A family createdĪfter some time Magdalena becomes depressed. Even as she admits that everything about the meet-up was manipulated by him and she had no real choice in it, she seems content to drop her anger and allow it to happen. However, her anger and hurt are forgotten within the first night as they all join in bed to consummate the “marriage”.
Constanta is immensely hurt when she realizes that he intends to turn Magdalena and add her to the family. But he remains extremely controlling and emotionally abusive.Įventually, they end up traveling to Spain to stay with a pen pal of his, Magdalena. She gains a small bit more freedom as they roam around Europe, trying to stay ahead of the plague. He knows from past experience that they will be blamed in the end so he and Constanta leave. Although they are immune to it, the villagers around them are not. They remain like this until the plague comes to their area. Once they get to the castle he basically imprisons her, bringing victims to her and never allowing her out. He allows her to take revenge on the men who almost killed her and then he takes her back to his castle. Then he renames her “Constanta”, her old name is instantly forgotten and never used again. Because her will to live is so strong he decides to “rescue” her by changing her into a vampire. He finds her on the brink of death, left for dead by raiders that destroyed her entire village. It is her own sort of revenge, taking away his name and reducing him to a character in her story instead of the main role. That is the only confirmation that we get of who her “husband” is in the book because Constanta chooses to never name him. The jacket cover tells us that this is the tale of Constanta, Dracula’s first wife. Gibson includes a lot of racy scenes to get your blood flowing but the overall story was rather disappointing. A Dowry of Blood continues this tradition through the story of Dracula’s bride, Constanta. Sometimes it’s his charm, sometimes it’s good looks, sometimes he has hypnotic powers, the exact mechanism varies but the overall story is the same. It’s been a common trope since Bram Stoker’s Dracula: A powerful vampire comes in and sweeps an unsuspecting woman off her feet. October is here, which means it’s time for another vampire romance.
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