. I have known people with different native languages to add adjectives to names in that type of fashion that are odd to the American ear. but there are a lot of weird grammatical nuances in his speech that taken as a whole I hear the accent and the different-ness in his speech.

I love reading with accents in my mind! :-) Makes the male leads in most the books I read sound sexier. Even if it is just a rough Jersey accent on Morelli. (YUM!)

Hey Friend Kristyn, :-)- I understand the consistent feeding from a human possibly resulting in the turning of a vamp. But, in the logic of my mind the human would need something from the vamp in return. UNLESS, the vampire-ness uis transferred through the teeth DURING the bite! My mind is racing with the possibilites, I think like in Vampire Diaries that you must feed from a human to complete the change. LOL... I am crazy!

Everyone else here knows all about vampires, except for me. LOL.

Now I don't understand the sudden 180 degree turn on Van Helsing's part. First it is decided that Mina must be kept in the dark and the next minute they are succumbing to her request to be included in the hunt and trip to Varna.

I know that I have said it before, but I am so glad to be learning all about vampires. What a great book.

I've been listening to the audio version, so all of the accents are read for me instead of me having to sound them out in my head, which I think is adding greatly to my enjoyment of the book. If I was sounding them out it would be much more challenging. I know I've done that for books where the heavy Southern drawl was written out and it drove me crazy. Having it read aloud takes all that away and just makes the accent flow nicely and adds a lot to the story.

My understanding is that Mina's turning to a vampire would be a result of her consuming some of Dracula's blood from his wound? I thought that's what the scene in the bedroom was about. We never saw that with Lucy, but we just may not have been privy to it since no one ever saw it.

I agree, though, learning all of this has been fascinating, even though the whole vampire thing in general doesn't interest me in the slightest. From the historical and cultural perspective and where the whole idea came from, however, it's very enlightening.